CDR F. E. Foltz

From the Webmaster: I have not been able to contact CDR Foltz, therefore, this page will contain the recollections of those who knew and served with him.

• Cmdr. Foltz Foltz was there when I reported for duty in Feb of 61 and was a physically very large man - hard to imagine how he could shoehorn himself into the F8U1P cockpit. He was very nice, unassuming and yet very effective. -
  
  Ken Kelly (former YN in Admin Office)
  
  
• That explains why I remember seeing CDR Foltz the first time from inside the Admin office. I was still working there when he checked in for the first time, putting that arrival between mid-April and mid-August 1960. What I remember was how completely he filled the doorway as he was introduced around that first time. (No, I don't remember who was making the introductions.) Another thing I remember about him is he was a Michigan State College football player before what is now Michigan State University went big time and joined the Big 10. (How this came up, I'll probably never remember.)
  
  Jim Brumm (Former JO in Admin Office)
  
  
• I was in VFP-62 in 1962 and 1963. I remember CMDR Foltz very well. I was an AT and I was assigned to the line division as a plane captain. CMDR Foltz was so big he could not strap himself into the cockpit. He had to have someone strap the left shoulder harness for him. I also remember him having a standing offer to Indian leg wrestle any two men on the base as long as their combined weight did not exceed 350 pounds. He was a really good skipper and was respected and very well liked by the entire squadron.
  
  Richard Chilton
  
  
  

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Created on ... September 12, 2007