December 5, 2020
Albert Whiteside III was born on Oct 26, 1945 in San Antonio, Texas. His father, Albert Whiteside Jr, was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen Pilots and mother was a Nurse at Lackland AFB Hospital. He attended ROTC while at St. Mary’s that led to his commission as a 2nd Lt. in the United States Army in 1966. His five years in the Army consisted of assignments in Edgemont, Ft. Devens, and a year tour of duty in Vietnam in 1969. Albert attended Flight School while in the Army before going to Vietnam and was assigned to the 509th RR Group, initially in Saigon as a pilot, for four months and the following eight months in Nha Trang. Albert’s mission was to fly night intelligence recon patrol over South Vietnam. Albert discharged from the military in 1971 for a position as a Pilot at Southern Airways before moving to Eastern Airlines in 1972 and eventually retired from Federal Express as a Pilot in 2009.
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