Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive

Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive
Wounded and captured before he was rescued during combat at the Gustav Line in Italy, this young officer returned to duty just in time to join the breakout from Anzio
An Army Air Forces armorer killed in a tragic accident at an airfield in Sardinia
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
A pharmacist from New York fatally injured in an accident shortly before he was to return home
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
A Pennsylvanian in the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion whose final act of sacrifice saved his brother's life
An infantry officer from Montana who earned the Medal of Honor during the breakout from Anzio
A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion killed in action during the breakout from Anzio
An N.C.O. in the 894th Tank Destroyer killed in action soon after arriving at the Anzio beachhead