[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 119 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4994-S4995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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         REMEMBERING LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARC REYNOLDS, RETIRED

 Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I am saddened to report to my Senate 
colleagues the passing of a true American hero and defender of our 
great Nation, Lt. Gen. Marc C. Reynolds, Retired, who passed away with 
his family by his side on Monday, July 21, 2014.
  Marc was born in Chamberlain, a small town in south central South 
Dakota, to the late Morris and Ione Reynolds, in 1928, and graduated 
from Chamberlain High School in 1946. After high school, he moved on to 
Colorado where he worked at Estes Park, Montgomery Wards, and attended 
the University of Denver before entering the Air Force as an aviation 
cadet in January 1951. He was commissioned upon graduation from pilot 
training in February 1952.
  Marc flew F-94B, F-94C, and F-101B air defense assignments between 
1952 and 1961 that included rotations to Air Force bases in California, 
Washington, Okinawa, and Massachusetts. He transitioned to 
reconnaissance missions in 1961 with an assignment to the Royal Air 
Force Station in Bruntingthorpe, England, flying RB-66s. After 
completing Air Command and Staff College in 1966, Marc moved to the 
460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic 
of Vietnam, and flew 230 combat missions in RF-4C's over North Vietnam 
and the Republic of Vietnam.
  Following his Southeast Asia tour of duty, Marc continued with air 
reconnaissance assignments in Japan and South Carolina. He graduated 
from the Naval War College in August 1973 and transitioned out of 
flying assignments and into logistics, where he was assigned to the 
Ogden Air Logistics Center, UT, initially as the director of 
distribution and later as director of maintenance.
  In July 1976, he transferred to McClellan Air Force Base, CA, as the 
director of materiel management, Sacramento Air Logistics Center. In 
March 1978, he became the center's vice commander. Marc moved to 
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, in May 1980 as vice commander of 
the Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division and took command of the 
division in October 1981. In July 1983, he was appointed commander of 
the Ogden Air Logistics Center, UT.
  In Marc's last assignment, he served as the vice commander, Air Force 
Logistics Command, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force 
Base, OH. In this assignment, he provided worldwide technical logistics 
support to all Air Force active and reserve force activities, military 
assistance program countries and designated U.S. government agencies.
  Marc was a command pilot with more than 5,200 flying hours, including 
475 combat hours. His military decorations and awards include the 
Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished 
Flying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the 
Air Medal with 15 oak leaf clusters and the Air Force Commendation 
Medal with two oak leaf clusters.

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  Marc's passion for aviation continued after his Air Force retirement 
when he accepted a position on the Utah Aerospace Heritage Foundation 
board, which helped fund projects for the Hill Aerospace Museum located 
near Hill Air Force Base. He eventually became its chairman and served 
a total of 26 years on the board. Marc worked tirelessly in the 
community to raise funds and searched around the world to obtain 
aircraft displays to enhance Utah's great Air Force museum. Through 
Marc's efforts, the museum added two additional hangars and it 
continued as one of Utah's top visitor attractions. Marc was also a 
regular fixture at the local Ogden Airport where he kept his airplanes 
and loved swapping flying stories with his fellow ``airport bums.'' He 
enjoyed flying friends and family around the local area and never 
missed the annual flight back to Oshkosh, WI for the aviation 
celebration at Oshkosh.
  Marc was the consummate gentleman and servant/leader who was loved by 
everyone who knew and worked with him. His gift was his extraordinary 
generosity and natural ability to make people feel important.
  Marc is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Ellie, six children: 
Pam Chatelain, Barbara Reynolds, Scott Reynolds, Lisa Oelke, Kristan 
Ingebretsen, and Karine Kucej, 15 grandchildren, and 12 great 
grandchildren. The family wishes to pass on a hearty thanks to the 
caregivers at Gentiva Hospice Health Care, McKay-Dee Hospital, and the 
George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home, who took very good care of Marc 
in his time of need.
  I wanted to personally highlight this great man's achievements, his 
service to our country and our freedoms, and his devotion to his family 
and his community.
  It was my honor to have known Marc and to make tribute to yet another 
remarkable patriot that we are so proud of.

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