. . Bob Daley Bob Daley was sixteen years old when he learned that his brother had been taken prisoner by the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula. Too young to enlist, Bob falsified his birth certificate and joined the Marines. At seventeen, he landed with the 4th Marine Division on Saipan.
. . Ruth D'Hert During WWII, Ruth D’Hert chose the Navy WAVES (“Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service”) because the uniforms were navy blue. “Being a Mormon, I was looking at the uniforms, for one thing. I decided on the WAVES because their uniforms were more conservative. They were navy
. . Fran Culotta served as a combat infantry officer with the Army’s 36th Division in Italy during WWII. missing video/audio 6 decades later, French say ‘merci’: Four local veterans receive Legion of Honor for service during World War II WWII vets share war memories Francis Culotta, age
. . Jack Cross Jack Cross entered the US Navy in June 1944 and spent his time in the Pacific serving as a gunner for 12 months aboard a Liberty Ship as well as an oil tanker for 30 days. Before leaving the Navy in June 1946, he commissioned the
. . Albert Crawford On December 7, 1941, 17-year-old Al Crawford asked his father if he could join the Navy. His father’s response was swift: “One less mouth to feed.” Those five words launched Al’s long military career. In WWII, Al served on the USS Swivel (ARS-36), which saw duty
. . Fred Connors Fred Connors served in the US Navy from August 1942 until January 1946 aboard the USS Lexington in aviation ordinance. missing video/audio
