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East Iowa WW II pilot profile of James Ralston joins Coe College scholars
Time Machine recalls Cedar Rapids native James Ralston born 1930s era. He pursued music at Franklin High School and Coe College, trained as a flying cadet in 1941, served as Army Air Corps instructor after Pearl Harbor, married Kathryn Lynch in 1943, and later settled in Greenville Texas while his brother and parents marked their 25th wedding anniversary.
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Eston
Gerdine Ralston
Cedar Rapids
James
Weston Jr
Weston
James Ralston
Franklin High School
Masonic
Coe
Ralston
Dan Hunter
Hunter Field
Army Air
Army
Army Air Corps
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Pearl Harbor
America
Aa Brother
Kathryn Lynch
Greenville
Tallahassee
Fla
Kathryn
Donald R. Lynch
Blake Boulevard
Richard Weston Ralston
Ricky
England
Europe
Mery Ralston
Weston David Ralston
Weston Douglas Ralston
James Edward Ralston
Coe College
Pete Klimek
Robert Daniels
Ward Long
Willard More
Mechanicsville
Gerald B. Lowe
Letts
Charles Greinke
Des Plaines
Ill
J.B. Lyman
Alfred W. Meyer
James McFadden
Oelwein
James Wilson
Nevada
Iowa
Arthur van Wyk
Sheldon
Paul Tschirgi
Reinbeck
Robert Foulkes
Frank Scheible
John Kofron
Francis Hidinger
William Duffy
Robert H. Johnson
Clarksville
Fred Hight
Gazette