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<p>[QUOTE="moekeever, post: 470232, member: 8540"]I need to figure out what to do with gems. I picked up a plastic tub at a garage sale last fall. I looked inside and it had about 30 movies, several boxes of slides and a Brownie 300 projector. Marked real low so I bought it. 2 movies that I have viewed were of the 2nd rescue squadron at the tail end of the war. The plane is shown on the ground with the crew then is shown landing in the sea for a practice rescue. </p><p><br /></p><p>The gentleman’s name was LT. Richard Prass, he retired from the Air Force as a Major in 1975.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a bio from find a grave:</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Neil Prass was born in Lafayette in 1923, the only child of Fredrick Nicholas Prass and Nellie Blanche [Dine] Prass. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1941 and was attending Indiana University in 1942 when his Father died. Richard joined the Army Air Force in early 1943 and was stationed stateside in Idaho before seeing limited action in the Pacific. On Release from active duty in 1946, he married Laura Jane Gaunt with whom he had one son. He next married Donna May Hammer-Perry in Bedford, Indiana in 1951 before being called back to active duty, serving as Navigator for supply flights departing Travis Air Force Base in the San Francisco area bound for Toyko, Japan via Anchorage, Alaska during the Korean War. Afterwards, He began working on his degree once more, having two more sons before being recalled to active duty to France and Germany at the start of the Berlin Wall Crisis in 1961, serving a year overseas. He was to remain in the Air Force Reserve until 1975, retiring with the rank of Major. He completed his degree in Pharmacy from Purdue University, and was then employed at Home Hospital until 1968, and then at Hook's Drug Stores for the balance of his career. In 1978, he moved from Lafayette to Indianapolis after the death of his Mother. In 1985, illness forced his retirement and he was taken to live in Greenfield, Indiana. His final few months were spent in and out of hospitals, and he died in Indianapolis in 1994. He was survived by his two spouses and three sons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I not sure what I need do with these films. Are there any groups that might preserve these films for the historical value?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moekeever, post: 470232, member: 8540"]I need to figure out what to do with gems. I picked up a plastic tub at a garage sale last fall. I looked inside and it had about 30 movies, several boxes of slides and a Brownie 300 projector. Marked real low so I bought it. 2 movies that I have viewed were of the 2nd rescue squadron at the tail end of the war. The plane is shown on the ground with the crew then is shown landing in the sea for a practice rescue. The gentleman’s name was LT. Richard Prass, he retired from the Air Force as a Major in 1975. Here is a bio from find a grave: Richard Neil Prass was born in Lafayette in 1923, the only child of Fredrick Nicholas Prass and Nellie Blanche [Dine] Prass. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1941 and was attending Indiana University in 1942 when his Father died. Richard joined the Army Air Force in early 1943 and was stationed stateside in Idaho before seeing limited action in the Pacific. On Release from active duty in 1946, he married Laura Jane Gaunt with whom he had one son. He next married Donna May Hammer-Perry in Bedford, Indiana in 1951 before being called back to active duty, serving as Navigator for supply flights departing Travis Air Force Base in the San Francisco area bound for Toyko, Japan via Anchorage, Alaska during the Korean War. Afterwards, He began working on his degree once more, having two more sons before being recalled to active duty to France and Germany at the start of the Berlin Wall Crisis in 1961, serving a year overseas. He was to remain in the Air Force Reserve until 1975, retiring with the rank of Major. He completed his degree in Pharmacy from Purdue University, and was then employed at Home Hospital until 1968, and then at Hook's Drug Stores for the balance of his career. In 1978, he moved from Lafayette to Indianapolis after the death of his Mother. In 1985, illness forced his retirement and he was taken to live in Greenfield, Indiana. His final few months were spent in and out of hospitals, and he died in Indianapolis in 1994. He was survived by his two spouses and three sons. I not sure what I need do with these films. Are there any groups that might preserve these films for the historical value?[/QUOTE]
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