From the family: Our thanks to the wonderful caregivers at Grace At Home Senior Care, Kindred Hospice, and a very special thank you to Sonja Thomas for being Dad's primary caregiver in the home for these last few years. Lee also leaves behind extended family on both the Thomas and Murray sides, including his sisters, Nelma (Bob) Hysell, Judy (John) Lazell, and sister-in-law, MaryAnn (Roger) Christensen, brother-in-laws, Ron (Iva) Murray, Bill (Sharron) Seaman, as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends from his military years, S*M*A*R*T motor home travel club, neighborhood and church. Lee is survived by his children: daughters, Deb (Dan) Rice (currently travelling the world), Cindi Thomas of Sherwood, Ark., Sonja Thomas of Sherwood, Ark., and a son, Steve Thomas, of Florida four grandchildren: Laura (Cody) Rea, Katie Thomas, Jenny Thomas, and Kimberly (Greg) Grenier, and five great-grandchildren: Angela, Ryan, Blake, June, Townes (and one on the way). After Lee's retirement from the Air Force, Lee and Gayle hit the road in their motorhome, enjoying time with their S*M*A*R*T camper club friends, and selling jewelry and military memorabilia at military bases around the country. While stationed at Vandenberg AFB, California, he filmed many missile launches. presidents and royalty, and the capsule landings and retrieval of NASA astronauts in the Pacific Ocean. In his "spare" time he worked for KGMB television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had the privilege to film visiting dignitaries, including current and former U.S. ( ) and for which he subsequently was awarded Cameraman of the Year in 1975 for his film, "Babylift." He himself departed on the second-to-last aircraft April 28, 1975, and has the distinction of being the last military motion picture cameraman to leave South Vietnam before the country came under Communist control. His profession was as a photographer: still photography, aerial, and a combat cameraman, for which he received many awards and accolades for his part in documenting history, including the Vietnam war, rescues and homecoming of POWs (Prisoners of War), the Refugee Airlift where allies of the USA were rescued and relocated ( ) and Operation Babylift, where orphaned babies of half-Vietnamese descent were rescued and brought to the United States (and other countries around the world) for adoption. Soon after, he began his career with the military, first with the United States Army, then the United States Air Force where he retired with the rank of SMSgt. Leland was a graduate of Allerton High School in Allerton, Iowa, class of 1950. Immediate family preceding him to Heaven include his parents and his brothers, Lloyd and Larry. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 65 years, Gayle (Murray) Thomas, who passed away last September. Leland, who went by several nicknames during his lifetime, Lee, Jack, Tom, and Sarge, was born to parents Audrey and Walter Thomas in 1931. Thomas, of Sherwood, Ark., age 90, was received into his heavenly reward on Saturday, September 3, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Most of the cameramen have a degree in the field of film or media to their credit.Leland E. Working under the supervision of the director, these cameramen perform duties such as – taking orders from directors and clients, ensuring camera settings are correct and accurate, checking the angles and lens of the camera, coordinating with choreographers to determine the perfect time of the shooting, handling photography projects, planning shots perfectly, capturing shots and framing it creatively, and assisting in photo edition and printing.Ĭameramen don-t just operate the camera but take care of a plethora of work, hence the following skills are expected to be seen on the cameraman resume – theoretical knowledge of capturing footage and filming, camera operating experience, ability to understand camera scripts, physical strength to lift and manage heavy camera equipment, and excellent color vision. Cameramen are hired mostly by the print and film companies for handling the projects that need filming and photography.
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