United States Air Force (Retired) 487th Fighter Squadron “The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. If an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Goering: you can call me Meier!” – Reich Marshal Hermann Goering “The day I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.” Commander-In-Chief… Read more »
United States Air Force (As related by his widow Marge Peake) “I just happened to be there. It was an accident.” These simple words of explanation were characteristic of Kenneth Stickevers, a Long Island, New York native who, in August 1960, along with seven Air Force crew mates became the victims of civil unrest in… Read more »
United States Army 2nd Infantry Division, 9th Regiment From an early age, Donald Saville had an interest in the military. He joined ROTC when he attended South High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. During his senior year in 1939, he was appointed Cadet Lt. Colonel to command the ROTC Battalion. His interest in the… Read more »
116th Infantry, 29th Division, Company F The invasion of Normandy began June 6, 1944. Code named Operation Overlord, the landing involved 4,100 landing craft. General Eisenhower told the troops, “You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we’ve striven these many months.” Among those involved in the “great crusade” was nineteen year… Read more »
United States Marine Corps SOUNDING TAPS FOR A FALLEN MARINE My Father, Ralph Eugene Riley, died June 22, 20l2. He was a decorated Marine who was wounded in action on September l5, l944. He served within the enemy zone of operations in the Pacific Ocean from l942-44 with Company K,3rd Battalion, lst Regiment, lst Marine… Read more »
United States Army How Joe Sangermano, the son of Italian immigrants living in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, went from a tranquil existence in his hometown to becoming a prisoner of war is a story punctuated with fear, determination, hope and downright perseverance against debilitating odds. By his own admission, Joe was quite a character who enjoyed life… Read more »
UNITED STATES ARMY (As related by his nephew, Joseph Reynolds) This banner headline of the Baltimore News American of May 31, 1943, announced the fate of Captain Peter Reynolds, United States Army: PETE REYNOLDS REPORTED PRISONER OF JAPS The story continued: “Capt. Pete Reynolds, U.S.A., a former stellar Johns Hopkins athlete, reported missing after the… Read more »
Herman A. United States Army | Curtis H. United States Army | John D. United States Army Air Corps | Leroy F. United States Army Carl H. United States Navy | Robert United States Army The town of Donaldson, Pennsylvania is situated just west of the Pocono Mountains and on the northern edge of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country in Schuylkill County. The area is… Read more »
QM2c WORLD WAR II- D-DAY – AS I REMEMBER IT LCT 613 arrived at England on LST 288 on April 2, 1944, and was launched immediately. Shortly thereafter, additional crew members were assigned to bring the crew up to full complement. The weeks that followed enabled the crew to assimilate and begin sharpening their individual… Read more »
United States Marines and his wife, LANI RAKOW Marriage under any circumstances is an experience of highs, lows and in betweens. When the added pressures associated with military life is added to the equation, marriage can become very challenging. Bill and Lani Rakow can certainly speak to the joys and hardships of a military marriage…. Read more »
By Sheila R. Cherry Associate Editor, Bayside Gazette OCEAN PINES—Local veterans, Navy Quartermaster Elmer Muth and Army Air Corpsman John Sauer were among 156,000 military service members from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, assigned to invade France’s northern Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. The United States joined its allies in the successful,… Read more »
THERE IS A GOD I was a Company aid man in E Company, 115th Infantry, 29th Division. Every night I would pray to God to get me home safe and sound to see my mother who had serious health problems at the time I was sent overseas. God kept me safe for I never got… Read more »
Lawrence (Joe) United States Navy | George United States Navy, United States Army Air Corps | Robert and Donald United States Air Force David, John and Rosemary United States Army If service in the United States military were a family business, then the Mulholland family could certainly claim it as their own. During a period spanning nearly 40 years, starting in 1943,… Read more »
SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE | UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Dates of Service 16 January 1943 – 31 October 1945 29 June 1946 – 31 July 1968 John “Jack” Huston McCracken, son of William Paul and Margaret Huston McCracken was born on 26 November, 1922, in Pittsburgh, PA. Jack is the grandson of… Read more »
United States Navy (As related by his daughter, Ruby Chaney) It was 1946 and the war to end all wars was over. The United States was entering a period of unprecedented prosperity. It was time to celebrate, enjoy the fruits of victory, and begin a new civilian life. However, for Palmer Theron McCormac, as with… Read more »
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