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Friday, August 17, 2012 (Week 8)
Remembering Our World War II Veterans


Cpl. Andrew Ribsam, U.S. Marines 
Served in the Pacific as a rifleman and weather observer with the 5th Amphibious Corp.  Saw action in Leyte, the Phillipines, Guam and the Marianas Islands, Pacific Theatre


Radioman 2nd Class, Joseph E. Brady, U.S. Navy
Served in the Pacific and saw action in support of the 1st Marine Division on Peleliu. Was oneof 35 men who were with LST607 from commission to decommission, Pacific Theatre.


John DiOrio, U.S. Navy
Served in the 149th Engineers Combat Battalion, landed at Normandy on "D" Day and was later sent to the Pacific Theatre, European and Pacific Theatres.


Tech Sgt. Michael J, Vignola, U.S. Marine Corps.
Served in the Pacific at Guadalcanal, saw action at Bouganville, Guam and Iwo Jima, Pacific Theatre.


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