Monroe Floyd Vest Jr

Military
media-49067.jpeg UPL 49067 Captain Vest, looking dapper and ready for a fight

From the MF Vest Archives

Object Number - UPL 49067 - Captain Vest, looking dapper and ready for a fight

Floyd was from Birmingham, AL. Born in 1918, he attended Auburn University (then Alabama Polytechnic Institute) where he was a member of the Cadets (ROTC), and studied chemical engineering. After the war, he remained in the Air Force Reserves. He met his wife of over 60 years, Hazel from Liverpool, UK, in Wellingborough, just a few miles from the airfield in Chelveston where he was stationed. Hazel was in the Royal Land Army, and was stationed on a nearby farm. They met at a Red Cross dance only 2 weeks before D Day. 

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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MF Vest Jr/HA Vest oral history

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MF Vest oral history

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Source- Floyd Vest Jr/Hazel A Vest collection

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8/4/18

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8/4/18

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This was edited by Matthew Parrish, Floyd's grandson

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Monroe Floyd Vest: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 49067 - Captain Vest, looking dapper and ready for a fight

Captain Vest and his beautiful bride- 8/1945

Object number: UPL 71089 - Captain Floyd Vest and his wife of over 60 years...

Hazel Aris, Royal Land Army

Object number: UPL 71106 - Hazel Aris in her Royal Land Army kit, ca.1941-42

Lt Col Vest and grandson, ca. 1985

Object number: UPL 71113 - Lt Col Floyd Vest Jr (Ret) and his grandson Scott...