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St. Augustine WWII vet remembers fighting in the trenches
Jack Worley, 91, keeps his story inside a manila folder marked “Landed in trench full of German soldiers.
”In 1942 he was 18 years old and a private in intelligence with... -
Charles Alford - 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Charles Alford was born on November 19 1921 in Davenport, Iowa but moved when he was 7 to live with his Dad in Chicago. His family life was not really easy, that is why “Everyday was...
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James Earl Wilkins Jr. - 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
James Earl Wilkins Jr. was living in Floydada and had not quite reached his 21st birthday when he attempted to enlist in the Army on Jan. 8, 1942.
“I had to send a teleg... -
Cecile Callahan - 76th Armored Medical Battalion
Some people may disagree that the Holocaust even took place, but Cecil Callahan will disagree -– he was there.
The 95-year-old Grayson native served in World War... -
Richard Gard
Just three days after D-Day in 1944, Miami Valley resident Richard Gard landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France with the US Army. Gard was a Staff Sargent in the 44th Armored Infantry Batt...
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John Napoleon
John Napoleon enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1940, to escape life as a Depression era farmer in Rochester, New York. He enlisted for a period of one year, and following Pearl H...
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Robert W. Griffith
Robert W. Griffith was born in Sedalia, MO, the son of Orville Garrett Griffith and Gladys Marie Mohler Griffith. He graduated from Smith Cotton High School in Sedalia. He married Ione Mae...
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Corporal Charles Bascom "Charlie" Upchurch
Duffield, Va. - S.Sgt. Charlie B. Upchurch has been officially reported by the U.S. War Department as "killed in action" somewhere in France, September 23. He had been...
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General Robert Walker Grow
Most of the data available for Major General Robert W. Grow centers on only two events in his career:
- His command of the U.S. Army's 6th Armored Division during...
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James Vincent Christiano
James "Jim" Vincent Christiano was born on September 7, 1916 in Waterbury, CT. He was the son of Constantino Cristinziano (changed to Christiano) and Bambina Lanese and attended W...