Personal Tragedy
On September 22, 1945, General Brooks' son, Maj. Edward Hale Brooks, Jr. (USMA Jan 1943), died in an airplane accident in Belgium while returning from a night training flight. He was an instructor pilot on the flight in question and was standing at the flight deck at the time of impact.
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