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Daron was born in Petrolia, Texas, to the late Orbie L. and Alma Bernice Kirchner Reedy. In 1940, Daron "Diamond Jim" Reedy, at age 18, joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and applied for pilot training in 1942. In 1943, he deployed to the Pacific Theater in New Guinea. He flew 158 strafing missions, survived four plane crashes, jungle fever and malaria. After the war, he became the Commanding Officer of the Texas National Guard in Belton. Daron was a storyteller and loved to tell about his World War II experiences and flying his P-39.🛫 Entry into the Army Air CorpsDaron M. Reedy entered military service in 1940, before the United States formally entered World War II. At that time the U.S. aviation arm was still known as the United States Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the later Army Air Forces and eventually the modern U.S. Air Force. His early enlistment placed him among the pre-war expansion generation of American airmen, who began training as the United States rapidly built up its military capabilities in response to the growing global conflict. These early volunteers formed the foundation of the wartime aviation force that would expand dramatically after 1941.DIAMOND JIM is an adventure in SAD co - special thanks to William Dubberley (AKA my Uncle the Cyborg)You are under surveillance // I am under surveillanceCTHULHU honoring; BEN centered RADIO