The Greatest Generation (Part Five)

 (Schwender - Yeager)

 For notes and background about this project, please refer to Part One of this series.

NAME: Carl William Schwender 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: November 22, 1909 – August 17, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: February 3, 1941 – September 3, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Carl Schwender was the custodian at Plainville High School prior to the war and returned to work there after the war. He served in the Pacific, where he contracted filariasis and malaria. He served in the 147^th Infantry, 37^th Division, an anti-tank company that saw action in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.

From the 1946 Plainville High School Yearbook

NAME: Oliver Perry Scott, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 3, 1918 – March 22, 1968
DATES OF SERVICE: May 3, 1943 – February 4, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Oliver Scott served in the 142^nd Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company. When he returned home to Fairfax in February 1946, his mother threw a combined celebration of Easter, Christmas, and his birthday. She fashioned a Christmas tree out of a poinsettia, colored Easter eggs, baked a birthday cake, and prepared a Christmas dinner. He and his wife bought a house in Fairfax and he lived here for the rest of his life.
 
NAME: Walter Earl Seibert
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 2, 1906 – March 15, 1985
DATES OF SERVICE: May 3, 1943 – November 1, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Howard Shockey
RANK & BRANCH: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 10, 1915 – June 11, 1992
DATES OF SERVICE: November 19, 1941 – October 15, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A lifelong Fairfax resident, Howard Shockey served in an armored division in North Africa. His brother John served in the Army and Air Force.
 
NAME: John Shockey ⭐
RANK & BRANCH: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army/Air Force
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 24, 1922 - May 20, 1959
DATES OF SERVICE: 1941 - May 20, 1959
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A 1941 graduate of Plainville High School, John Shockey trained at Shepard Field, Texas and Douglass Aircraft Plant in California. He served during the World War II as an airplane crew chief. He remained in the Air Force after the war. He was killed on May 20, 1959 when a U.S. Air Force C130 transport aircraft crashed into his barracks. He was serving with the 483^rd Flightline Maintenance Squadron in Ashiya, Japan at the time of his death.

From the1941 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Charles William Sowers, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 9, 1921 – July 12, 1988
DATES OF SERVICE: September 30, 1942 – August 10, 1964
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: After being drafted, Charles Sowers was assigned to the 459^th Engineers and sent to Camp White, Oregon for training.
 
NAME: David Exeres Sparks 
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: June 3, 1921 – November 20, 1994
DATES OF SERVICE: September 30, 1942 – October 2, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: David Sparks was wounded in France when he was hit in the low back by grenade fragments. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

From the Cincinnati Post, August 30, 1944

NAME: George Richard Stein 

RANK & BRANCH: Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy

DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: June 23, 1928 – April 4, 2000

DATES OF SERVICE: March 5, 1946 – January 7, 1948

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

From the Cincinnati Post, July 22, 1946

NAME: Robert Lee Stephens
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 7, 1927 – July 3, 2008
DATES OF SERVICE: December 26, 1945 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Robert Julius Sterman
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 27, 1919 – May 7, 1996
DATES OF SERVICE: October 28, 1941 – October 10, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Edward Michael Stump
RANK & BRANCH: Apprentice Seaman, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 3, 1914 – March 10, 1962
DATES OF SERVICE: November 25, 1944 – December 23, 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: George Aaron Stump 
RANK & BRANCH: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 15, 1920 – April 7, 2009
DATES OF SERVICE:  December 7, 1940 – September 29, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A 1939 graduate of Terrace Park High School, George Stump served in the Air Forces ground crew. In 1941 he was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone, where he is seen on the right in the picture below. He also served in Trinidad and Texas.

