Madaline, You are welcome. Ray
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From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:24 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info
> You are a good man. Thanks for all the time spent on his behalf. The
> info
> I have I got from his obits and news articles. (I remember him buzzing
> our
> house when he was stateside. Scared us to death!) If Charles didn't
> serve,
> he had one hell of an imagination to relate such vivid tales..... and
> someone gave him a really nice uniform!
> His obit says he remained in the Navy's fleet reserve and attained the
> rank
> of Commander.
> With appreciation.
> Madaline
>
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Ray Harlow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Madaline,
>> Boy were you right.
>> I searched Ancesry.com Military, Fold3 WWII, the Internet, and Ancestry
>> family Trees and found nothing that would help you.
>>
>> Sorry, Ray
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------**--------------------
>> From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:39 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info
>>
>> You are very kind to offer to help me.
>>> I have checked Ancestry and Fold3 but feel a more skilled researcher may
>>> find something I overlooked. While I have had success with finding
>>> Confederate soldiers on Fold3....not so much on WWII.
>>> Ancestry came up dry also, other than the census. (His father, Charles
>>> H.
>>> Harper is not in the 1940 census. The family lived in Winchester, VA at
>>> the
>>> time.)
>>> His data:
>>> Charles Lee Harper
>>> b. 5 Oct 1916 - Frederick Co, VA
>>> d. 20 Mar 1984 - PA
>>> Enlisted in 1941 when he was a student at UVA.
>>> Single, did not marry until after the war.
>>> Awarded Air Medal, Gold Star and Silver Star.
>>> Charles was not opposed to embroidering details. For instance, his obit
>>> says he was a lawyer but I can find no record of a law school. He
>>> married
>>> money and spent 33 years on production of the Devon Horse Show in PA
>>> wearing one hat or the other.....master of the hunt and all that, you
>>> know!
>>> He was a Hollywood version of an ace pilot. Dark wavy hair, brown/black
>>> eyes, drum major for high school band..... the women loved him...he had
>>> quite a flair.
>>>
>>> Look forward to your reply. With appreciation
>>> M. Preston
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ray Harlow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Send me his name and I will check Ancestry.com and Fold3 for you. Ray
>>>> Harlow
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------****--------------------
>>>>
>>>> From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:42 PM
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info
>>>>
>>>> I need a resource and am reaching out to this list for help.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My father's brother died in 1984 leaving no children. Now, at 76 yrs,
>>>>> I
>>>>> am
>>>>> the oldest person.....the matriarch....in the line and trying to get
>>>>> the
>>>>> family history down for my grandchildren. The brother was a WWII dive
>>>>> bomber pilot, flying off the USS Essex at Tarawa, Wake and Truk
>>>>> Islands. I
>>>>> have tried to obtain his service records but have been advised that
>>>>> since
>>>>> I
>>>>> am not a direct descendant, his child, grandchild, etc., these records
>>>>> are
>>>>> not available to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there more than one way to skin this cat?
>>>>>
>>>>> M Preston
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