Thomas C. Glover, DDS

• Graduated from Rogers High School, January 1942
• Enrolled in Gonzaga University (400 students) the next day
• Enlisted in air cadets, Army Air Force, September 1942 (age 18)
• Arrived in CBI (China/Burma/India) March 1944
• Bombardier on B24 combat crew - Flew 31 combat missions, 10th and 14th AF, Burma, China, Siam
• Departed India April 1945
• Discharged Air Force September 1945
• Enrolled in Gonzaga University (second time) September 1945
• Returned to Active Duty in Air Force in August 1948
• Pilot training, Randolph Field - Assigned to 98th Bomb Group, Fairchild, as B-29 pilot
• August 1950 to Japan to fly 53 combat missions in Korea
• Discharged Air Force 1953
• Enrolled in Gonzaga University (third time), September 1953
• Enrolled Marquette University to study to be dentist, 1954
• Married Elaine Pedersen, MD, 1956
• Graduated with DDS from Marquette University in 1958
• 1958 organized Dental Assisting School at Spokane Community College, wrote curriculum and taught for one year
• Practiced dentistry, 1959 to 1989, Spokane, WA
• Bred and showed national quality Arabian and Half-Arabian horses, 1961 to present

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