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DXCC Honor Roll Member, ex-Navy Pilot John M. Wondergem, K5KR, SK

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ARRL Life Member John M. “Wondy” Wondergem, K5KR, of Metairie, Louisiana, died June 7. He was 91. A retired US Navy captain and World War II veteran, Wondergem in May of 1962 was at the controls of the helicopter that retrieved Astronaut Scott Carpenter after his Project Mercury Aurora 7 space capsule splashed down some 250 miles off course in the Atlantic. Wondergem was on the DXCC Honor Roll ...





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