NAME: Frank Bearl Sutherland
RANK & BRANCH: Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: June 14, 1913 – October 26, 1970
DATES OF SERVICE: October 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Joseph Richard Sweeney
RANK & BRANCH: U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: November 5, 1918 – November 20, 1986
DATES OF SERVICE: September 25, 1942 – November 24, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Robert A. Taylor
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 1, 1924 – September 11, 1975
DATES OF SERVICE: December 2, 1942 – December 2, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Trevon Jerome Taylor
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Marine Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 11, 1918 – May 1, 1985
DATES OF SERVICE: October 14, 1942 – November 5, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: James Elmer Towles
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 27, 1906 – January 26, 1972
DATES OF SERVICE: August 24, 1942 – June 21, 1943
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Harry Mead Turpin
RANK & BRANCH: Coxswain, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 3, 1921 – October 14, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: April 27, 1944 – May 10, 1946; July 17, 1947 – March 13, 1950
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: William Robert Verdon
RANK & BRANCH: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: December 16, 1922 – March 16, 2000
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 – January 1, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: William Verdon served in the Philippines.
 
NAME: Elias Monsour Wakim
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 8, 1923 – December 17, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: September 27, 1943 – March 8, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Elias Wakim was the son of Syrian immigrants who moved to Fairfax by 1930. His sister Norma and brother William also served during the war.

NAME: Norma Helen Wakim Stykes 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, Women’s Army Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 8, 1918 – September 7, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: December 30, 1942 – September 22, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In March 1943, Norma Wakim received the Good Conduct ribbon at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, where she served at the assistant to the supply sergeant.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, March 28, 1944

NAME: William Joseph Wakim
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 4, 1915 – February 15, 1989
DATES OF SERVICE: August 10, 1942 – October 30, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: William Wakim served in Europe and sustained a bruised kidney and fractured ribs in battle.
 
NAME: Robert Milton Whitney 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 22, 1927 - March 28, 2022
DATES OF SERVICE: January 7, 1946 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Robert Whitney is a 1945 graduate of Plainville High School.

From 1945 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Louis George Wieland, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Ship’s Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 2, 1916 – May 24, 1992
DATES OF SERVICE: May 11, 1943 – November 29, 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Louis Wieland served on the USS McConnell, a destroyer escort, in the Pacific. He worked at his father’s restaurant, which doubtless led to his serving as a cook in the Navy.
 
NAME: Robert Frederick Wieland
RANK & BRANCH: Baker Second Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 20, 1923 – April 19, 2016
DATES OF SERVICE: February 16, 1943 – Spring 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Robert Wieland was interviewed about his World War II service by the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library for the Veterans History Project: https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll27/id/3481.
 
NAME: Bearl Earl Williams 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 8, 1919 - July 22, 1999
DATES OF SERVICE: January 26, 1942 – September 28, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Bearl “Bill” Williams was initially stationed at Fort Riley and Camp Funston, Kansas. He later served in a quartermaster company in France that was commended by General George Patton for outstanding work under fire. His brothers Goebel and Harvey also served in the war.

From the Cincinnati Post, February 8, 1945

NAME: Goebel Elwood Williams

RANK & BRANCH: Technician Third Grade, U.S. Army

DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 7, 1917 – October 7, 2002

DATES OF SERVICE: November 19, 1941 – October 13, 1945

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In 1942, Goebel Williams was stationed with the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. He later served in Germany.

NAME: William Joseph Williams
RANK & BRANCH: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 18, 1923 – December 7, 2000
DATES OF SERVICE: January 1943- February 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Donald Hugh Winder
RANK & BRANCH: Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 15, 1925 – December 21, 2002
DATES OF SERVICE: October 12, 1942 – November 18, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Francis Herman Wood
RANK & BRANCH: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 4, 1923 – March 9, 1999
DATES OF SERVICE: December 30, 1942 – January 2, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Francis Wood served in the 871^st Airborne Engineer Battalion.
 
NAME: George Henry Wood
RANK & BRANCH: Coxswain, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 24, 1924 – February 20, 1998
DATES OF SERVICE: May 25, 1942 – November 24, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: George Wood’s brothers Robert, Walter, and William and brothers-in-law Donald Bronson and Louis Wood also served during the war. He was stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana and later served at sea.

