Living Family Archive

Troy, Kansas

Troy, Kansas

Stories set here

Charlie's Path from Kansas to a Career of ServiceCarol recounts Charlie's birth in Troy, Kansas, his place as the oldest of six children, and his mother's family connection to Amelia Earhart. After high school, Charlie served four years in the Air Force, including a year in Korea. He then used the GI Bill to earn a geology degree at the University of Kansas and worked twenty-seven years as a Department of Defense ammunition inspector before retiring in 1986.

Events here

April 21, 1931
Charlie's birth
Charlie was the oldest of six children.

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