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FINIS SAUNDERS

Finis Saunders is a World War II veteran, retired MOPUB employee, husband of Betty Saunders, Father of Jan, Tim and Patty Saunders and Grandfather of four grandchildren.


 * Finis was born and spent the first four years of his life in Oklahoma. After moving with his Father and Mother to Warrensburg, Missouri, Finis attended primary and secondary school.


 * During World War II, Finis enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He served as a radar opperator for # missions on the Jack Pot B-29 Superfortress based on Tinian Island. On the return flight from a bombing mission over Japan, his plane was shot down by Japanese Anti-Aircraft fire and was forced to ditch in the pacific ocean. For several days Finis and his aircrew drifted through the Pacific until being rescued by the Destroyer NAME, diverted from the shelling Iwoa Jima.


 * After survivnig the war Finis returned to Warrensburg, MO where he worked on his bachelors degree in engineering at Central Missiouri State University. During his college carrier Finis met and fell in love with Betty LASTNAME. They married and had three children, Jan, Tim and Patty. A few years after the family moved to Lee's Summit, MO where Finis found a job with Missouri Public Service.