CAP: Member celebrates 50 years as grandson joins patrol

Dennis Sutton of Montebello, center, was honored for 50 years in the Civil Air Patrol at Waynesboro Eagles Nest Airport on Monday the same day his 12-year-old grandson Chancellor Rankin, of Lofton, signed up with the CAP. (Pat Jarrett/The News Leader)

WAYNESBORO — Dennis Sutton was 16 when he joined the Augusta Squadron Civil Air Patrol. It was 1956, and he was a cadet. He was made a senior member 50 years ago, and through those years he's helped search for 20 downed airplanes, trained on numerous Air Force bases and made plenty of friends.

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