| Name |
Pleasant Gee “P. G.” REYNOLDS [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Birth |
11 Jul 1924 |
Atkinson, North Carolina  [7, 12] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
he graduated from Edmunds High School, Sumter, South Carolina, in 1942 [7] |
| HIST |
2nd husband of Dorothy of Marquette, Michigan of Sumter, South Carolina He was the oldest of seven children [1, 7, 12, 13, 14] |
| MILI |
retired U. S. Air Force Colonel He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps on 16 Apr 1943 After training in aircraft mechanics, gunnery school and combat crew training, he was assigned to duty in Cerignola, Italy on 11 Jul 1944. He was a flight engineer and top turret gunner on B-24 Liberators. After 25 bombing missions, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and forced to land on the island of Vis, off the coast of Yugoslavia, known to Allied Forces to be controlled by Yugoslavian resistance fighters. His crew finally returned to base in Italy and he completed a total of 50 combat missions, including one over the famous and well defended Ploesti oil fields and refineries in Romania. After World War II he entered Clemson University in September 1947 but remained in the inactive AIr Force Reserve. In 1951 his education was interrupted by a recall to active duty in Korea where he served as a second lieutenant in communications. He remained on active duty after the Korean War and finally returned to college in 1956. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in architectural-engineering from Clemson University in 1958. He chose to remain in the Air Force with a career in civil engineering. During his commissioned career, he served at: Headquarters 3rd Air Force, London, England; K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan; Osan, Korea; George Air Force Base, California; an Education-With-Industry assignment in Los Angeles; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; served as military adviser to the Joint United States Military Advisory Group, Bangkok, Thailand; Richards-Gebauer Air Force Base, Mo; commanded the 554th Civil Engineering “Red Horse” Squadron at U-Tapao Air Base, Thailand; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He retired in 1981 as a colonel with 36 years of illustrous service. He received numerous medals and awards including the Bronze Star, and AIr Medal with four devices, the Legion of Merit with devices and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. [1, 7] |
| _UID |
A196E367234B4881B723F3531E3C95884F91 |
| Death |
23 Aug 2005 |
Roper Hospital, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina |
| Burial |
27 Aug 2005 |
Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [7] |
- Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
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| Person ID |
I74103 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2020 |
1924 - 2005 (81 years)