Salizar, Bruno
Posted on 26 October, 2012 by in Veterans By Name, S
Bruno was born in 1922 and went into the Army Air Corps in 1942. He was trained as a Engineer/50 Caliber machine-gunner on the heavy bomber a B-24 named “Stinky” he was assigned to the 546th bomb group of the 8th Air Force which was also called the Mighty 8th or the Fighting 8th. I […]
Bahlau, Fred
Posted on 26 October, 2012 by in Veterans By Name, B
I would like to blog today to tell you about a man named Fred Bahlau who I have known for six years. Fred was born in 1923 in Michigan. He enlisted in the Army where he soon volunteered to become a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. Fred started his training at Ft. Benning and […]
Yehl, Gene
Posted on 26 October, 2012 by in Veterans By Name, Y
Gene Yehl was a Marine in the 5th Marine Division during the fighting at the horrible little 8 sq. miles of hell known as Iwo Jima where the famous picture of the men raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi taken by photographer Joe Rosenthal. Gene enlisted in the Marine Corps in March of 1942 just […]
Dakin, Bill
Posted on 26 October, 2012 by in Veterans By Name, D
Bill enlisted in the Marine Corps in February of 1942. Bill went into what was called the Marine Raiders which were groups of Battalion sized infantry. There were four Raider Battalions. Bill was in the 1st Raider Battalion named after its leader Col. Merritt A. Edson or Edson’s Raiders. Col. Edson received the Medal of […]
Cramton, Barney
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by tom in Veterans By Name, C
I would like to tell all of you about a Naval serviceman, a sailor namedBarney Cramton. Barney enlisted in the Navy in October of 1942. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Essex as a 50cal. Machine gunner on Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. He flew about 40 combat missions, on a mission Barney […]
Alverez, Tillie
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by tom in Veterans By Name, A
Ms. Tillie Alverez was born in 1919. She enlisted in the US Coast Guard and was stationed in Washington DC at the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Alexander, Jim
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by tom in Veterans By Name, A
Jim Alexander, born Mar. 1917. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps 4th Div. 23rd Reg. 2nd Battalion, F Co. Jim was a BAR man, which stands for Browning Automatic Rifle. It was a 30cal. automatic rifle and was very heavy, about 20 lbs. without ammo. Jim was at a very little known tragedy in […]
Bob Whiting – Marine Corps Fighter Pilot – F4U Corsair Fighter – Excerpt 4
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by Larry in Video, WWII History
Bob Whiting – Marine Corps Fighter Pilot – F4U Corsair Fighter – Excerpt 3
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by in Video, WWII History
Bob Whiting – Marine Corps Fighter Pilot – F4U Corsair Fighter – Excerpt 2
Posted on 4 October, 2012 by in Video, WWII History