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Stephen Korba

. . Stephen Korba entered the US Army Air Corps in October 1942 where he served as a flight engineer and top gunner aboard a B-17 at the rank of Tech Sergeant in the 8th Air Force.  During a bombing mission over Schweinfurt, Germany on October 14, 1943, his plane was

George Kolsun

. . George Kolsun always wanted to fly.  And during WW II he did, but not in the way he expected.  “I wanted to be a pilot, but the Army put me into an airborne infantry unit.”  Gliders!  One of the most dangerous flying contraptions of the war.  Worse, he was

George Kokiko

. . George Kokiko fought in Europe during WWII as an infantryman with the US Army. Missing video/audio Age 93, of McMurray, formerly of Upper St. Clair, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Beloved husband of Elizabeth Latimer Kokiko, recently celebrating their 63rd anniversary. Loving father of June

MaryAnn Kylander Sholtis

. . Photo: Dorothy Edwards/Naples Daily News U.S. Army Nurse Cadet Corps veteran MaryAnn Kylander Sholtis passed away June 8, 2019 at age 96. MaryAnn served during WWII, and though she never went overseas, her service was crucial to the war effort. In 2014, she shared her stories at a World

Francis Rifugiato

. . Francis Rifugiato joined the Army ROTC’s enlisted reserve corps while a music student at Duquesne University because he assumed the war would be over by the time he graduated.  He was ordered to report to active duty in 1943.  “I went from learning how to play clarinet in a

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