Nick...His Marine brothers called him "Manny" ... Born in Westland Michigan on August 31st 1984 and resided in Lathrup Village,Michigan.Nick was the only child of Mary and the late Isaac Manoukian. Nick was a vibrant and loving husband,stepdad and son who was deeply loyal and devoted to his famil...
Crew who perished on C-46D #44-77507:
Pond, Rex L ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Utah
Weid, Claude H ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Illinois
Hill, Herbert H ~ Tech/3, Medical Team, Iowa
Vermillion, Edward V, Jr ~ Sgt, Medical Team, Virginia
41 Passengers who perished on C-46D #44-7750...
DADDY 50 years have passed since you left for Vietnam. I was 11 the day you said you were going to Vietnam. Much has happened in all these years. Working to find answers on what happened to you. Growing up without you and wondering how life would have been. Much could be said here but jus...
As a young man, Stanley Kaplan was very active in the Boy Scouts; attaining the rank of Eagle Scout and serving as a Boy Scout leader during his senior year of high school. One of the most memorable stories of Stanley as a Boy Scout leader occurred when he took his Scouts on a camping trip. The c...
Gordon and Malcolm Shive
Private First Class Gordon Eshom Shive
Contributed by Arsh Mengi
Mentored by Mrs. Laurie Halt
Costa Mesa High School
2020-2021
Early Life
Private First Class Gordon Eshom Shive was born on January 10, 1921, to Grover L. Shive and Lois E. Shive in I...
Gilbert A. Malrait was KIA in a mission over Bucharest, Romania on 04-04-1944. He is buried in Ronse, Belgium where each year in the Memorial weekend he is honored by a ceremony at his grave.
Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: J...
In May, 2000, as a high school senior, Michael wrote that he wanted to be a soldier or something of that caliber. He wrote that he often dreamed that he was a soldier in a war. In that war he was helping to liberate people from oppression. Michael wanted to live forever, he wrote that the only wa...
USS Arizona Whale Boat Team
Standing left to right:
Lawrence J. Griffin, Herbert A. Dreesbach, Marvin A. Hughes, John McRay Baker, Eugene Brickley, Gordon E. Shive, and Burnis L. Bond.
Kneeling left to right:
Francis J. Pedrotti, Robert C. Erskine, Robert W. Dunnam, Donald E...
Wilmer served as a Staff Sergeant, 500th Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
The stone cutter evidently made a mistake and noted him as being in the U.S. Army instead of the U.S. Army Air Force as all his records, including his burial card requ...
Photo of Paul Hamaker with Father Reuben S. Hamaker in 1944, prior to shipping out to Europe.