{"id":5799,"date":"2024-10-06T02:25:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T19:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/?page_id=5799"},"modified":"2024-10-06T03:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T20:17:51","slug":"col-hugh-george-baiden-jr-october-22-1937-september-23-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/?page_id=5799","title":{"rendered":"COL Hugh George Baiden, Jr. &#8211; October 22, 1937 \u2013 September 23, 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><embed src=\"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arlington-TAPS.wav\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5771\" src=\"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AASFC-BAIDEN2-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AASFC-BAIDEN2-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AASFC-BAIDEN2-624x756.jpg 624w, https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AASFC-BAIDEN2.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5778\" src=\"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hugh-baiden-columbia-sc-obituary-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hugh-baiden-columbia-sc-obituary-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hugh-baiden-columbia-sc-obituary.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COL Baiden graduated from Conway High School;\u00a0 attended Clemson College;\u00a0 joined the South Carolina National Guard on 15 Nov 1955;\u00a0 and received his commission from Palmetto Military Academy.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>He completed the basic armor course in 1962; the U.S. Army Aviation Fixed Wing Flight School in1964; the U.S. Army Aviation O1-A and U6-A IP Course in 1967;\u00a0 The Army Career Course in 1970; the U.S. Army Aviation Rotary Wing Qualification Course in 1971; and the OH-58 IP Course in 1972.\u00a0 He became a full-time civil service guardsman in 1971 with the Army Aviation Support Facility at McEntire Air National Guard Base.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During his career, he served in many positions in the South Carolina Army National Guard, such as State Aviation Safety Officer, Director of Personnel HQ STARC, Director of State Aviation and Safety HQ STARC, and Aviation Support Facility Commander.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A graveside service with full military honors was held in Fort Jackson National Cemetery<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:freeform --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:group -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COL Baiden graduated from Conway High School;\u00a0 attended Clemson College;\u00a0 joined the South Carolina National Guard on 15 Nov 1955;\u00a0 and received his commission from Palmetto Military Academy.\u00a0 He completed the basic armor course in 1962; the U.S. Army Aviation Fixed Wing Flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5799"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5835,"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799\/revisions\/5835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarngavpicthistory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}