Courtesy FedFlix Brigadier General William W. Spruance was commissioned in the U.S. Army Field Artillery on his graduation from Princeton University in 1939, and entered active duty a year later. Pioneering the use of light planes, he piloted his own aircraft with General Patton's Second Armored Division. He completed military flight training in 1943, and transferred to the Air Corps, later serving in the China-Burma India theater flying the "Hump." He was released from active duty in 1946. He was an original member of the Delaware Air National Guard, organized in September, 1946, and served in various positions until he was named Assistant Adjutant General for Air, with the rank of Brigadier General, in 1956. He retired from that post in 1976. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster; the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters; the Conspicuous Service Cross of Delaware; and a Command Pilot rating, with more than 4,500 hours. Since a near-fatal crash in 1961, resulting in extensive burns, he has given more than 1,400 lectures on crash survival and flight safety to more than 140,000 people, and has made several training films. He has received many testimonials from those who credit him with saving their lives. Department of the Air Force Flight Safety and Crash Survival with BG William Spruance (Retired) AVA20883VNB1, October 1998 This program is an aircraft crash survival presentation, by BG William Spruance (Retired), who survived a jet fighter crash and underwent numerous life threatening surgeries. He has lived a great portion of his life encouraging others to 'think safety.' Click to subscribe! See us live! Straight No Chaser performs their version of "12 Days" for the first time, December 7th, 1998, at Indiana University. AVAILABLE NOW UNDER THE INFLUENCE: HOLIDAY EDITION EP: Order now on iTunes: Order from the webstore: UNDER THE INFLUENCE: DELUXE EDITION available now! HAPPY HOUR TOUR 2014 10/14 - Bakersfield, CA - 10/15 - Reno, NV - 10/16 - Reno, NV - 10/17 - Boise, ID - 10/19 - Denver, CO (early show) - 10/19 - Denver, CO (late show) - 10/21 - Lincoln, NE - 10/22 - Kansas City, MO - 10/23 - Manhattan, KS - 10/24 - Tulsa, OK - 10/25 - Austin, TX - 10/26 - Dallas, TX - 10/28 - New Orleans, LA - 10/29 - Conway, AR - 10/30 - Wichita, KS - 11/01 - Greeneville, TN - 11/02 - Grand Rapids, MI - 11/03 - Minneapolis, MN - 11/04 - Appleton, WI - 11/06 - Cedar Falls, IA - 11/07 - Dayton, OH - 11/08 - Toledo, OH - 11/09 - Rockford, IL - 11/12 - Nashville, TN - 11/13 - Durham, NC - 11/14 - Atlanta, GA - 11/15 - Birmingham, AL - 11/16 - Charlotte, NC - 11/19 - Portland, ME - 11/20 - Lowell, MA - 11/21 - Buffalo, NY - 11/22 - Baltimore, MD - 11/23 - Providence, RI - 11/28 - Red Bank, NJ - 11/29 - Uncasville, CT - 11/30 - Albany, NY - 12/02 - Columbus, OH - 12/03 - Midland, MI - 12/04 - Erie, PA - 12/05 - New York, NY - 12/06 - Hershey, PA (early show) - 12/06 - Hershey, PA (late show) - 12/07 - Cleveland, OH (early show) - 12/07 - Cleveland, OH (late show) - 12/09 - Pittsburgh, PA - 12/10 - Champaign, IL - 12/11 - St. Louis, MO - 12/12 - Detroit, MI - 12/13 - Cincinnati, OH - 12/14 - Chicago, IL (early show) - 12/14 - Chicago, IL (late show) - 12/16 - Fort Wayne, IN - 12/17 - Richmond, KY - 12/18 - Bloomington, IN - 12/19 - Muncie, IN - 12/20 - Evansville, IN - 12/21 - Indianapolis, IN (early show) - 12/21 - Indianapolis, IN (late show) - 12/22 - Indianapolis, IN (early show) - 12/22 - Indianapolis, IN (late show) - 12/26 - Seattle, WA - 12/27 - Portland, OR - 12/28 - San Francisco, CA - 12/29 - Thousand Oaks, CA - 12/30 - Riverside, CA - 12/31 - San Diego, CA - The Brothers Gibb singing How Deep Is Your Love, one of their greatest hits. The performance was taped during the show An Audience With the Bee Gees.Filmed from the checkerboard used for the approach in

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