[nickcarraway]

[NEWwoman]

Thanks for the post. Tweeted the link.

[dsc]

RIP, sergeant.

[PROCON]

Here's the non-subscription link.

[Robert DeLong]

Rector toured Battle of Britain Bunker, an underground command center where fighter airplane operations were directed during D-Day. After climbing back into the sunlight, he told Jowers he felt dizzy. She grabbed one of his arms, and a stranger grabbed the other.

There, just outside the bunker where Winston Churchill famously said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,” Rector died quietly.

“He walked out of that bunker like his tour was done,” Jowers said.

Sandy Vavruich, Rector’s daughter, said it’s how he would have liked to die, even though he sadly never did make it to RAF Snetterton Heath.

My father-in-law is one of the few remaining WWII veterans still with us. God Bless him. One reason is that he joined enlisted at he age of 16, after lying about his true age.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I got goosebumps reading this.

[Texas Fossil]

There was a funeral today at 2:00 PM for Delbert LeFevre, 93, at Sagerton, TX.

During WWII he was a Navigator on a B24 Bomber. The small Methodist Church was overflowing, rows of seating on the lawn in front with many people standing.

Delbert and his son both got a honor ride on a B24 Bomber recently. He was allowed to set in the navigators seat again.

God Bless Delbert and all his remaining WWII brethren and their families.

[Old Grumpy]

Very touching story; brought tears to my eyes.

[BiggerTigger]

Blurry screen.

[IronJack]

It's always ennobling to read about the courage of these uncommon common men. And it's always sad when you have to read their stories as part of an obituary.

But, as they say, kings and peasants all come to dust ... It's the life well lived that counts.

[BiggerTigger]

London TV news Rememberance for Melvin Rector

[Fiji Hill]

he B-17 Flying Fortress garnered such attention that not one but two films were made about it: a documentary in 1944 and an eponymously titled drama in 1990, starring John Lithgow, Matthew Modine and Harry Connick Jr.

I liked the documentary but not the drama.

[NonValueAdded]

Barefoot Bay, Brevard County, Florida ping.

Rest In Peace, brave warrior, and our prayers are with your loved ones.

Let me know if you want on or off this low volume ping list.
(not associated with the county government)

[golux]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

[Albion Wilde]

Ping! A continuation of a story to which you had alerted me awhile ago...

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Sgt. Rector is in this film:

https://archive.org/details/MemphisBelle

[Pelham]

A great story. Thanks for finding it.

My dad’s a WWII vet, 96 now. I’m impressed that Melvin Rector went on this trip at 94. A fitting way to go out. And the Brits did him right.