A railroader conductor who rapidly advanced to rifle squad leader during combat in the closing months of the war in Europe

A railroader conductor who rapidly advanced to rifle squad leader during combat in the closing months of the war in Europe
A career soldier with over two decades' service in the segregated U.S. Army who boarded an ill-fated flight when he was rotated home from the Pacific
Caleb O, Simpler in 1941 or early 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives) Home StateCivilian OccupationDelawareBank employeeBranchService NumberU.S. Army32167222TheatersUnitEuropean, AmericanBattery “H,” 61st Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft)AwardsCampaigns/BattlesPurple HeartBattle of the Atlantic Early Life & Family Caleb Oliver Simpler was born in Felton, Delaware, on the evening of March 10, 1917. He was the second child …
A pharmacist from New York fatally injured in an accident shortly before he was to return home
A nurse destined to become the only servicewoman from Delaware to die overseas during World War II
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
An infantry officer from Montana who earned the Medal of Honor during the breakout from Anzio
A Georgian in a engineer unit, the victim of a heinous, racially motivated murder in England
An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy
A telephone lineman from Middletown who lost his life in the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster leading up to D-Day