. . Adam Shumovich of Pittsburgh, PA was drafted into the US Navy during WW II and sailed aboard the submarine tender, USS Sperry (As-12). A submarine rigging accident and a bout with a rare form of malaria eventually sent him to Pearl Harbor and then home before the war ended.
. . A native of Devon, England, Kathleen Short couldn’t wait to join the British forces during WWII. As a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Kathleen was originally assigned to work on a Barrage Balloon with a group of women, but, to her delight, she and the other
. . Anthony J. Sercel, 95, served with the Army’s 82 Airborne Division (504th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, I Company) in Europe during WW II. Unlike other units of the Division that prepared for the Normandy invasion, Mr. Sercel’s 504th Regiment was held back to fight in the Italian campaign–Anzio, Naples, Foggia,
. . Joe Seidel served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
. . Harald “Hal” Segal served in the US Navy during WW II.
. . Walter Schwartz studied chemistry at Carnegie Tech, and then worked in a top industry laboratory making paint. “You can’t win a war without a lot of paint,” he says, seriously. Yet, Walter felt that he’d rather be where the action was during WW II. However, after getting the cold
