  ,  and Lad Moore was there too. Owen Johnson  Top row left to right: Ed Terry, Vic McHenry, Chars. Rountree, Don Bussart Bottom Row: Robbie Roberts, Julius Petach (This photo and the caption came from "Wings Over Asia" Volume IV. Terry's, Bussart's and Rountree's names aren't quite correct. In the 1943-45 log book of Don McBride, Charles listed his address as:  C.O. Rountree Gilbert, La. From the 1965 CNAC Mailing List: Charles Rountree Djalan Kenten Timor 1 Palembang, Indonesia From a 1982 China trip Charlie gave his address as: Charlie Rountree Box 50K Rt. 5 Ft Myers FL 33908 From the 1995 CNAC Members List: Capt Charles O Rountree 15346 Christine Way Ft Myers, FL 33908 This is the Retirement Home for Charles and Virginia Captain and Mrs. Charles O. Roundtree 10100 Cypress Cove Drive Apartment 124 Ft. Myers, FL 33908 (239)481-3113 The following commentary and photos come from Virginia Rountree telling of the Rountree's life and times. May 23, 2007 You asked about my private life -- well --- you got it. It would be of no interest to most. Charles' Liberty Ship (loaded with ammo) arrived in Seattle, Washington. I informed the school principle I HAD to have a substitute so that I could make the trip by train to meet him. Plane tickets were practically unknown. Even tho' my ankles were swollen from sitting upright during the train trip (no pullman was available). I was able to jump a rope __?__ ft. (too tall to try) wearing high heels, a hat, and a heavy muskrat fur coat when I saw him coming down the designated route from the ship. A train trip (pullman this time!) returned us to be reunited with parents, Harry & Bertha Rountree. For the next 2 years Charles worked as a salesman for Toledo Scales and later at the Lacker Plant that he and his brother owned in Oak Grove, LA. While there he got a call from Lad Moore asking him if he wanted to help train an Indonesian Air Force. They had just recently obtained thier independence from the Dutch (originally - Dutch East Indes). He (Charles) said, "Hell , yes. Where is it?" So off we went to Bandung, Java in 1952 along with Anne 5 years old, & Chuck 3 years old. Baby Nancy made 3 the next year. After that we moved to Palembang, Sumatra in 1953 to work for Standart Oil. He was employed as a corporate pilot and I as a school teacher for an elementary school for the employees children. I was fortunate to be able to teach all 3 children. Charles took early retirement in 1967 and we moved to Ft. Myers, Florida & bought a house on a canal. His job then was fishing on the Caloosahatchee River & Gulf of Mexico from either of 2 boats docked behind the house. We spent 1/2 time on the water -- the other 1/2 traveling here there & yonder. Guess it was 1999 when we moved to Cypress Lake Retirement Home -- So it's now "Home Sweet Home".  Charles and Virginia    NEWS-PRESS SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1994
(Lad, Maupin and Charles were all Primary Instructors for the Air Corps at Jones Field, Bonham, Texas) (Lad and Maupin left early for China - Charles left when Jones Field was closing)    Hump Monument - Kunming and Hump Monument - Nanjing  These 2 chest were purchased when we worked for the oil company in Palembang, Sumatra, sometime during the 1960's. They were made there about 1900 by Chinese crafts' men and are covered with gold leaf. (Note the C-47 hanging on the wall.)   Lad Moore about 1944     Gifford Bull, Leon Roberts, C.O. Rountree, George - the servant and Swantek   C.O. Rountree and J. Houston Maupin  (pin = Maupin)        Hanan, Sullivan, Bull and Swantek  or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |
