Roger P. Wenman, Firebird Navigator, and Ron Hebert, Firebird Pilot, all "dressed up" for an early Arctic morning "constitutional walk" at Sondrestrom.

Roger came to Dyess AFB, Texas, when the C-130 "D" models were transferred from Sewart AFB, Tennessee. A story on Roger: At Sewart, the BOQ's ringed around the officer's club, which made that place the best attended bar in town. Once, after a long evening, Roger, who lived upstairs in Building 303, was awakened by a roving pack of dogs who were attending to the club's trash bin with vocal delight. Roger pulled a 30-30 from his closet--back in the days when we could keep our guns on base--and from the second story balcony, placed a warning shot at the feet of the dogs. All of a sudden, all of the Air Police vehicles on base started wailing and converged on the scene. Roger stole back to bed without anyone spotting him. Roger's comment: The proof was when my rifle shot at 1:00 a.m. woke up only the Air Police a half mile away.