. . 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.
. . James C. Ross entered the US Army Air Corps in April 1941 and spent 42 months in Europe working in ordinance.
. . Roland “Jack” Rominger has lived in Pittsburgh for many years. But he grew up during the Great Depression in rural Lawrenceville, Indiana; it was a different experience than in urban, industrial Pittsburgh—then and during the war years. His family was in the retail shoe business, and Jack spent his
. . Arthur Roberts served in the US Army during WW II.
. . Ralph L. Riter, 91, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania was drafted into the army in April of 1943, and he served with the 46th Field Artillery Battalion from Normandy to Nuremberg. Like many others GIs who actually served under George Patton, Ralph didn’t think too highly of the brash-mouthed general. But
