Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....GRIMSLEY, FRANK March 6, 1945
WWII - Letters U.S. ARMT AIR CORPS
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 June 4, 2011, 11:57 am

CORDELE BOY OVER CITY IN B-24
A LETTER FROM A CORDELE BOY 
TELLS OF A SURPRISE RIDE OVER CORDELE,BUT WHAT A SURPRISE IT WAS FOR HIS PARENTS, MR
AND MRS A.F. GRIMSLEY,WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER.
 CHARLESTON,S.C.
 DEAR MAMMA AND DADDY
WELL,WELL DID YOU BY ANY CHANCE NOTICE A B-24 FLYING OVER CORDELE YESTERDAY,AT
3;00IN THE AFTERNOON.WELL IF YOU DID IT WAS ME! GOSH, I REALLY GOT A RHRILL FLYING
OVER CORDELE AND OUR  HOUSE RIGHT DOWN BELOW US. JUST TO THINK I WAS 1500 FEET FROM
HOME AND COULDN'T GET THERE.
 WE FLEW OUT TO FLINT RIVER AND FOLLOWED THE COLUMBUS HIGHWAY OVER CORDELE. THEN WE
TURNED RIGHT AND CIRCLED OVER CORDELE FOR A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN FLEW DOWN TO
ALBANY, AS THE NAVIGATOR COULD FLY OVER HIS HOUSE AS HE LIVES THERE. WE THEN FLEW
TOWARD PLAINS AND AMERICUS. THE PILOT TOLD ME TO TAKE OVER CONTROLS, SO I FLEW OVER
GLORIA'S WITH ME IN CONTROL OF THE PLANE. I THEN TURNED RIGHT AND FLEW OVER CORDELE,
FLYING IT MYSELF. I BET I'M THE ONLY GUY FROM CORDELE THAT HAS FLOWN AB-24 OVER IT
HIMSELF. I THEN FLEW OVER AUNT MAUDE AND UNCLE JOHN'S AND STAYED AT THE CONTROLS
UNTIL WE REACHED SAVANNAH. I WROTE YOU FRIDAY NIGHT I WOULD BE OVER CORDELE, BUT I
DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD BE SO SOON.
  OH YES, WE TURND IN OUR RADIO TO WMJM AND GOT SOME SWING MUSIC UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK AND
THEN WE GOT SOME NEWS.
 WELL TELL EVERYONE HELLO AND THAT I WAS IN CORDELE YESTERDAY. THIS IS ALL THE NEWS
FOR NOW, SO I'LL SIGN OFF. TAKE IT EASY AND WRITE SOON.
 LOADS OF LOVE
 FRANK

Additional Comments:
FRANK GRIMSLEY RETIRED FROM F.B.I. AND RETURNED TO CORDELE AND OPENED LAW PRACTICE
UNTIL HIS DEATH

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