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. . BioInterviewBio ohn Opeka enlisted in the Army Air Corps in February 1942, two weeks before turning 24 years old.  If he’d have waited...
. . BioInterviewBio Bob Olsen was a marine engineer in the US Merchant Marine Service during World War II. Following the war, he served in...
. . BioInterviewIn MemoriamBio Frank Niklas reluctantly joined the Army in 1942 and became a member of the 2nd Infantry “Indianhead” Division.  He landed on...
. . BioInterviewMoreBio When Andy Nigut first saw his face after the wounding, he was horrified.  A Vietnamese rocket propelled grenade had removed nearly 80%...
. . BioInterviewBio Ernest Nigrelli served in the Army Air Corps during WW II.  When his aircraft was badly destroyed on a mission, his captain...
. . BioInterviewBio Jack Naughton served with the US Marine Corps from July 3, 1944 until 1946.  He fought as an infantryman at Marshall Island,...
. . BioInterviewBio Donald J. Myers was a recent graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.  He decided to...
. . BioInterviewBio When Jack Morrow left Kittanning, Pennsylvania to fight in WWII, he was a seventeen year-old volunteer.  “I wanted to go into the...
. . BioInterviewMoreBio M*A*S*H fans will feel like they are listening to another episode, this one starring Joseph Morgan, U S Army 1961-1970. He was just...
. . BioInterviewBio Immediately after graduating high school, George Morgan left his family and friends behind to serve in the Army during WW II.   It...
. . BioInterviewIn MemoriamBio Bob Moore always had a lot to say about the war. “The country lost money on me,” says Bob, who trained...
. . BioInterviewBio When war broke out, Bill Monk was 16 and living a quiet life in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  When news reached him of the bombs...