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Charles Gordon Eagan, born August 17, 1915 and passed in 1999. By talking to his daughter and son (my grandmother and great uncle) and his grandson (my father) to piece together what he was like, and who he was.
He was born August 17, 1915 in Eugene, Oregon and lived numerous places while growing up. This was because his father, Paul, was working as a mining engineer and was moving around to find a good mine. His father was rarely home and would send letters back and forth with Charles and his mother. They were always close to family and often living with relatives.
When he was about ten, he was helping brand the cows on Aunt Daisy’s farm in Colorado. He, like any ten year old did not really know what they were doing to all the cows, but …show more content…

This was a significant amount of time for them to be living in one place. He spent most of his time caddying around the golf course, whenever the weather allowed him to do so. He also spent several nights taking his girlfriend and mother to a variety of plays. However he squeezed a few hockey games in there as well. Although he was never really known for liking hockey as much as golfing. This year was very exciting for him because he had a few events he says he will never forget.
Two of these exciting events were made possible through his uncle, Eddie Eagan. Uncle Eddie is a boxer who won two gold medals in the winter and summer Olympics. In the summer he competed as a boxer and in the winter, competed in a bobsled team! He is the only person who has done this.
The first, “I will always remember Feb. 28th, as Bobby McClain world famous skater gave me a free skating lesson and informed me he was a personal friend of my Uncle Eddie. This was the first time in 5 years I had, had a pair of skates …show more content…

He later moved to Colorado and attended Colorado State University. We are not quite sure if he graduated college before going into service in March of 1942.
An article from an unknown date states that, he became a Sergeant in the Air Force, and received his training at Visalia, California, Santa Ana, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the article it talks him going missing on June 20th.
A calendar from 1944 has few details that he wrote, on when and where he was shot down. It said he was shot down in Normandy, France, June 17, 1944. Then says he was forced down in Sweden on June 20th the same day the an article says he went missing. He was in a Prison Camp for most of World War II. Unsure how many raids he did before he was shot down. MORE INFO!
While they were stationed in Visalia, California, he met his first wife Lorna May Fox. They married on March 13, 1943 in New Mexico, before he was shot down. After they moved to Santa Barbara, California, and had two beautiful children, Patricia Eagan (my grandmother) and Daniel Eagan (my great uncle). After Lorna May pasted in 1976, he married Sarah

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