. . Gary Schisler of Moon Township, Pennsylvania served in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1999. Lt. Col. Schisler flew C-130 air transports throughout his career while on active duty and as a reserve pilot from 1982-1999. Growing up in a military family (Gary’s dad was a
. . Al Schimdt entered the US Navy in June 1951 and served aboard a submarine patrol plane as a mechanic in the Korean War and left the Navy in 1955.
. . Jim Scheder served his country from 1944 to 1946 in the United States Merchant Marine Service, and from 1946 to 1951 in the United States Army. Those seven years were an odyssey. As a Merchant Mariner, his first port-of-call was Iran via the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the
. . Pittsburgh’s James Scanlon and his twin brother Gene first served in the Army Air Corps during WW II, and then they were transferred to the regular Army. A letter from the White House, prompted by a concerned Mrs. Scanlon, ordered the Army to keep the enlisted Scanlon boys together.
. . Originally from Washington, Pennsylvania, Ivan J. Sargent was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He served with the well known, 3rd Infantry Division, 15th Infantry Regiment, Easy Company–an outfit dating back to the Civil War and formerly commanded by some of America’s greatest generals, including Dwight Eisenhower, George
. . Irma Ryan was a teenager living in a small town in Bavaria, Germany, during World War II. As a German citizen, she supported Hitler and did what she could to help with the war effort. As the oldest child of a father who was drafted at age 36 and sent
