Matthew Poye
. . Matthew Poye was a member of the US Army through 1946 during the occupation of Japan following the end of the war.
Hal Plusa
. . During the Cold War, Hal Plusa served as an intelligence officer in the Army. He received his commission from Duquesne University’s ROTC program. During the 1970s and 1980s, Hal served two tours of duty in Germany defending the Cold War’s hottest zones in Europe. The Veterans of Whitehall
Joe Pletcher
. . Joe Pletcher of Howard, PA served in the US Army during WW II. Mr. Pletcher traveled across Europe with the Army’s 572nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Auto-Weapons Battalion, which joined the famed “Hellcats” 12th Armored Division in Luneville, France. Permanently attached to the 12th Division, the 572nd traveled as the spearhead
Henry Parham
. . Henry Parham served with the 320th Anti-Aircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only all-black unit to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Henry served in a segregated army, where African Americans were treated as second-class citizens. But to this native of Greenville, Virginia, segregation in the military
Fritz Ottenheimer
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Frank Niklas
. . Frank Niklas reluctantly joined the Army in 1942 and became a member of the 2nd Infantry “Indianhead” Division. He landed on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944, D+1. In September, while his division was in a defensive position at St. Vith, Frank was thrown into air and knocked unconscious
