After graduating Merl inlisted in the Air Force. Married Imogene Thomas of Bellmore. He was a navigator in a B-l7. While flying over Frankfurt, Germany the plane was shot down. He then spent 6 months working his way thro the France underground. After being back home awhile, he reinlisted, eventually ending up at Travis Air Force Base, Ca. He remained there for the rest of his life, raising a girl, Lynn, and a boy, Sam.
Waneta Martin (Overpeck) (1949)
After graduating Merl inlisted in the Air Force. Married Imogene Thomas of Bellmore. He was a navigator in a B-l7. While flying over Frankfurt, Germany the plane was shot down. He then spent 6 months working his way thro the France underground.After being back home awhile, he reinlisted, eventually ending up at Travis Air Force Base, Ca.
He remained there for the rest of his life, raising a girl, Lynn, and a boy, Sam.