Individual Details

Texas Birth Certificate #65626
Forest Abner Lee was born Baylor Hospital, Dallas on 20 Nov 1922, to Wm Arthur Lee, age 42, b. Paris, Ark., Bookkeeper and Nora Hembree, age 29, born Bentonville, Ark. They lived at 225 S. Patton in Dallas.

Forrest Lee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur Lee. He was graduated from Adamson High School and attended North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington and the University of Texas. He was a member of Cliff Temple Baptist Church.

30 Jun 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Forrest Abner Lee of 225 S. Patton, Dallas, TX was age 19, b. 20 Nov 1922 in Dalls. Mr. W. Arthur Lee of the same address would always know his. NTAC (North Texas Agricultural College) Arlington. 5'11", 150 lb. Brown eyes, black hair. wears glasses.

Married 1944 to Louise Linton Kerr (June 14, 1923 - Feb 4, 2013) She remarried in 1959 to Robert Houser Trubey (1927-2020)

Enlisted US Army at Dallas, 20 Jul 1943 - he was sigle and had two years of college; born in Texas in 1922.
Forrest joined the Air Forces August 1943 and received his wings as navigator June 1944. He was stationed on Tinian Island. Second Lt. Lee died in action at age 23 when he was on his twentieth mission. He was killed on a B-29 mine-laying raid near the Japanese coast. 11 soldiers were on baord the plane - all were killed. Forest was the Navigator.

Some of Stanley Black's crew of "Thunderin Loretta", 42-24913, named after Stan Black's wife, Aileen Loretta Black:. Stanley Black, Air Commander, ,Forrest Lee, Navigator, .Charles Siddens, CFC (top gunner) Crew received two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Stan Black, and Charles Siddens received personal DFCs.

There is a Memory Stone in front of the Buddhist Temple in Moji Japan. The monks of this temple buried the crew of "Tinny Anne" on May 28, 1945 They perform a peace ceremony for the crew each May 28. Tinian, Northern Marianas is where they were based.

Buried Laurel Land Cemetery, Dallas

Louise:
After a lifetime of service to her family and generations of children, Louise Kerr Trubey passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013.
She prayed that she would die peacefully in her sleep. God answered her prayer.
Born June 14, 1923, in Batesville, AR, Louise was the oldest child of Florence and Earl Kerr, who precede her in death along with her brother, Joe. Sisters Katherine Kendall, Mary Walker and Sarah Wilder as well as their families survive Louise.
Mr. Kerr moved the family to Oak Cliff in 1930, settling on South Adams Avenue.
During the late 1940s through the early 1960s, Louise was a fashion buyer for A. Harris & Company and Sanger Brothers.
In 1959, Louise married Robert H. Trubey and they raised their children, Bryan and Martha, on Timber Dell Lane in the Glen Oaks subdivision of Oak Cliff, where they remained until returning to North Oak Cliff in 1998.
Louise loved children and spent 50 years teaching in the 4-year old Sunday School department at Cliff Temple Baptist Church where she attended since her youth.
Known as Ahmee to her grandchildren, Louise cherished babysitting and then spending her last years in her son's home surrounded by Miller, Bennett, Campbell Louise and Manning Kerr.
Louise is survived by her husband Robert, son Bryan and wife Laura, their children, daughter Martha and husband Roland Fillion-Robin, their daughter Nicole, stepson Robert Meadows and wife Monica.

Birth	20 Nov 1922	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Death	28 May 1945	Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Father	William Arthur Lee (1880 - 1950)
Mother	Nora Augusta Belle Hembree (1893 - 1979)
Sibling	Lila Mae Lee (1930 - 2007)