★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
USAF 1LT Edward Guthrie, Jr. '51 was navigating a B-26 bomber over North Korea when it was shot down early on November 14, 1952. Though he was listed as missing in action for many months, he and two others aboard were killed. (The pilot survived.)
From the Lucky Bag: "The bantamweight of his company . . . a little rebel from the land of moonshine and mountains . . . came to Navy Tech via the Citadel which accounts for his flair for the military . . . his first love since he came to the Academy has been lacrosse . . . you can see him almost any season of the year running around wildly with his butterfly net ... he is one rebel who has found something good about the North . . . Yankee women, of course ... a die hard pessimist . . . always looking for the worst . . . says this makes good things look better . . . surprisingly humorous in his lighter moments . . . definitely serious in his deeper ones . . . small in stature, but great in heart."
A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Edward was survived by his wife, Anne; infant son, Edward S. Guthrie III; and parents.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/EDWARD_S._GUTHRIE,_JR.,_1LT,_USAF