. . Bob Guenther Bob Guenther entered the US Navy in September 1942. He served as a radio man aboard the USS Antwan, USS Monrovia, and HMS Alhstar Queen missing video/audio Age 92, on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, of Whitehall. Husband of 65 years to Helen Milkovich; father
. . Joe Goritz was called to duty in April 1943. He was a member of the US Navy Seabees in the South Pacific. missing video/audio
. . Herbert J. Goetz grew up in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennslvania. He was determined to join the Navy, and so he made up for his subpar eyesight by memorizing the eye charts required to enlist. As one of the Navy’s early radar operators in the Pacific theatre during World War
. . Russell Gephart Russel Gephart served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. He was a gunner’s mate on LST 44 and landed on Gold Beach, Normandy on June 6, 1944. missing audio/video
. . People tend to think of the Vietnam War as a ground and air war—jungle skirmishes, napalm, villages aflame, rice patty strafing. But the navy’s surface fleet played a significant role in the war effort as well. Some sailors served in the demure but omnipresent “brown water navy,” patrolling the
. . George Freas George served with the US Navy during WWII. missing video/audio
