. . Walter "Larry" Chrzan Larry Chrzan’s mother didn’t want him to join the Navy; she feared that if he were killed in battle at sea his body might never be found. But Larry had a compelling but personally peculiar reason to join the Navy. As a Depression-era teenager, he
. . Bob Christman As a Navy ensign during World War II, Bob Christman served as a navigator aboard the USS Sitka (APA-113), a luxury liner that had been refitted for troop transport. Back and forth from its home base in Manila, the Philippines, the Sitka plied the Pacific Ocean,
. . Edward Chekan Edward Chekan served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946 as a radio operator and gunner aboard a PBY seaplane in the Atlantic. missing video/audio
. . Roger Carter Roger Carter entered the US Navy in September 1944 and served aboard the amphibious landing craft, LSM 476. He landed on Okinawa on Easter Sunday, 1945 and left the Navy in November 1947. missing video
. . Angelo Cammarata Angelo Cammarata was drafted into the US Navy during WWII and served as a cook on a troop transport in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters. During the war, four Cammarata borthers all served at the same time. I May Be Gone Last call:
. . Bob Brodine missing image A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Bob Brodine joined the Navy at age 17 on July 1, 1943. He liked math and science and wanted to be a meteorologist. Either that or a submarine man. The Navy sent him to radio school and made him
