Tag: Fleischmanns NY

• Ward and Ruth’s Halcott Airstrip

  

  By Margaret DiBenedetto In 1945, Ward Reynolds was fresh out of the Army. During his tour he’d seen action in the Pacific Islands, had come back stateside and was in training to become an Army glider pilot when the war ended.  Ward was born in Fleischmanns and grew up working on the family farm in…

  Full Court Press

  May 12, 2023

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