Rapid City leader garners AF Distinguished Public Service Award
Alton Cornella, right, sits with a fellow sailor at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam in 1966. Cornella served four years in the U.S. Navy before moving to Rapid City, S.D., to marry his wife, Mariette, and start a refrigeration business, which he recently passed on to his eldest son, Scott, after 42 years. (Courtesy Photo)