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Carl A. Morrison his Military Career


Carl Morrison in 1940 , at 19, owned a Bakery near Portland Oregon and registered with the draft board as required . He sold the bakery to a guy that worked for him, and was working for another baker when he got his draft notice . He hadn't decided what Branch he wanted so he sent the notice back. He moved to Los Angeles and was working as a night watchman near March Air Force Base. A friend who was an enlisted man at the base talked him into coming over to the base where he happened to arrive while there were taking tests for cadet candidates and they asked him if he wanted to take the tests and he did. A couple weeks later he got another notice from the draft board and they had been looking all over for him. He went out to Mach field and told a Major who was reviewing the cadet candidate tests which he had passed, That he had received the notice and the Major said " Raise your right hand' and he was sworn into the air corps as an Aviation Cadet He trained ,Preflight at Santa Anna Air Base, Primary in the Sterman at Thunderbird Air Base Phoenix, Basic in the BT13 at Marana Air Base Arizona , Advanced in the AT 23 at Moses Lake Air Base in Washington Graduating from Cadets in Oct. 1943. He took his transition training in B17s at Sioux City Iowa and Flew a B17 to Ireland in March of 1944, Married Beverly in Feb 1944 at Moses Lake He joined the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group 40th Bomb Wing of the 8th Air force in April of 1944. At that point there were 25 pilots in his Squadron and when he finished his missions in August of 1945 There were 6 that survived. They were the first bombers over Berlin and his missions are listed below. Heavy flak Heavy Damage on all mission and on his 13th mission he landed with all engines shot out. " Dead Stick"

Carl A. Morrison his life after the service

Carl Morrison was discharged from the service August of 1945 at Fort Lewis Washington and got back home in Ephrata Wa on August 2nd when his first child was born. He worked for a year or so at a Bakery and then an opportunity came to he and Beverly as they were able to buy 60 building lots for $3000 so behold ! they were in the building business. Beverly became a Real Estate Agent and they sold 6 of the lots for $3000 so they already had their money back. Carl won a distributor ship for major appliances and opened a store in Ephrata. He built homes with his brother in law learning how to become a master electrician and plumber. They became the first TV Cable system in the area when Carl built and attend on top of onr of the near by hills and picked up the signal from Spokane Washington. Then hooked up that signal to the homeowners in the area and charged them for it. This was in 1952. Later they were able to buy a national park that was de-activated and turned it into a resort including a Golf Course Then later sold the resort and moved to Hawaii where Carl built and owned a high rise condominium on Kona. Then back to Washington the run the resort again as the had to take it back from the buyer. They also owned and ran a Furniture store and an auto dealership. He retired in 1980 and they moved to Palm Desert Ca.
Carl A.Morrison his family




Carl and Beverly had two boys and a girl and one boy passed away as a toddler. Their daughter Kathy married Bill Loven and have a daughter Jannelle and a son Jay. Janelle married Victor Mancha and they have three children. Jacob, Simenthea and Martyn. Their Son Rodney Morrison lives in Alaska and married Jean Lyle and they have two children Rodney Jr, still single and Aimee who is married with two children Beverly is a very talented portrait artist and the renderings above of their great grand children is an example of her talent
Carl A. Morrison his hobbies and other

Carl Morrison's main hobby was working and as an entrepreneur he worked at many very successful ventures until year 2000 when he was 80 years old
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