Sprague family military history dates to Union Army

Plattsburgh, NY

My great-grandfather Samual Sprague served an enlistment in the Union Army,
then another one for his married brother. My father Ralph Sprague served in
WWI as a propeller maker. My brother Tom Sprague was in the Army 1961-63.

I enlisted in the Air Force in 1962-1966. My father took his Basic Training
at Kelly Field in Texas 1918, he was in Flight 215. I took my Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas 1962, I was in Flight 214. These two bases are together near San Antonio, Texas.

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