December 31, 1925 – July 14, 2014
R McKee
Personal Information
Birthplace: Abilene, KS
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army Air Corps
Unit: Flight School
Theater of Operation: American
Enlisted / Commissioned: Dec 3, 1943
Discharged: Nov 25, 1945
Honored By: Eisenhower Foundation
Biography
1943 – Enlisted in the Army Air Force to receive pilots training. This was never completed because of war’s end. Consequently I was discharged at Lincoln Air Base, NE in 1945.
1947 – Married Elizabeth Hutton. We raised 8 children, have 30 grand-children, and 6 great grand-children.
In 1959, we established McKee’s, Inc., building swimming pools across Kansas including the Abilene, KS, Municipal Pool.
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