Ed Mertzlufft was a son, brother, nephew and cousin.
He was born and raised in St. Louis and was inducted
into the army at Jefferson Barracks in 1942.
By the time he went overseas in 1944, he was a Staff Sergeant and a Squad leader in K Company, 3rd Battalion, 30...
PFC was awarded the Purple Heart.
2Lt. Charles A. Gross was awarded the Air Medal.
My Brother,My Friend
I miss you so much...I know that you are watching over us keeping us safe until we can be with you again...I will never forget the time we shared before you deployed...Thank You for being my brother and sacrificing it all for Our Country~Love and Miss You, Karl!
Private Gensemer was on patrol in Leyte in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner of war.
It was reported that he was tortured to death. He had his feet burned, his head bashed in, bayonet wounds and fingernails ripped off. He was found partly burie...
Sergeant Otto Davis was serving as a waist gunner aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Thoroughbred" in the 548th Bomb Squadron when the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire over the Baltic Sea on April 11, 1944.
Purple Heart
Airmen Missing From WWII Accounted For
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air ...
This photograph shows Lt. Anderson standing second from the left with his hands on his waist.
SGT Baer was awarded the Silver Star.
Paula Another year has gone by and I pray again this year that your life and family will be filled with God's supernatural healing and strength each day! May your memories be filled with her joy in her life she lived and the service she rendered! God bless You and Yours! Sam Cottle
My family always had such a reverence for Robert N Lentz who was known as Noble, which is a family surname and his middle name. He was so young when he died. He missed out on so much. He left behind two younger sisters who thought he was such a wonderful brother. I've researched the mission a...
Nicholas a Beloved son of are father in heaven and believer in Jesus Christ are saviour. Is very much loved and missed by his family and loved ones he has a wonderful boy named after him and has mad me a happy grandmother. We know you are in heaven and cant wait till that glorious day we can m...
This is not so much a story as it is really me just wanting to let it be known what a HERO my brother was. How much I love and miss my brother. How much the whole family loves and misses my brother.
He decided he wanted to join the Marine Corp,we were very proud of him and supported ...