Richard Maddox’s niece, Pat Gibson, called me this week to tell me of the passing of her uncle. She found my phone number on a piece of paper that fell from his belongings while she was going through his personal effects. Mr. Maddox was an armament instructor at Lowry Field prior to serving with the 449th Fighter Squadron at Mengzi, China, in 1944 and 1945. He worked tirelessly to enable the squadron’s P-38s to carry out missions against the Japanese that helped end World War II. He used a gun camera from a P-38 to record the events of 3 September 1945, when a white-washed bomber carried the Japanese surrender delegation from Hanoi to Mengzi. After the war he put out a periodic newsletter that kept squadron members in touch. According to pilot Forrest Green, who passed away in 2010, “I think we were closer to begin with – but with Richard’s publications we followed each other all the way through and we still communicate with one another now and then.” Joe Chiara, who also passed away a couple years ago, described Maddox as “the ‘glue’ that held our organization together for all these years.” He married his high school sweetheart, Kathryn, and resumed his prewar job at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas. After his wife of over sixty years passed away, going was tough for Mr. Maddox. In March of this year he fell and broke his hip. He never recovered. Before he passed away on 6 August, he told his niece that he was ready to be reunited with his Kathryn again. He was 92 years old. His assistance in creating my book was invaluable. He was a modest man. Few knew of his military exploits. He is my hero for his service to our country and he will be missed. God bless him.