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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 115-97
March 13, 1997

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that he has approved the appointment of Lt. Gen. Everett H. Pratt Jr., U.S. Air Force, on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general effective Aug. 1, 1997. Pratt is currently serving as vice commander, United States Air Forces in Europe, and director, European Air Combat Operations Staff, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Pratt was born Nov. 25, 1943, in Covington, Ga.