My father was a WW2 and Korean War bomber pilot. In the Korean War he flew B29’s out of Japan. As I’m sure all of you know, military people that serve together form a bond that last the rest of their lives.
I have a little pocket address book that my father had during his Korean War deployment. In that book are the names and addresses of his in-flight crew and some of his ground crew.
In the past I made a token attempt to see if I could track down any of their family members, but came up empty. Until yesterday.
I had seen an article and picture about a veteran that Honorflight had flown back to DC for a trip. I knew from the picture that it was the B29 that my dad flew, but I doubted that it was my dad’s crew. But, I sent an email to Honorflight, which forwarded it through a couple of people until it got to the son of the person they had flown to DC.
Yesterday, I received an email from his son. And his dad is still alive. He is 95 and in pretty darn good shape for 95. After a couple of email exchanges he confirmed his dad definitely remembered my dad and even had a couple of tales to share. And, they flew all of their missions together.
I am so excited, and he and his son seemed equally as excited. Needless to say, we will be exchanging emails and pictures, and Lord knows what else.
If you have an interest, here is a link to the story on Sgt Lloyd Richardson.
Again, not football related, and I trust Matt will forgive me, but I wanted to share my excitement.
I have a little pocket address book that my father had during his Korean War deployment. In that book are the names and addresses of his in-flight crew and some of his ground crew.
In the past I made a token attempt to see if I could track down any of their family members, but came up empty. Until yesterday.
I had seen an article and picture about a veteran that Honorflight had flown back to DC for a trip. I knew from the picture that it was the B29 that my dad flew, but I doubted that it was my dad’s crew. But, I sent an email to Honorflight, which forwarded it through a couple of people until it got to the son of the person they had flown to DC.
Yesterday, I received an email from his son. And his dad is still alive. He is 95 and in pretty darn good shape for 95. After a couple of email exchanges he confirmed his dad definitely remembered my dad and even had a couple of tales to share. And, they flew all of their missions together.
I am so excited, and he and his son seemed equally as excited. Needless to say, we will be exchanging emails and pictures, and Lord knows what else.
If you have an interest, here is a link to the story on Sgt Lloyd Richardson.
Again, not football related, and I trust Matt will forgive me, but I wanted to share my excitement.
