IF YOURE FROM THE SOUTH THIS ONE NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION... Nathan Forrest III, born 07-04-1905 in Memphis, Tennessee and member of the SCV had no children, making him the final male Forrest in his great-grandfathers direct line. Forrest graduated from West Point in 1928 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry. In 1929 he transferred to the Air Corps and subsequently gained rank rapidly. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1942, Forrest was serving as Chief of Staff of the Second Air Force when he flew missions as an observer with the Eighth Air Force in England. He was reported missing in action when the B-17 Flying Fortress he was in, leading a bombing raid on the German submarine yards at Kiel, went down on 13-06-1943. The other members of the squadron reported seeing parachutes, and hoped that the General had survived. However, Forrest was found dead on 23-09-1943, age 38, when his body washed up near a seaplane base at Ruegen Island in Germany. ~Robert~
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