. . Lewis Cooke Lewis Cooke of Tionesta, Pennsylvania grew up in Rhode Island. As a young man he was a merchant mariner, but in the mid 60s he was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. “That year in Vietnam was the worst of my life,” he says
. . Daniel Cohen Daniel Cohen is author of Single-Handed-The Inspiring True Story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin-Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero and Medal of Honor Recipient. Video short features the voices of Tibor Rubin, Sgt. Leo Cormier, US Rep. Alan Lowenthal, Daniel Cohen, and Kevin Farkas. Episode 18 |
. . Jack Clouds Jack Clouds of Beaver Falls, PA dropped out of high school. Instead he got a real world education when he signed up for the Army, eventually serving with the legendary 82nd Airborne Division. Jack spent three years in the Army during the early 1960s, just before
. . Felix Cistolo Felix Cistolo was drafted in 1942 and assigned to the 80th Infantry Division. He arrived in France on Aug. 4, 1944, and was sent immediately into combat at Falaise Gap, where the Allies killed 10,000 German troops and trapped another 50,000, although some 20,000 Germans troops managed to
. . John Carter When John Carter was a youngster he used to jump off of garages onto mattresses for fun, so it seems logical that he would want to be in the airborne division when he volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Of course, training to jump out of airplanes
. . Joseph Capone Joseph Capone entered the US Army in January 1943 and served until December 1945. He fought in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany as an infantryman in Company E, 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division, also known as the Timberwolf Division. We met Joseph Capone on a
