IN memoriam
Sgt. William Morris
United States Air Force Served in WWII - 13th Air Force. Radio Control Operator. Flew a total of 25 missions on B-24 bomber. Shot down on 13th mission, April 8th, 1945 over the South China Sea. Rescued by the U.S.S. Cobia and spent 1 week on patrol before returning to home base in Papua, New Guinea. |
Pfc. Norman Oxenberg
United States Army Served in WWII - 3rd Army. Combat Engineer. Served under General Patton. Participated in Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. Interviewed for the Veteran's History Project (Library of Congress). |
Lt. Martin Joseph Cosgrove, MD
United States Navy Served in Vietnam - USS Francis Marion, USS Magoffin Martin attended Jefferson Medical College receiving his medical degree in 1964. He entered active duty in the US Navy under the Berry Plan, going to sea on the USS Francis Marion and the USS Magoffin during the Vietnam War. |
Sgt. Jack Burke
United States Marine Corp Served in WW II - Amphibious Reconnaissance Company Jack saw action many times in the Pacific Theater including Iwo Jima - receiving numerous commendations, medals, a silver and bronze star. He may not have raised the flag in Iwo Jima, but he saw it happen in the distance. Jack was a relentless Yankees and Syracuse fan. He loved tennis and paddleball, then swimming and golf later in life (witnesses claim the man hit 2, possibly 3 hole-in-ones). Jack spent his final several years checking in on his family via his 40" computer screen. Jack's stories and sayings ("life is like a bowl of cherries") will forever be shared across the dinner tables of his growing family. |