In honor of Memorial Day 2024, the Watkinson Library is pleased to announce an expanded and fully processed version of the personal papers of a Trinity College alumnus and decorated U.S. Air Force Brigadier General, Jon A. Reynolds. The Jon A. Reynolds papers consist primarily of correspondence and office files; photographs and slides; maps, guides, and brochures; newspaper clippings and periodicals; military service awards; and artifacts and ephemera which document his life and career as a command pilot in the U.S. Air Force and later as an employee of Raytheon Company, after retirement from the military.

Ring returned to Vietnam POW 44 years after imprisonment (Hivner, Barrett)
With the traditional “I do’s” and exchange of wedding bands some 54 years ago on Oct. 1, 1955, James and Phyllis Hivner began their life’s journey together which, like many young couples, began with not knowing what the future held. That journey was rocked 10 years later, almost to the day, when then-Capt.

