Browse Items (33 total)
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Bronislaw Kodzis Military Service Portrait
Private United States Army
G Company
121st Infantry
8th Division
Born: May 16, 1916
Died: July 18, 1944
Bronislaw had lived at 4 Burnside Street with his mother and three siblings. He was 28 years old, inducted into the…
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Reino Jokinen Military Service Portrait
S/Sgt United States Army
15th Armored Infantry
5th Armored Division
Born:
Died: Dec 21,1944
Reino entered the service on February' 24, 1942. His unit was fighting along the northern rim of the Battle of the Bulge, which…
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Raymond Hanna Military Service Portrait
Private United States Army
HQ Company, 1st Battalion
179th Infantry
45th Division
Born:
Died: Oct 16, 1943
A letter received by Raymond's sister Mary', now in the possession of his niece, stated that Raymond had suffered…
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Jerry Greeno Military Service Profile
Private United States Army
D Battery, 68th Coast Artillery Battalion
Anti-Aircraft Division
5th Army
Born: Apr 25, 1917
Died: Feb 17, 1944
An action report indicated that just before midnight on February 16th, the…
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John Girdziewski Military Service Portrait
Private United States Army Air Corps
48th Materiel Squadron
5th Air Base Group
27th Bomb Group 5th Air Force
Born: February 5, 1919
Died: May 27, 1942
John joined the draft and was sent to Fort McKinley in the…
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Edward Donahue Military Service Portrait
Sgt United States Army
14th Infantry, 71st Division
Born:
Died: Sept 2, 1945
Edward lived at 2 Douglas Avenue. His classmate Joseph Boothroyd had been told that Sgt Donahue reportedly had been killed in a jeep accident in…
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Gordon Doel Military Service Portrait
PFC United States Army
A Company
18th Infantry
1st Division
Born: 1924
Died: Jan 24, 1945
Gordon lived at 251 Main Street and was inducted into the service at Fort Devens in May 1944, Platoon Sgt Jim Gillespie (Gainesville,…
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Edmund Crotty Military Service Portrait
Private United States Army
F Company
141st Infantry
36th Division
Born: (unknown)
Died: Jan 16, 1944
Edmund was killed in action at the Rapido River, Italy where he is buried. His brother Leo was told that a German "88"…
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Edward Chodnicky Military Service Profile
Sgt United States Army
310th Infantry 78th Division
Born; 1920
Died: April 14,1945
Military reports for the 78th Division dated April 14th, indicated their units had reached positions west of Bursched on the left and…
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Alexander Chernak Military Service Portrait
S/Sgt United States Army Air Corps
744th Bomb Squadron 456th Bomb Group
15th Air Force
Born; Jan 7, 1924
Died: Apr 25, 1944
Alex was a tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator with the 15th Air Force. He joined in February of…
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Chester Carson Military Service Portrait
Private United States Army
L Company, 377th Infantry 95th Division
Born: Aug 27, 1917
Died: Nov 28, 1944
Chester's regiment crossed into Germany on the 28th of November. He died near Saarbrueken, Germany. He was 27 years…
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William Callahan Military Service Portrait
Private United State Army Air Corps
Born: 1908
Died: Ju! 27, 1943
Bill was 35 years old and only in the service for 12 days. He died at Army Camp in Greensboro. North Carolina.
The portrait is on display in the Maynard…
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John Arcisz Military Service Portrait
PM2 United States Navy Reserve
Born: Oct 26, 1920
Died: Feb 18,1945
The three Arcisz brothers, Bruno of the Marines, Joe of the Army ,and John of the Navy, were all home together on leave in September 1944. This was the first…
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