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Red River Valley Fighter Pilot’s Association Provenance

Download Original Letter August 19, 2020 Captain T.D. Smith, while a member of the United States International Pistol Team competing in the 1963 Pan-American Games broke the Russian’s Center-fire Pistol Record (590) with a score of 597×600. Which turned out to be an unbreakable score. It was officially declared unbreakable twenty-five years later and remains… Continue reading Red River Valley Fighter Pilot’s Association Provenance

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Heroic survival efforts earned Oklahoma City man the Airman’s Medal

Download PDF by Ed Godfrey, The Oklahoman, Sun, July 7, 2013 Thomas D. Smith III was awarded the Airman’s Medal for extraordinary heroism after a 1966 airplane explosion.Smith was one of 10 people on a C47 transport plane returning from assignment in Turkey when the plane broke apart flying over Greece. “I was sitting in… Continue reading Heroic survival efforts earned Oklahoma City man the Airman’s Medal

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Oklahoma City man set world record and won gold in 1963 Pan American Games

Download PDF by Ed Godfrey, The Oklahoman, July 7, 2013 Fifty years ago, Thomas D. Smith III of Oklahoma City made history with a pistol. At the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil, then-Air Force Capt. Smith set a world shooting record that still stands.Competing for the United States in the two-day pistol match, Smith… Continue reading Oklahoma City man set world record and won gold in 1963 Pan American Games

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A Veteran Among Veterans

Download PDF May 21, 2010 Published by Tony M. Stirman …Recently, I ran across a most interesting article penned by Jacob Gottfredson of Guns Magazine, detailing the life of Colonel T. D. Smith…Mr. Smith used to spend boyhood summers with Ad Toepperwein- the great exhibition shooter. He has been an avid hunter for most of… Continue reading A Veteran Among Veterans

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