Brig Gen Harold Huston George

Dec 6, 2018 | Air Force, Army

World War I fighter ace, for whom George Air Force Base, Victorville, Calif., is named. He was born in 1892 in Lockport, N.Y., and was killed in action April 29, 1942 near Darwin, Australia. Harold George graduated from high school at Niagara Falls, N.Y., and enlisted...

CPL Earl Boyce Clark

Dec 4, 2018 | Marines

Mrs. Boyce Clark clasped her husband’s right hand this morning, pressing the wedding ring he first wore 16 months ago. 15 months before he lost his left hand fighting with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. “I’m doing fine,” the blond,...

William E. D’Huyvetters

Dec 2, 2018 | Army

William E. D’Huyvetters’ family moved to Easton from Fair Lawn, N.J., when he was about 7.  After graduating from Easton High School in 1942, he worked at his father’s tannery until the following spring. Uncle Sam said he needed me. I was drafted...

WASP Betty Jo Streff Reed

Nov 30, 2018 | Air Force

June 22, 2013, just two days after her ninetieth  birthday, WASP Betty Jo Streff Reed slipped away and took her final flight. Betty Jo was born June 20, 1923 in Sherman, Texas to John Nicholas Streff and Nellie Ruth Dilworth Streff.  Her father was a general...

PFC Ersol J Salyer

Nov 29, 2018 | Army

He had been wounded July 28 in France and returned to duty. Private Salyer, before his induction in August 1943, had been employed at the Spicer Mrg. Corp. An infantry man, he trained at Camp Blanding, Fla., and went overseas last May. Enlisted 4 Sep 1943 – Fort...