. . Alex Dyga of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a Pearl Harbor survivor. He joined the Army just months prior to the Japanese attack on the Islands. When the attack came, Alex was stationed on Hawaii as a “mule skinner.” He would serve the entire war on Hawaii. At 92, Alex is
. . Bill Duffy Bill Duffy was an army war correspondent during WWII. He covered war crimes trials in Manila. Bill Duffy - WWII | VBC Full Stories from Veterans Breakfast Club on Vimeo.
. . Barbara Duffy Barbara Duffy served as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She had hardly ever ventured more than 50 miles from her home in Beverly, Mass., but in 1943, she shipped around the world to the Pacific to tend to the wounded
. . David Kennedy David Kennedy entered the US Navy on February 19, 1944 after working in a shipyard in Ambridge, PA for 10 months. He served as an engineer aboard an LST in the Pacific and left the Navy on July 14, 1946. missing video/audio
. . Pat Doherty Pat Doherty was a singer and dancer in the USO from October 1946 until May 1947. She traveled to China, Japan, Far East, and South Pacific to entertain US troops serving abroad. missing video Stories from the Veterans Breakfast Club Pat Branigan-Doherty: USO Shows
. . Anthony DeSalle Anthony DeSalle of Beaver Falls, PA served aboard the USS Teton (AGC-14) during WW II. He was an able bodied Seaman, manning the rails, swabbing decks, pulling lines, working the gun stations during combat, and doing just about whatever job was sent his way to keep