From the Cincinnati Times Star, November 1, 1944

 
NAME: Robert Arthur Wood 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 21, 1921 – January 22, 1995
DATES OF SERVICE: August 10, 1942 – October 24, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In 1942, Robert Wood was stationed at Fort Gruber, Oklahoma. He went overseas in November 1943, serving in the infantry. Robert was wounded in action in Italy on May 12, 1944. He returned to Fairfax after the war.

From the Cincinnati Post, June 8, 1944

NAME: Walter Edward Wood
RANK & BRANCH: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 8, 1926 – July 3, 1996
DATES OF SERVICE: May 24, 1944 – March 15, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

From the Cincinnati Times Star, November 1, 1944

 
NAME: William Bernard Wood
RANK & BRANCH: Technician Fifth Grade, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 15, 1920 – October 20, 1997
DATES OF SERVICE: 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: William Wood was stationed at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas and later served overseas.

From Cincinnati Times Star, November 1, 1944

NAME: Jack Coogan Yeager
RANK & BRANCH: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 29, 1923 - August 26, 2012
DATES OF SERVICE: 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Jack Yeager served on the USS Guam in 1944 and 1945, which saw duty in the Pacific theater toward the end of the war. After the war, he lived in Fairfax for most of the rest of his life.

The Gambling Scene (Part I)

    The 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s were a historic time. Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War II. The headlines in the newspapers of the day are now milestones in American history. 

    No legal liquor, financial pressures, and global warfare. People looked for diversions and some weren’t lawful. Bootleg liquor was one diversion, at least until Prohibition ended in 1933. Another was gambling, which really seemed to take hold after Prohibition ended.

    Back in those days, very few forms of gambling were legal in Ohio, or most other areas of the country. Lotteries, slot machines, poker games, and even church bingo games and raffles were illegal. Horse racing was legalized in 1933, as long as bets were made at the track. Placing bets with a bookie was not legal.

     Although it didn’t have quite the sophisticated gambling setups that were found in Cleveland, Chicago, or even Newport, Kentucky, Hamilton County had a bustling gambling scene. The most active gambling establishments in the county were in Elmwood Place and St. Bernard. Although Fairfax didn’t have quite the reputation of Elmwood Place, it had three well-known gambling establishments, Kruse’s Smoke Shop, Fairfax Tavern, and Fairfax Club.

     It isn’t clear when, exactly, illegal gambling began in Fairfax, but the first mention I found about a gambling raid was in 1931. A new Democratic sheriff, Asa Butterfield had taken office in January and served notice that gambling in Hamilton County must end. Gamblers were reported to be shaking in their boots and scouting out new locations, reportedly in Northern Kentucky. A few weeks after taking office, Butterfield said that gambling in the county had been shut down without a single arrest. He said that authorities in incorporated areas were responsible for enforcing anti-gambling laws in their own municipalities.

     Fairfax was unincorporated at that time, so the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department was the agency responsible for law enforcement here. In November 1931, a raid was made by the state Prohibition Office and the Sheriff’s Department at a house on Wooster Pike. Around 40 men and women were found drinking, playing cards, and operating slot machines. Gambling equipment and 12 gallons of whiskey were seized and the resident of the house was arrested and charged with possessing liquor.

    Although gambling in Fairfax wasn’t in the news over the next few years, it no doubt continued here, as it did in other parts of the county. The Sheriff’s Department continued to raid suspected gambling establishments and seized slot machines and other gambling paraphernalia. Touting his accomplishments during his 1934 campaign for reelection, Sheriff Butterfield stated that he had conducted 150 raids on gambling establishments and confiscated more slot machines during his time in office than his Republican predecessors had in 10 years.

     Butterfield was defeated in the November election by Republican George Lutz, Sr. Lutz declared war on commercial gambling, particularly in Elmwood Place. The Elmwood Place mayor vowed cooperation and announced a few days later that most gamblers had been driven out of town. A few weeks later, an investigation by the Cincinnati Post revealed that there was again open gambling in Elmwood Place.  The sheriff expressed his surprise. The mayor claimed ignorance of the bookmaking business in his village and said he thought the sheriff was taking care of it. The sheriff said he didn’t have the manpower to station men at all suspected gambling establishments.

