. . Gene Laus entered the US Army Air Corps in July 1942 and flew aboard a C-46 as a radio operator and navigator. He flew in the China, Burma, India theater and flew a trip over the Himalayas before leaving in 1945. Pittsburgh WWII veteran Gene Laus entered the
. . Dick Labuskas served with the Army Air Corps during WWII.
. . 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 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 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 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
