An Alabama cotton farmer\'s son, Lester Romine grew up amid the hardship of the Great Depression.
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Commissioned as a US Air Force officer in 1950, the young man got the chance to realize his ambitions, and he ran-or rather flew-with it.
Romine dreamed of flying Fighter jets-a new breed of aircraft just soaring skyward as he worked the fields.
He picked cotton every morning before school, living a hardscrabble life that instilled in him a strong moral compass and faith.
An Alabama cotton farmer\'s son, Lester Romine grew up amid the hardship of the Great Depression