. . Peter entered the US Navy on June 30, 1942. He was aboard an LST 313 that was sunk during the invasion of Sicily. After returning to the United States, he redeployed to Europe and participated in the invasion of Normandy aboard a hospital ship. We thank you for sharing
. . Gus Mathews enlisted in the US Navy on November 16, 1942. He was an electrician aboard the heavy cruiser USS Boston (CA-69), sailing over 150,000 miles, spending 3 Christmas’, and earning 10 battle stars while aboard the ship. Gus didn’t set foot on land for over 17 months and
. . Dave Lots joined the Navy in 1964, while the Vietnam War was heating up. As an avionics technician, he served as aircrew aboard WW II era P-2 Neptune anti-submarine aircraft. In summer of 2013, Debby Rampolla and director Paula Kelly of Whitehall Public Library contacted us about a group
. . Pete Longstreth entered the US Navy in January 1945 and served abord the destroyers USS Rowan (DD-782) as a fireman and the USS Rogers (DD-876) as a deckhand which were part of General William Halsey’s fleet. Pete sailed as far as Tokyo Bay, Japan and Okinawa but traveled across
. . Charlie Lisica entered the US Navy on August 13, 1943 and served as a sonar and radio operator aboard the destroyer escort USS Ahrens (DE-575). He is proud to have spent 12 months in the Atlantic and 13 months in the Pacific without once getting seasick. He left the
. . Henry Link took flying lessons as a teenager in the Great Depression near his home in the Banksville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. In 1941, he joined the navy and became a pilot, but instead of being sent into combat he was sent to Texas to train other navy air crews.
