We had left family and country behind six and one half months earlier so it was just glorious to be reunited with my lovely family in October 1952. Wanda never looked more beautiful. We loaded the kids in the car and headed for Indiana/Kentucky by the way of Utah and Wisconsin.
The second night home we made reservations at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. We left the kids with Grandpa Rube and Grandma Edna and started to have a few days just the two of us. We got out of bed about 10 AM the next morning, gathered up the kids and took them along.
The new assignment was with a refueling squadron at Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, Louisiana. Now we were going to fly in an airborne filling station. After the B-29, the KC-97 tanker was a Cadillac. Three or four of us were promoted to captain at the same time. The CO announced that he would take $20 from each of us to buy drinks for a party. I told him in front of everyone that I would rather not furnish booze for my friends to get drunk on. He accepted my request and said he would buy soft drinks with my contribution.
We soon became one of the number one crews and spent time in check riding with other crews.
Brown Hotel, Louisville, KY
KC-97
Airborne Filling Station
Captain Reasor
Valerie, Cheryl, Kay, and Sandi
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