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Col. Joe Peterburs, USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, POW Part 2
In our last edition of "Veterans Chronicles," we learned about the World War II service of U.S. Air Force Col. Joe Peterburs (Ret.). He told us all about escorting U.S. bombers into Germany, strafing…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Col. Joe Peterburs, USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Joe Peterburs was on track to become a priest. All of that changed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next year, Peterburs joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained to …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Tom Toski, U.S. Navy, WWII, Okinawa, Leyte Gulf
Tom Toski was drafted into the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was deployed on a destroyer escort to the Pacific theater upon completion of his training. By the end of the war, just two years later, Toski had …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
PFC Royal Earle, Jr., USMC, Saipan, Iwo Jima
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Royal Earle, Jr. and a buddy were on their way to join the the U.S. Marine Corps to take the fight to Japan. But his friend got snagged by the U.S. Navy ins…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
PFC John DeGennaro, USMC, World War II, Iwo Jima
John DeGennero was just 15 years old and playing at a park on the Sunday the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After turning 17 in 1943, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, determined …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Brig. Gen Richard Baughn, USAF, World War II, Vietnam
Richard Baughn served as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and then the U.S. Air Force for more than 30 years both active duty and reserve. He retired as a brigadier general. Gen. Baughn's passio…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
PFC Vincent Speranza, U.S. Army Airborne, WWII, Battle of the Bulge
Vincent Speranza was born to immigrant Italian parents in New York City. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Speranza's father stressed to his boys that they were Americans and that America must…
Published on 2 years ago
SSgt Lester Schrenk, U.S. Army Air Forces, WWII, POW
Lester Schrenk joined the U.S. Army Air Forces on his 19th birthday in November 1942. Even though he still sees perfectly today, he was told he could not become a pilot due to poor eyesight. So this …
Published on 2 years ago
Roy Gleason, U.S. Army, Vietnam, World Series Champion
Roy Gleason grew up near Chicago and fell in love with baseball while watching Cubs games with his grandfather. As a young teenager, he learned he had a tremendous amount of talent. After moving to C…
Published on 2 years ago
Louis Bourgault, USMC, WWII, Bougainville, Iwo Jima
Louis Bourgault was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor - too young to formally join the military. After his father rejected a teenage plot to go join the Canadian forces, Bourgault …
Published on 2 years ago