More detail on this person: I served in Iran
with CW3 Leo Cayton in 1978-79 with the
USARMISH MAAG as an aviation advisor to the
Imperial Iranian Army Aviation under Shah Reza
Pahlavi. Leo and Cpt (later MG ret) Charlie
Fletcher kept us in touch with the outside world
by keeping the SSB radio running at the consulate
in Esfahan after the embassy fell on 14 Feb 79.
They were probably the last two military members
to leave Esfahan after Khomeini returned to Iran.
In Feb 1979 on George Washington's Birthday, we
evacuated Iran to Germany then to CONUS . Next
time I saw Leo was in 1983. He was a TC
Captain,Commander, HHC AVSCOM in St Louis,
MO. I heard later that he had been diagnosed with
MS and was medically retired. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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