Pvt. Everett A. “Smitty”; or “Pops”; Smith

Aug 14, 2017 | Army

U.S. Army Air Corps/HQ Co/187th/11th Airborne Division 1942-1946 WWII Pacific Theater Paratrooper/Gliderman/ Expert in 37mm Tank Destroyer cannon; General Joseph Swing’s HQ Service Staff. He grew up on Broad Channel, New York and first retired in Hallandale and...

PO3 Clarence W Dabney

Aug 10, 2017 | Coast Guard

Ship’s Cook First Class Dabney (right) was wounded when Japanese aircraft bombed the LST on which he was stationed in the Southwest Pacific. Two of his shipmates were killed when [Japanese] bombers dropped their ‘eggs.’ We honor you, Clarence Dabney. (#Repost...

PFC Mario Cian DaRosso

Aug 9, 2017 | Army

My father shipped out on the USS Mariposa on July 14, 1943, and arrived in Casablanca, N. Africa on July 21, 1943 as part of a replacement unit with the 34th Infantry Division. By the time he arrived, along with 2,000 other soldiers on his ship, the British and...

LT Joseph King Naftel

Aug 5, 2017 | Army

Joseph was drafted into the Army in 1941, and he served until 1946. He was part of the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team. Joseph spent time in Australia, New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and the Pacific Theater. We honor you, Joseph Naftel....

LCDR Maurice David Jester

Aug 3, 2017 | Coast Guard

Maurice Jester enlisted in the Coast Guard as a Surfman in 1917, working his way up to Chief Boatswain’s Mate by 1935 while serving on five cutters. Commissioned as a Lieutenant and promoted to Lieutenant Commander, he was the first Coast Guardsman to earn the...