2LT Vernal J. Bird

Jun 1, 2018 | Air Force, Army

In 1941 he enlisted in the army and attended Field Artillery School. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. His training took him many places in the western U.S. and finally to South Carolina and Georgia. On March 12, 1944 he was on his eighth mission flying his...

SGT Jack Herman

May 31, 2018 | Army

Jack Herman grew up in Gary, Indiana. During the early days of World War II, he attended high school and was able to get a job in the local steel mills due to the boom in wartime production. When he turned 17, Herman decided to join the service and signed up to train...

PVT Robert L. Weidert

May 30, 2018 | Army

I waded ashore on Omaha Beach in “Normandy, France” on June 6, 1944 from a landing craft Infantry. I was in the 29th Div, 115 Inf. Reg. Company E, Heavy Weapons. We fought through the hedge country to capture St. Lo and the Brest Peninsula. The fighting...

Doyle I. Zirkle

May 28, 2018 | Army

Doyle I. Zirkle was born at Mabie, Randolph County, West Virginia, to parents Eugene and Ella Margaret Wiseman Zirkle. Eugene and Ella’s busy household consisted of six children: Myrtle, Murrell, and Russell came before Doyle. Clarence (some records list him as...

Capt Edward A Nachowitz

May 25, 2018 | Air Force

Nachowitz was assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. He completed 4 x combat missions, with 500+ combat hrs. He failed to Return (FTR) on a re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders.He was hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders,...