John Holden served in England, France and Germany during and after WWII as a Topographic Draftsman
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Lt Col O. C. Peterson 1918-2019
O. C. “Pete” Peterson, a navigator in the Army Transport Command during WW II died on October 26th at the age of 100. After the war, he stayed in the reserves and was called back to active service to take part in the Berlin Airlift.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Armando "Chick" Galella served with the 53rd Signal Corps at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attached on December 7th, 1941. Chick served for 5 years in the Pacific during WWII.
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Peter M. F. Sichel's childhood was interrupted by the Nazis while growing up a Jew in Germany. He moved with his family to France in 1939, was imprisoned as an enemy alien and eventually escaped, reaching the United Stated in 1941.
Peter joined the Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) sending spies into Germany. Peter eventually became a senior official with the Century Intelligence Agency (CIA) serving in Berlin, Hong Kong and Washington before joining his family wine business in 1960.
Pat DeRosa of Montauk died of natural causes in his sleep on March 30th. He was 101. In 1943, at the height of WWII, Pat was drafted into the Army Air Forces and sent to Greensboro, NC for basic training. Soon after, Pat was offered to audition for the “Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band” and was accepted. He spent three years traveling around the US with the band performing and entertaining the troops.
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On March 17th 2022, 97 year old WWII Veteran Harold Granitur was presented with the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his military service in France during WWII.
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World War II Veteran James C. Cady passed away on November 17th at the age of 105. Jim was one of the 1st Veterans USA Warrior Stories interviewed for our project. Please honor his memory by taking a moment to watch his story.
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Happy 100th Birthday to Frazer Dougherty! Frazer joined the National Guard in the summer of 1940. When World War II was declared, Frazer transferred to the Army Air Corps where he was trained as a pilot and served in the 345th Bomb Group as First Pilot and survived sixty-three missions.
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Honoring Black History Month. Lt. Lee A. Hayes (1922-2013) was a member of the legendary all-black Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a B-25 Mitchell bomber pilot with the 477th Bombardment Group. During their service, the pilots faced racism both from inside and outside the military, which was racially segregated at the time.
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Martin Sylvester and his son Paul recently traveled to France for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. While recording Martin's original story we were just about to turn the camera off when we asked Martin if there was anything else he would like to talk about. Martin replied, "Did I tell you about when the put me in front a firing squad?" That day we decided to never turn the cameras off. Thank you for continuing to be our inspiration.
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