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FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES
M. ADAMS was a 1933 graduate of Camden High School. He later lived in Collingswood NJ prior to entering the Armed
Forces. He went into the Army in September of 1941, and qualified for
flight duty. He won his wings and was commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant at Moody
Field in Valdosta GA in August of 1942. He had married Catherine
"Honey" Huber, who moved to 200 North 36th Street in Camden NJ
after he was called to service. In September of 1943 a son, Charles M.
Adams Jr. was born. Sadly, the baby died on March 6, 1944. By this time
Charles Adams had been promoted to First Lieutenant.
Sent overseas in August of 1944,
he was serving as a pilot in the Air Transport Command, flying supplies
over the Himilayan Mountains from India to Chinese armed forces. He was
listed as missing in action on September 17, 1944, and later declared to
be dead. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine "Honey" Huber Adams, of 200 North
36th Street, Camden NJ. The crash of his
plane was reported in the October 23, 1944 edition of the Camden
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