Flagler County Veteran of the Week: Gary Hutchens

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Branch of Military: U.S. Army
Dates of Service: 1964-1966
Rank / Occupation: Specialist 4 / Truck Driver
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan

Gary Hutchens was recently named Volunteer of the Year for Disabled American Veterans Chapter 86. Courtesy photo

Gary Hutchens was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 22. He was supposed to be a truck driver, but due to the extra knowledge and administrative skills he brought with him to the Army as an older draftee, he was assigned as what he referred to as the “Radar O’Reilly” of his unit. His first post was at Fort Knox, Kentucky. While there, scenes of the James Bond movie “Gold Finger” were filmed on the post. Hutchens and others were selected as extras in which they were to lie down and pretend they were dead after an aircraft flyover dispersed poison.

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