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Stanley Kozlowski

. . Stanley Kozlowski received his draft notice the day after graduating from high school in June 1944.  He was destined for the infantry.  “Everybody was going into the infantry.  The good jobs were all taken.”  In the months after the Normandy campaign, it was clear the army didn’t need more

George Kokiko

. . George Kokiko fought in Europe during WWII as an infantryman with the US Army. Missing video/audio Age 93, of McMurray, formerly of Upper St. Clair, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Beloved husband of Elizabeth Latimer Kokiko, recently celebrating their 63rd anniversary. Loving father of June

MaryAnn Kylander Sholtis

. . Photo: Dorothy Edwards/Naples Daily News U.S. Army Nurse Cadet Corps veteran MaryAnn Kylander Sholtis passed away June 8, 2019 at age 96. MaryAnn served during WWII, and though she never went overseas, her service was crucial to the war effort. In 2014, she shared her stories at a World

Francis Rifugiato

. . Francis Rifugiato joined the Army ROTC’s enlisted reserve corps while a music student at Duquesne University because he assumed the war would be over by the time he graduated.  He was ordered to report to active duty in 1943.  “I went from learning how to play clarinet in a

Robert Riethmiller

. . “War is hell. Everbody loses, and nobody wins.” Robert Riethmiller shared that sentiment freely, but if you asked him about his experience on the Pacific Islands during World War II, he’d be less likely to talk about the brutal parts of his experience than he would something that would

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