     This was a pattern that would be repeated through the years during the terms of several sheriffs. The sheriff would vow to crack down on gambling in the county. He would then assert that municipal authorities were primarily responsible for enforcement of anti-gambling laws, but that the Sheriff’s Office would move in if local officials were unwilling or unable to enforce the law. Next, the authorities (the mayor, local law enforcement, the Sheriff’s Office) would declare that gambling had been shut down. Then, within a day or two, there would be a report (usually in the Cincinnati Post) of open gambling. The Sheriff’s Office would express surprise, make an excuse why they were unaware of the gambling, and then recommit to an anti-gambling campaign.

    One problem with shutting down gambling was that the consequences were so mild. Those who were arrested were usually only fined around $50. It was also nearly impossible to find witnesses who were willing to testify. In addition, many proprietors seemed to have a sixth sense and hid or removed slot machines and gambling paraphernalia immediately before law enforcement raids. This led to allegations of influence and bribery of elected officials. Usually, Republicans were suspected because so many prominent gamblers had ties to the Republican party.

     Fairfax began hitting the news again in late 1935 when Sheriff Lutz declared war on slot machines. Although he ordered his deputies to confiscate them, none had actually been seized. The Cincinnati Post found that there was open slot machine use in the county. A popular penny slot machine would pay off in cigarettes. A pack of cigarettes was about 15 cents in those days. However, it might cost as much as 40 cents to win a pack. The Post found one of these machines operating in a “Fairfax saloon.” The bartender said that other penny slot machines had been removed when the sheriff announced his crackdown.

     After the beginning of the new year, Post reporters were on the case again. One reported he played the penny slots and spent $1.02 to win three packs of cigarettes that would have only cost 45 cents if he bought them. These penny slot machines weren’t limited to bars, though. They were also found in drug stores and candy shops where children could play them. The slot machines had disappeared for a few days after Sheriff Lutz announced his crackdown, but were back in Fairfax and Mariemont soon thereafter. There were no other police departments or elected officials the Sheriff’s Office could blame for this, since they were responsible for law enforcement here.

     In September 1936 came a report that Elmwood Place gamblers were getting concerned about the new gambling establishments on the east side of the county. Of note was a new bookmaking business in Madison Place and a Fairfax establishment with a large parking lot that couldn’t accommodate all patrons on busy days.

     Despite Sheriff Lutz’s inability to shut down gambling in Hamilton County as promised, he was reelected in November 1936. As the year drew to a close, gambling raids continued, including at establishments in Fairfax and Madison Place. The Sheriff’s Office reported that they had seized over 75 slot machines in Fairfax and Elmwood Place and vowed that checkups on known gambling establishments in Fairfax, Madison Place, Plainville, Mt. Washington, and Elmwood Place would continue. Sheriff George Lutz, Sr. resigned due to illness and his son, George Lutz, Jr., was named as his successor. Sheriff Lutz, Jr. vowed to continue his father’s policies.

From the Cincinnati Post,  July 1, 1937

     In May 1938, Cincinnati Post reporters found slot machines “in taverns and cafes” in Fairfax and Mariemont. They also found gambling in a barroom in Madison Place where the patrons were mostly beer-guzzling women. A loudspeaker there announced horse racing results. There had been no attempt to hide this operation.

     A couple of months later, the Post reported that “authoritative” sources had informed them that a “politically controlled ring” had taken over slot machine operations in the county. Proceeds from the slot machines not only benefited the leaders of the ring, but were being diverted to political campaigns. The ring was allegedly led by a “prominent local political leader.” Independent slot machine operators were said to have been put out of business by uniformed police officers under the direction of a superior who was paid by the ring. The confiscated slot machines were replaced by machines owned by the ring. The ring then guaranteed protection to the operators. The slots were rigged and rarely paid out.

