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San Diego: Eric Downing; Bob Hallen; Zeke Moreno; Carlos Polk; Bobby Shaw; Jerry Wilson. San Francisco: Steve Bush; Curtis Conway; Chris Cooper; Brock Gutierrez; Ronnie Heard; Terry Jackson; Todd Peterson; Jimmy Williams; Cedrick Wilson. Seattle: Alex Bannister; Heath Evans; Chris Gray; Brock Huard; Orlando Huff; Ken Lucas; Itula Mili; Brandon Mitchell; Chike Okeafor; Tom Rouen; Robbie Tobeck; Ken Walter; Floyd Womack. Here's the story of John Mountan, the namesake of John Mountan Field.The following is from the book, "A History of Beverly Airport" by local historian Paul Larcom:"On June 1, 1942, the airport was renamed 'Mountan Field' to honor John Mountan, the first Beverly Army Air Corps cadet and former Beverly High School basketball star. He was based at Fort Richardson in Alaska and in January 1942 lost his life in a fighter plane while simulating an attack on a bomber near Anchorage, Alaska."Darren Brown, curator of collections at Beverly Histor