William Due, '64, known as "Bill" has more than 40 years experience of flying.  In January 1966 he entered the Army's flight school at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and graduated in October 1966.  After graduation Bill was sent to Vietnam flying the "Beaver" and twin Bonanza (Beech 50) in a classified mission.  On his return to the US he was sent to Ft. Bragg, NC where he became a member of the Standardization and Evaluation Board as a standardization instructor pilot in King Airs and an instrument instructor pilot.  During his tour at Ft. Bragg, Bill also became a member of the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army Parachute Team and flew C-47s.  On completion of his tour at Ft. Bragg, Bill attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia.  On completion of schooling at Benning, Bill attended the U.S. Navy's P2V Neptune course at North Island Naval Air Station enroute to his 2d assignment in Vietnam.  During the second tour in Vietnam he accumulated approximately 700 hours in the P2, again in a classified assignment.  He was reassigned to Ft. Wolters, Texas, where he was the Airfield Operations Officer responsible for more than 300 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, coordinating airfield activities with the FAA and local authorities, transitioning Army helicopter pilots to fixed wing, instrument rated aviators, and serving on various aviation accident investigation boards, and coordinating community and medical evacuation flights.  During the last 4 months of his tour at Ft. Wolters, Bill was assigned to a special base closure staff once the Army decided to shutter Ft. Wolters.  From there he attended Helicopter transition enroute to his new duty assignment in Alaska.  Bill spent 3 years in Alaska on the General's Staff as the Aviation Safety Officer, Air Traffic and Air Space Management Officer, Aviation Training Officer, and exercised staff responsibility over the operation of 3 airfield, one of which was certified for commercial aviation.  On completion of his Alaska assignment, Bill and his family traveled to Ft. Meade, MD, as the Operations Officer for Tipton Army Airfield.  There he was responsible not only for the operation of the airfield but also for providing and coordinating military air travel for Members of Congress, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Third U.S. Army, the National Security Agency, and staff personnel at Ft. Meade.  Bill retired at Ft. Meade in January 1979 and returned to San Antonio, his hometown.  Bill then worked for an organization certified for aircraft charter, and was the Chief Pilot for several aircraft charter organizations during the next 10 years.  In 1989 Bill joined Southern Air Transport flying C-130 aircraft worldwide, making numerous trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific crossings, flying into unimproved airfields in Africa, and making many interesting flights in nearly every continent.  After retirement from Southern Air Transport in 1998, Bill enjoyed a few years of retirement before rejoining the flightline.  Bill has 49 Air Medals representing nearly 2,000 hours of combat flying time.  He has accumulated more than 13,000 hours of flying 70 models/variants of aircraft.  He is an 1973 honor graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College.