Howard, Sigrid
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, H
July 13 2020 Nearly all of Larry Martin’s WW II veterans gave me written permission to use their information. The day in July 2015 when I interviewed Sigrid on DVD I had forgotten to bring a printed written release with me. I asked Sigrid at the end of the interview if she would give me […]
Hosking, Irene
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, H
5 August 2019 This bio of Irene Hosking is written by Larry Martin from memory and notes of our DVD interview at her home in Owosso Michigan in July 2012. Irene was born in April of 1919. She still lives in her own home in Owosso Michigan as of this date. The last […]
Homer, Jack
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, H
December 19 Page 41 Notebook 3 Jack Homer 1918: B-17 Navigator 10th AF CBI Mission June 4, 1942 his plane was alone when attacked by 24 Japanese Zero’s and was shot down. He was a POW for 3.5 years in Rangoon, was released April 29, 1945 in Burma. Jack was the first POW […]
Hatch, Norm
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, H
3 October 2019 Norm Hatch March 2nd 1921- 2017 This is being typed by Larry Martin from notes taken during Norm’s interview at his home in Washington D.C. June of 2014 by Larry Martin and Grandson Trenton Grimes. Some of these notes are also from memory of telephone calls to Norm at different times. […]
Gilson, Mark
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, G
July 13 2019 from notes and memory of Larry Martin. Interview and notes taken 6 June 2012. Lt. Mark Gilson 1919 USN Dental Officer Fleet Marine Force FMF. Mark was station with the Marine Corps at Guam and Iwo Jima. FMF are Naval officers and enlisted men such as: Physians, Dentists, Ministers who […]
Gianunzio, Anthony
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, G
Biography of Anthony Giannunzio written by Larry Martin February 2020 from notes written in 2014. I only met Tony a couple of times so I do not know him as well as some of the other WW II veterans. Tony was born in 1922 so he was about 92 when I met him […]
Fulop, Alexander
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, F
This Bio of Alexander Fulop born 1929 was put on computer 10 January 2019 by interviewer Larry Martin. His interview is one hour long with a lot of history of communism. Alex was born in the outskirts of Budapest Hungary. He fought a little ( he was only 16 when the war ended) with the […]
Franstead, Dick
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, F
This entry is being put on computer January 2020 by Larry Martin from notes taken August 2014 in Jackson Michigan at Dick Fransted’s home. Dick was in the 11th Airborne Co. “G” in the Philippine battles. He did not make the jump into Los Banos but did a lot of fighting in Layte, Luzon […]
Dietsch, Bob
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, D
December 21, 2013 Typed September 14, 2019 Page 65 Notebook 3 Bob Dietsch (Born 1924 passed on 11 August 2019) Bob was drafted June 1942 into 19th combat Reg Engineers. He fought at Anzio, Cassino, Rapido River, Volturno River with the British 8th Army. Bob was in Yugoslavia when the war ended. Bob’s […]
Connor, Gisele
Posted on 14 September, 2021 by in Veterans By Name, C
30 August 201 This bio of Gisele Connor is being written by Larry Martin from notes and memory of the interview that I completed at my friends Ken and Connie Stuby in Zephyrhills Florida in Dec. 2014. Gisele was born in France in 1922, though 92 she was a very beautiful woman. I was […]