More detail on this person: Looks like we lost
another of our great warriors. My good flight
school buddy, Bill Shobel, passed on 12/28/02 due
to complications from a brain tumor. We were
classmates in the Orange Hat class 70-03 in Ft
Wolters and 70-05 in Ft Rucker. We had a blast in
flight school, as everyone of us knows!! I lost
touch with Bill after that. He served with the 116
AHC Hornets in 70-71. After Vietnam he eventually
became a financial consultant. I ran into him
again at the Lakeland, FL, Sun N Fun Airshow,
about six years ago and we kept in touch ever
since. I last saw Bill at the 2000 reunion in
Washington DC. I remember he ran in the 5k run
and was proud that he placed in the top five. He
was in great shape. That next fall he told me he
had a brain tumor. I talked to him on the phone,
and he did not sound good, but he was confidant
and in good spirits. He would beat this thing.
He was looking forward to coming to Sun N Fun
again. He was looking forward to coming to Las
Vegas last year but could not get a ride, since he
could not drive. The tumor finally got the best
of a good man. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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I will miss him, he was a great flight school
buddy and good friend.
God Bless and Hand Salute
From: Herb Nagel,