Veterans · 18 September 2018

Gale SWARTHOUT was born in Bath, Steuben county, New York on the 15th of february 1925. He enlisted the US army for duration of the war on the 22 of april 1943 in Rochester N.Y. army serial number 32845505. After infantry school he volonteer for paratroopers and joined the 517th parachute infantry Regiment. Attached to the Head-quarter company of the second battalion under command of Colonel Richard J.SEITZ. Sent in Europe spring 1944 his Regiment took part of the second D day. On the 15th of...

Veterans · 08 August 2018

Bob Jackson enlisted in the US Army February 1942 in NYC and was assigned to the 45th Division as a replacement. He was in the 179th Regiment, Company B. He was part of the amphibious landings at Sicily in July 1943, Salerno in Sept 1943, and Anzio in Jan 1944. He was wounded on June 1st, 1944, at Genzano during the breakout. He was in the hospital in Naples for a week or so and then rejoined the 179th, Company D in time for the invasion of Southern France. With the 45th Division, he landed at...

Veterans · 25 October 2017

Harold "Goldy" GOLBRANDSEN is born in Logan Utha on the 6th of July 1922. At age of 15, he join the Junior Division of the reserve Officer training school of Logan from 1937 to 1940 started as caporal and accomplished the school as a first sergent. After Pearl Harbor Attack , when United stades of America enter in world war tow Goldy make a basic training in the Twentynine Palms Academy.Condor field. as a civilian pilot, he became volonteer to Glider training in Victorville army school class...