Larry,

Just came across your question regarding Rey Island.  The book 'Wings over the Canal' by Dan Hagedorn makes the following comment in Appendix D on page 186.

"APO 825-B: Rey Island Auxiliary Aerodrome, Panama.  A very little known auxiliary.  'E' Flight of the 24th Fighter Squadron was stationed there c. 31 Oct 1943.  It was also used in connection with the chemical weapons storage facility and testing done on the island during the war."

This is a well written book with considerable information about Air Corps activity in this area during the war.  Do not know what else it contains regarding Rey Island, if I find more I will post it.  ISBN 1-56311-153-5.

Hal

I've finally completed my dad's memoirs and published them as a book using the Blurb print-on-demand service.  This book, "My Story", is really intended for our immediate family and a few others but I'm making it available as a public book.  Much of the text, the people, the timeline and the photos have been made available in this message thread, the link to the Blurb book is http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/594253

A preview of the book is available through that link; however, the preview pages are the first pages of the book and are mostly about my dad's grandfather.

This was a good project and I'm glad to have worked on it and happy to be finished -- for a while.  I'm sure that I get feedback from others that I'll be working on the 2nd edition.

Although Blurb is sometimes awkward to work with, perhaps my dad's book can give others the idea and incentive to make and preserve their own experiences.

Hal....thx for the follow-up.  I do have this book and am familiar with the passages you provide, but am always interested in any tidbit of info you may uncover.

With first hand info from dad, his Crash Boat (P-258) was stationed there in support of the Emergency Runway, plus he said there was a Radar Unit on the island.

Larry