From the Jan. 2, 2002 edition of The Forest-Blade:
THOMPSON IS NAVAL AVIATOR
LT. J.P. Michael Nonan Thompson received his “Wings of Gold” in a ceremony at the chapel at the Naval Air Station in Meridian, MS. Dec .7, concluding two years of Naval aviation training. He completed training aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S John F. Kennedy on Nov. 30.
