Captain Charles Alexander Cates:
Information from "Tifton's Valentine to Veterans", Sponsored by The Stafford Foundation, compiled by Marianna G. Keesee with special thanks to others, Printed in 2005 by Lang Printing Co, Tifton, Ga. Copy available in Tifton Tift County Public Library, and used with permission:
"Charles A. Cates served as a pilot in the 5th Army, stationed in the Pacific area. He flew 64 combat missions in a B-25. He named his plane, "Sweet Miss El" for his wife. On V. J. Day, Charles was stationed at Memphis Air Force Base. He had orders to fly a transport plane to a northern base and consequently missed the Memphis Victory Parade. Charles was discharged ranked as a Captain in the U. S. Air Force."
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Charles Alexander Cates
Service Info.: CAPT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1921
Death Date: 9 Jan 1999
Cemetery: Milan City Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Milan, GA 31060
Information from "Tifton's Valentine to Veterans", Sponsored by The Stafford Foundation, compiled by Marianna G. Keesee with special thanks to others, Printed in 2005 by Lang Printing Co, Tifton, Ga. Copy available in Tifton Tift County Public Library, and used with permission:
"Charles A. Cates served as a pilot in the 5th Army, stationed in the Pacific area. He flew 64 combat missions in a B-25. He named his plane, "Sweet Miss El" for his wife. On V. J. Day, Charles was stationed at Memphis Air Force Base. He had orders to fly a transport plane to a northern base and consequently missed the Memphis Victory Parade. Charles was discharged ranked as a Captain in the U. S. Air Force."
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Charles Alexander Cates
Service Info.: CAPT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1921
Death Date: 9 Jan 1999
Cemetery: Milan City Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Milan, GA 31060
Captain Charles Alexander Cates:
Information from "Tifton's Valentine to Veterans", Sponsored by The Stafford Foundation, compiled by Marianna G. Keesee with special thanks to others, Printed in 2005 by Lang Printing Co, Tifton, Ga. Copy available in Tifton Tift County Public Library, and used with permission:
"Charles A. Cates served as a pilot in the 5th Army, stationed in the Pacific area. He flew 64 combat missions in a B-25. He named his plane, "Sweet Miss El" for his wife. On V. J. Day, Charles was stationed at Memphis Air Force Base. He had orders to fly a transport plane to a northern base and consequently missed the Memphis Victory Parade. Charles was discharged ranked as a Captain in the U. S. Air Force."
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Charles Alexander Cates
Service Info.: CAPT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1921
Death Date: 9 Jan 1999
Cemetery: Milan City Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Milan, GA 31060
Information from "Tifton's Valentine to Veterans", Sponsored by The Stafford Foundation, compiled by Marianna G. Keesee with special thanks to others, Printed in 2005 by Lang Printing Co, Tifton, Ga. Copy available in Tifton Tift County Public Library, and used with permission:
"Charles A. Cates served as a pilot in the 5th Army, stationed in the Pacific area. He flew 64 combat missions in a B-25. He named his plane, "Sweet Miss El" for his wife. On V. J. Day, Charles was stationed at Memphis Air Force Base. He had orders to fly a transport plane to a northern base and consequently missed the Memphis Victory Parade. Charles was discharged ranked as a Captain in the U. S. Air Force."
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Charles Alexander Cates
Service Info.: CAPT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1921
Death Date: 9 Jan 1999
Cemetery: Milan City Cemetery
Cemetery Address: Milan, GA 31060
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