CHRISTMAS STOLEN FROM PUTNAM COUNTY FAMILIES IN 1952
ROBERT NEAL DALTON 2nd Cousin 1X Removed The loss of a child would have to be the most devastating experience a parent could ever face. A piece of yourself…lost… Futures…forever changed… alton Robert was born on August 23, 1931, and was the only child of Charles Herman and Minnie Bertha Austin. Minnie A Austin Dalton (1900 - 1992) Charles Herman Dalton (1895 - 1946) This 'young' man died on December 20, 1952, at the age of 21 in a military plane crash at Larson Air Force Base in Grant, Washington. A large number of Air Force comrades from Korea and the Northwestern U.S. Air Force bases were headed home for the holidays through a program known as Operation Sleigh Ride. The passengers' names had been drawn by 'lot number' for the 'special' privilege. MILITARY CRASH STOLE CHRISTMAS IN 1952 By Amy Davis Herald-Citizen, Cookeville, TN Sunday, 23 December 2012, front page & ...