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John Kuzio

. . After his first month in the Army, John Kuzio shipped out to the South Pacific islands for the next three years.  That’s a long time overseas.  “You gotta be kidding me,” said the Army discharge clerk looking over his service record.  What can I say, he thought, I just

Frank Kravetz

. . Frank Kavetz entered the Army Air Corps on November 2nd, 1943 and he was trained as a tailgunner on a B-17.  He was assigned to 457th Bomb Group, 750th Squad in the Eighth Air Force. On a mission to Merseberg on November 2nd, 1944 his crew was attacked by

Stephen Korba

. . Stephen Korba entered the US Army Air Corps in October 1942 where he served as a flight engineer and top gunner aboard a B-17 at the rank of Tech Sergeant in the 8th Air Force.  During a bombing mission over Schweinfurt, Germany on October 14, 1943, his plane was

George Kolsun

. . George Kolsun always wanted to fly.  And during WW II he did, but not in the way he expected.  “I wanted to be a pilot, but the Army put me into an airborne infantry unit.”  Gliders!  One of the most dangerous flying contraptions of the war.  Worse, he was

Charles Kelley

. . Charles Kelley Charles E. Kelley–“Chuck”–grew up as a devout Catholic kid in the small, hilly community of Elliot in Pittsburgh’s West End area. He was a junior in high school when he heard news on a neighbor’s radio about Pearl Harbor.  Chuck knew that it was a matter of

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