Jul 24, 2017 | Army
Martin Harris was an engineer during WWII from 1944-45. He would clear mines and such and even brought one home along with a few captured Nazi guns and a dagger. He would explode bridges and things like that. After landing on Omaha beach (116 days after D-Day which...
Jul 13, 2017 | Army
Don served in the Army during WWII. WWII ended one month before he arrived in Korea where he served as a Secretary. Don was out on maneuvers when the Atom Bomb was dropped, otherwise Don would have been on the beaches of Japan. In Korea, the soldiers Don replaced had...
Jul 5, 2017 | Army
Robert “Bob” Horsley (July 5, 1917 – October 14, 2008) is a veteran of World War II. He started the commissioning process in 1935 and finished the Army ROTC program in March 1941. Bob served in the Army Coast Artillery in California and Sitka, Alaska. In March 1941,...
Jul 2, 2017 | Army
John Wayne Dermody enlisted in the Army in November of 1942. He was a member of the 27th Infantry Division, based out of San Francisco, California. He served in World War II in the Western Pacific and then Central Pacific and finally Ryukus from December 1942 to...
