was born Apr 1924 in Battle Creek, MI, attended Culver Military Academy, in IN where he completed the senior ROTC program in Field Artillery, then OCS, and commissioned 2^nd Lt at Fort Sill, OK.  He was selected for liaison basic flight training at Pittsburg, KS, advanced artillery training at Ft Sill, and specialized flight training at Camp Bowie, TX where he learned the techniques of  “hedge hopping” and “short strip” landings.  He arrived in the ETO at the 7^th Army Replacement Depot at Epinal, France in Nov 1944 and assigned to the 103d Div Air Section to replace one of the 103d pilots killed while flying from Marseille to the front line positions in the Vosges Mountain area of Alsace.  Lt Genebach was assigned to the 383d FA Bn Nov 18. In the meantime, the weather remained bad (heavy rain then heavy snow and every couple of days, more snow) and such that the liaison planes could not fly until Nov 26.  (Editor’s note: Lt Genebach has written a lengthy interesting description of his wartime experiences with the 103d Air Section including numerous humorous aspects.  Reference the NFTCP #22 & #23 – the 103d Association’s newsletters for Apr ’09 & Oct ’09. This work is available separately as the “103d Air War”) Throughout the combat period, Lt Genebach made a significant contribution to the success of the 103d Air War and has described the significant contribution the liaison pilots made in support of the ground war by direct disruption of the enemies’ activities behind the front line by delivering direct artillery fire on his troop movements and his supply lines.  He was awarded the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service in action during the Nov ’44 to Apr ’45 combat period.  Lt Genebach was promoted to 1^st Lt in Feb (’45) and ended the war at a former German airfield in Innsbruck, Austria after some very exciting experiences, especially during the reconnaissance activities to secure Austria, and link-up with the 5^th Army in Italy. Initially after the war, he was assigned to return to the States with 45^th Inf Div in preparation for deployment to the Pacific Theater.  However, when the war ended, he and his plane were in Rheims, and the Provost Marshall there became interested in acquiring the capability of air recon for ferreting out illegal black market activities.  This became the beginning of a 50+ year career in law enforcement for Lt Genebach.  He transferred to the Military Police Corps and remained in Europe until 1947 when he returned to the US for Investigator Courses at the MP School at Carlisle Barracks, PA.  He was stationed at Ft Sheridan, IL for a short period, where he met, and after 11 days, married his wife, Nona and they had three daughters.  To quote Larry: Nona was a wonderful wife, a loving mother, and a damn good detective.  They were married 60 years before her death, June 1, 2008. Larry had a long, successful, satisfying and interesting career as a Federal Investigator and Polygraph Examiner.  Lots of travel, with assignments in China, Japan, France and Germany twice. Weird hours, long days, low pay, great benefits were all a part of his life. He retired in 1979 after 36 years of combined military and civilian federal service. After his retirement, he worked in the state and private sector as an investigator and polygraph examiner.  This was followed by 7 years as a volunteer in the emergency room of a local hospital. Then he really retired. He is a widower and lives in Washington, VA.