Maurice Edwin Fridrich was born December 27, 1921 in Tyndall, South Dakota, a small town in the southeastern part of the state near the Missouri River - the Nebraska stateline. His parents were Arthur and Mattie [Hovorka] Fridrich. He attended Dunwoody District 23 country school, and graduated from Tyndall High School in 1939. After graduation he moved to Los Angeles, California where he was employed at the Douglas Aircraft Company, an aircraft manufacturer later known as McDonnell-Douglas. |
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