Charles G. Reynolds. / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency © Provided by CBS News
God Rest His Soul.
Charles G. Reynolds. / Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency © Provided by CBS News
I have 7 uncles and they ALL served in WWII. One is still alive.....barely. He is a “little big man”. Meaning he’s only about 5’5” but served in the Navy in combat in the Solomon Islands on a destroyer. He was one of the loaders on an anti aircraft gun. The only pic I have of him is in his dress blues which I proudly wore 25 years after him!
This is good news for Charles Reynolds family and for all patriotic Americans.
My oldest uncle died piloting a B-26 Marauder in Europe. He was transporting muckity-mucks to North Africa. The pilot he replaced that day survived the war.
He was 23 when he died, married, his body washed up on a beach in Portugal, the locals buried him in their church graveyard.
My grandmother went ballistic and had the military dig up his body and transport it home to Indiana.
My grandmother never recovered. She fainted when the military and chaplain showed up to tell her the news. My dad remembers her screaming and crying for months on end.
Family didn’t speak of it when I was growing up, subject was taboo for some reason.
My father (Army) fought in New Guinea, on the island of Morotai, and in the Philippines on Mindanao. He entered combat a first lieutenant and returned a major...at the age of 24. War makes young men old too fast.
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So weird how we take solace in these types of events.
Even pagans and unbelievers generally reflect with reverence on these situations.
God has placed eternity in the hearts of man (and women!!)
My uncle did graves registration and recovery in New Guinea during the war. His stories of climbing the mountains into the jungles in that place were amazing. I don’t doubt there were plenty of people lost in that place, but it wasn’t for lack of effort.
You’re going home hero. Rest in peace!
Rest in peace....
From what I researched, he was piloting a B-25, crew of 5 including him.