From the Cincinnati Post, July 1, 1938

     In August 1938, a grand jury investigated gambling in Hamilton County. The mayor of Reading testified that he had twice been approached by the fixer and collector of the slot machine ring. Sheriff’s deputies and café owners were called to testify. The Cincinnati Post reported that they had been informed that people associated with the slot machine ring had coached café owners how to testify. All café owners who testified denied having slot machines on their premises.

     The grand jury heard testimony from 104 witnesses, but disbanded without any indictments. The Post was critical of the grand jury’s report, which they said showed “clear indication of wholesale perjury.” The witnesses, they wrote, gave routine testimony for 10 to 15 minutes with no attempt to elicit the truth.

     For his part, Sheriff Lutz said he didn’t believe a slot machine ring was operating in the county and that he had questioned his deputies and they denied being bribed or influenced by anyone. The grand jury examined deputies’ bank accounts, safety deposit boxes, and property and found no evidence of bribery.

     In November 1938, Republican Fred Sperber was elected sheriff of Hamilton County. He promised to enforce gambling laws in unincorporated areas “as much as possible at least” and would allow local authorities to enforce laws in their own municipalities.

     A month later, slot machines were again operating in both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. Sheriff-elect Sperber vowed to initiate a drive to close down gambling in unincorporated areas and warn officials in incorporated areas. After he took office, Sperber’s men raided an establishment in Elmwood Place, the first gambling raid by the Sheriff’s Office in an incorporated area in years. The sheriff said he was targeting dice and card games, roulette, and slot machines. He said he didn’t have the manpower to take on bookmaking.

     The following day, deputies seized 10 slot machines that were openly displayed in establishments in unincorporated areas of the county. The day after that, Sperber announced that a routine inspection found no slot machines or open gambling. The Cincinnati Post loved to disprove this kind of statement and did so the following day, reporting that the politically-connected ring they reported on the prior summer was again operating slot machines.

     A month later, Sheriff Sperber announced that nearly all slot machine operations in the county had been shut down due to his department’s efforts. However, other observers attributed the apparent absence of slot machines to the expected enforcement campaign by state liquor agents at local drinking and gambling establishments.

     In August 1939, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office made its first arrest on bookmaking charges in several years when they arrested an Elmwood Place man at the Jungle Club in Fairfax. The man was fined $100, $50 of which he paid with the remaining $50 remitted by the Columbia Township magistrate. It is probably a good bet that he returned to bookmaking shortly after paying his fine.

     So, admittedly, Part I of this story doesn’t have a lot of Fairfax in it. Stay tuned for Part II next month, when Fairfax not only increasingly captures the attention of the press, law enforcement, and thieves, but also a local gambling bigwig.

LINK TO PART II

The Greatest Generation (Part Four)

 (Myers - Schwein)

 For notes and background about this project, please refer to Part One of this series.

NAME: Charles Myers
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: 
DATES OF SERVICE: April 29, 1944 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Harvey Carl Neumeister 
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: June 5, 1924 – December 31, 1997
DATES OF SERVICE: July 1943 – at least March 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Harvey Neumeister was a student at Plainville High School when he entered the service. He trained with an anti-aircraft artillery unit at Camp Haan, California. He served with the Seventh Army and received the Combat Infantryman Badge in France.

From the 1944 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Joseph Nichum
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 27, 1927 – December 5, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: June 25, 1945 – approximately September 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Louis E. Nickolin, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 5, 1923 – August 25, 1983
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 – May 18, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Simon Nickum
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 10, 1924 – August 8, 1987
DATES OF SERVICE: March 29, 1943 – February 22, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Simon Nickum served in the infantry in Italy and in the Rhineland Campaign. He returned to Fairfax after the war and lived here for the rest of his life.
 
NAME: Bernard Gunnar Nielsen
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 31, 1923 – May 13, 1991
DATES OF SERVICE: March 27, 1943 – February 5, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Gunnar Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and came to the United States as a young child. He graduated from the Aircraft Mechanics School at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina.
 
