Papernik, Tom
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, P
Tom Papernik USMC 1920-Aug.2000 Entered to computer August 6 2018 I interviewed Tom in early 2000 at his home in Lansing Michigan. Tom enlisted into the Marine Corps in Sept. 1942 was discharged from the Corps in july of 1945. He went to “Boot Camp” in San Diego California then attended Scout/Sniper training […]
Mueller, Henry
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
Lt. Col Henry Meuller ( in 1970 he was a Brig. General) This is being put on computer August 31 2019 by Larry Martin from notes taken by phone. 11-2012 Henry was the G-2 (intelligence officer of the 11th Airborne) during the planning and execution of the “Raid On Los Banos” February […]
Montegno, Bill
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
30 August 2019 Bio is being written by Larry Martin by notes from Bill’s interview in about 2015. Bill went into the Army Air Corps on 19 April 1942. Was assigned to the 9th Air Force in Europe. He flew B-25s, C-47s and C-46s. Bill dropped the 82nd Airborne into Normandy on D-Day June […]
Miller, Thurman
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
31 August 2019 Born November 26th 1919 passed away September 2017 This biography of Thurman Miller USMC Gunnery Sgt. Is done from notes taken during a trip to (My Grandson Trenton Grimes) and I took to Thurman’s home in Mt. Hope West Virginia. I was introduced to Thurman by a man from Jackson Mi. […]
Meuller, Henry
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
This is written by Larry Martin 12-22-19. I never have met later Brig. Gen. Henry Meuller who was a Lt. Colonel in the11th Airborne in the Philippines 1944. I have spoke to him on the phone many times he is 102 years of age at this writing and very sharp mentally living by himself in […]
Mericle, Don
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
This bio of Don Mericle born 1926 USN is being written by Larry Martin July 11 2020 from notes taken in June 2015 when I interviewed Don on DVD. Don enlisted in January 1944. Don became a gunner on a twin 40 mm anti aircraft gun aboard the USS Cofer APD 62. The Cofer […]
Menna, Tony
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
Bio written by Larry Martin 21 Dec. 2018 Tony Menna USMC Pearl Harbor Tony enlisted in USMC Oct. 1939 to Oct 1945. He was at Pearl Harbor during the attack on December 7th 1941. Tony fought as Infantry on Talagi and some on Guadalcanal. He was Marine Artilleryman on 155 mm guns Interview […]
McGrath, Jack
Posted on 15 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
November 14, 2012 Page 40 Notebook 3 Jack McGrath Born Sept. 1924- 11th Airborne, 511 Rev. HQ1 Machine Gun Platoon Medic Passed away in Fall of 2015 March 1943 Jack volunteered for the draft because his mother would not let him go into the service because she had lost two of her brothers […]
McClelland, Charles
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
April 6th 2019 Charles McClelland born 1923, I interviewed Charles Dec. 2012 at his home in Zephyrhills Florida. This is being updated from information that I just received from Charles today April 6th 2019. Charles enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940 before the start of WW II. He went through boot camp in […]
McCaskill, William
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by cherman in Veteran, M
William “Mack” McCaskill born 1929. These notes are written in 2020 from only phone conversation’s on the phone only. I do hope to do a interview with him sometime in the future. Mack went into the Navy in 1943 at age 14. He said that when he and the other recruits arrived at Great […]