Russ was a major player in this entire story. I had the privilege and honor to have met with him at many of the 46th/72nd recon reunions. He provided a lot of documents and great photos that are on this site. He helped out tremendously in the evolution of this web site.

He was born in Park City, Utah and lived the majority of his adult life in South San Francisco, California. He lived with his wife Betty in Gilroy, California. Sadly, Russell passed away at the age of 92 on April 15, 2008.
He was a pilot trainer during WWII.

Russell Jordan in 1943