Remembering My Son

October 25th of every year since 1964 has been a very sad day remembering my only son, William David Boyd.  I was able to hold him briefly, then he was placed in an incubator, and baptized the next day.  He would have been 56 years old today, but God called him home to be with him.  He was diagnosed with hyaline membrane disease of the lungs and weighed 6 lbs. 2 oz.  He was born before my oldest daughter, Theresa, was a year old on November 11th.  When I’m called home, I will see my son and hold him again.  Happy “Heavenly” Birthday, William David.  I love and miss you so much!   Mom

Col. George Booth (SAHS - Class of 1966)

Shared by Peter Pikul

My cousin, Col. George Booth (St. Aloysius Class of 1966), laid to rest yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Among other duties ... he was a “fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, flying with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based in Ubon, Thailand. He flew the F-4 and F-15. During his years of service, Col. Booth also served at Air Force bases in Bitburg, Germany; Soesterberg, Netherlands, and Nellis AFB, Nevada. He spent one year in Toronto, Canada at the Air Command and Staff College, an institution designed to provide high quality professional military education for selected Canadian and international officers. He then provided services to the Canadian government for 2 years at the Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. Col. Booth subsequently returned to the United States with an assignment to Langley AFB in Virginia where he served as Commander of the 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. He later trained at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama, the senior professional military education school of the USAF. His final duty station was in Colorado Springs, Colorado where he was a senior officer at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command).”