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  • Veteran F-100 Crew Chief lives quiet life on Iowa farm after Vietnam

    Sioux Center, Iowa -- The tranquil setting of John De Groot’s family farm in Iowa’s far northwest corner is a lifetime away from the year he spent maintaining a F-100 fighter jet at Phu Cat Airbase during the Vietnam war.Since leaving the Air Force after his deployment over 50 years ago, De Groot