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A puzzle piece that seems to fit; but, then, NO, the dates don’t jive. Search further.

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Subject: Fw: Heather, my Dad and your Grandfather may have founded an airline together in 1945 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:45:47 -0600 From: Gaye Lyn Reply-To: Gaye Lyn Organization: Veterans Air Express To: Buffy Noll Buffy, hi. How are you these days. All is well here. Spending more and more time on Veterans Air.

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High school sweethearts. Marilyn and Robert Gries.

First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”

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UPDATE 8/30/15: Mid-August, I spent hours with Marilyn at breakfast and then in her home. She is vivacious and wonderful. Yesterday and today, I updated two Posts with photos of Marilyn & her husband Bob on the website. He was one of the Veterans co-founders, a navigator & manager. Yesterday Marilyn & I spoke on the phone. For now, come see the first of my photos of Marilyn. And read (or re-read) HER story — the Veterans Air Express first unofficial “hostess” and a new and now dearly cherished friend of mine! What a Treasure!

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Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed

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Ten 1945-46 Veterans Air crew families located since April 2015 Actually, so far, I’ve been in contact with ten families of Veterans who joined Veterans Air and I’ve met three of our crew members. You may recall my first “road trip” was in August (2015) to Florida to meet Pilot and Operations man Jack Stettner and all of Jack’s “kids,”

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