Football Flyboy: First Lt. Bill Cannon Piloting More than His Own Aircraft

Does a good mans life end at his death?The answer for daughter Lisa Reinicke was No. Her father was known by manynames: Buster Bill Billy Dad and the Football Flyboy. His deeds no matter how small should be passed down to family friends and anyone looking for inspiration andlife-lessons from one who worked lived and part of the Greatest Generation. TheFootball+Flyboy+was young newlywed and a pilot in WWII. He was a good man.One weekend morning she determined that his spirit should not stay silent just becausehis mouth could no longer speak words. I open my dads old air force footlocker - stillsolid battleship grey weathered and a little rough from travel and age. His name is inwhite lettering on the front: First+Lt+William+R+CannonÆ+What she discovered were yellowed envelopes bound in twine - hundreds of them - thather father had written to her mother. Letters written daily during the last year of WWIIand received by his bride. Her daily letters disappeared - only three times during theyear did the mailman catch up with him and teased with just a few of the hundreds.Before reaching inside there was a feeling of the hands of time grabbing onto my heart knowing that this was such a huge part of not only his life but my moms as well.Meet Bill Buster Cannon the Football Flyboy ... a good man with a good life who madea difference.