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
An N.C.O. in an Army Air Forces maintenance unit whose last furlough home before going overseas proved tragic
One month before his death, a schoolteacher turned mess sergeant sat for a portrait still cherished by the son he never got to meet
A black soldier in an airbase security battalion who served in the southwest Pacific
A father, mechanic, and volunteer fireman who entered combat in Normandy as a replacement rifleman
A truck driver from Sussex County who lost his life just as the Allies crossed the Rhine in the closing weeks of the war in Europe
A rifleman from Blades who perished in combat near Mortain, Normandy
A store clerk from the Georgetown area who became an infantryman after the Army Specialized Training Program was terminated
A soldier born in Bridgeville who served in Italy in a segregated infantry unit
A railroader conductor who rapidly advanced to rifle squad leader during combat in the closing months of the war in Europe