Where's the man that started the OFC?

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  • Major Tom
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 6181

    #1

    Where's the man that started the OFC?

    A few years back, there was a WW2 veteran who was a machine gunner on Iwo Jima. He started a club which a lot of us joined called OFC (old farts club). What ever happened to him?
  • Merc
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2016
    • 1690

    #2
    I sincerely hope he’s still with us, but someone who joined the US military in 1943 at the age of 18 would now be 95 years of age. Sadly, the members of the “Greatest Generation” will soon be a memory.

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    • JB White
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 13371

      #3
      Clyde? He was posting on other sites, but now that he's been mentioned I'm unable to recall how recently.
      2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!


      **Never quite as old as the other old farts**

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      • lyman
        Administrator - OFC
        • Aug 2009
        • 11268

        #4
        Originally posted by JB White
        Clyde? He was posting on other sites, but now that he's been mentioned I'm unable to recall how recently.
        Clyde as in he goes by Clyde on the boards?

        if so, must not be Clyde over on Gunboards, he is not that old

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        • B.Berry
          Junior Member
          • Mar 2014
          • 3

          #5
          Thomas Clyde Reedy, Jr. of Waco, Texas died 19 March 2016 in Denton, Texas. Clyde enlisted in the Marine Corps soon after he graduated from Waco High School in 1943. He was a Machine Gun Squad Leader and was severely wounded in action on Okinawa. Following his recovery he was stationed in China until his Discharge in 1946. A "China Marine" to the end! A good friend and a Hell Of A Marine. Semper Fi. B.Berry

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          • Major Tom
            Very Senior Member - OFC
            • Aug 2009
            • 6181

            #6
            Thank you B. Berry for the update about Clyde.

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            • SysAd
              Administrator - OFC
              • Sep 2015
              • 119

              #7
              I miss his occasional emails. He was a very, very good man.

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              • JOHN COOK
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 711

                #8
                Did he sign on as “Clyde in Dallas”.

                John in SC
                “Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” (Luke 22:36)

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                • Oyaji
                  Very Senior Member - OFC
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 4372

                  #9
                  Clyde's obituary can be found in the below link:

                  https://www.tributearchive.com/obitu...as-Clyde-Reedy
                  Last edited by Oyaji; 01-02-2021, 09:11. Reason: Link activated

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                  • Oyaji
                    Very Senior Member - OFC
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 4372

                    #10
                    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...as-clyde-reedy

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                    • JB White
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 13371

                      #11
                      Originally posted by JOHN COOK
                      Did he sign on as “Clyde in Dallas”.

                      John in SC
                      Memory is fuzzy, but I'm thinking he signed in as Clyde in Texas or East Texas?
                      Could be several Clydes with different regional markers. Or, perhaps he had login problems and had to make a change to get back in?
                      2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!


                      **Never quite as old as the other old farts**

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                      • togor
                        Banned
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 17610

                        #12
                        There was a user Clyde from the Texas who last logged on in 2012.
                        Last edited by togor; 01-02-2021, 04:06.

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                        • M1Tommy
                          Very Senior Member - OFC
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 1027

                          #13
                          I believe it was Clyde Reedy.

                          Tommy

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