NAME: Thomas William Nugent
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 14, 1915 – December 29, 1991
DATES OF SERVICE: March 29, 1944 – October 28, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Nugent returned to Fairfax after the war and lived here for the remainder of his life.
 
NAME: Carl William Peters 
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 22, 1916 – November 15, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: October 26, 1942 – November 2, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Carl Peters’ brothers Edgar and Eugene also served in the war. He was one of the first American soldiers to enter Rome after its fall, serving as a member of a reconnaissance troop of the 85th Division. He sustained a non-battle elbow injury in August 1944.

From the Cincinnati Post, December 14, 1942

NAME: Edgar Ellis Peters 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 30, 1917 – January 1, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: January 23, 1942 – July 31, 1963
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Edgar Peters served in the military police. He remained in the Army following World War II and also served during the Korean War.

From the Cincinnati Post, December 14, 1942

NAME: Eugene Roy Peters 
RANK & BRANCH: Platoon Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: December 15, 1919 – May 28, 1994
DATES OF SERVICE: November 10, 1942 – November 8, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Eugene Peters served with the 4^th Marines and participated in the Marshall Islands campaign.

From the Cincinnati Post, December 14, 1942

NAME: Edwin Earl Pitser
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH:  February 4, 1921 - November 27, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: March 19, 1941 – October 18, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Edwin Pitser’s brother Harold also served during the war.
 
NAME: Harold Stanley Pitser
RANK & BRANCH: U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 19, 1918 – October 4, 1994
DATES OF SERVICE: July 1942 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Harold Pitser lived in Fairfax after the war and resided here at the time of his death.
 
NAME: Raymond Dale Platt
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Marines
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 20, 1924 – July 3, 1987
DATES OF SERVICE: February 1942 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Raymond Platt served in the South Pacific and was later stationed at Klamath Falls, Oregon. The barracks at Klamath Falls was a treatment and recuperation facility for Marines who had contracted mosquito-borne tropical illnesses. His brother Virgil also served with the Marines during World War II.
 
NAME: Virgil Holt Platt
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Marines
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 12, 1917 – October 9, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: January 3, 1942 – January 10, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Virgil Platt served in the South Pacific with the First Marine Division. He participated in the Battles of Guadalcanal and Peleliu.
 
NAME: James Joseph Ramsey 
RANK & BRANCH: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 7, 1913 – May 2, 1992
DATES OF SERVICE: May 10, 1943 – December 23, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Ramsey served with an engineering battalion. After the war, Joseph returned to Fairfax and lived here for the remainder of his life. His brothers Robert and William also served in the Army during the war.

Used with the permission of Ancestry.com user William Ramsey

NAME: Robert Leroy Ramsey 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH:  September 23, 1924 - November 13, 1989
DATES OF SERVICE: January 27, 1943 – March 19, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Robert Ramsey was assigned to the Medical Corps and served in Europe.

Used with the permission of Ancestry.com user William Ramsey

NAME: William Louis Ramsey, Jr. 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: December 8, 1922 – March 10, 1985
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 – September 28, 1943
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: William Ramsey served with the Military Police at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky.

Used with the permission of Ancestry.com user William Ramsey

NAME: Clarence Edward Rea 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: December 2, 1916 – June 4, 1979
DATES OF SERVICE: June 24, 1942 – December 19, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Clarence Rea trained at the Air Force Technical Center in South Dakota. His brothers Harry and Russell also served during the war.

From the Cincinnati Post, September 3, 1942

NAME: Harry Lee Rea 
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 19, 1921 – November 11, 2008
DATES OF SERVICE: August 10, 1942 – December 15, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

From the Cincinnati Post, September 3, 1942

NAME: Russell Clinton Rea
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 13, 1914 – November 25, 1980
DATES OF SERVICE: February 3, 1941 – October 22, 1941
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Anthony Joseph Roma 
RANK & BRANCH: Signalman First Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 17, 1924 – August 15, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: June 29, 1943 – December 23, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Anthony Roma was assigned to the University of Illinois for special radio and signal training. He later served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater on LCI 659 from March 4, 1944 until October 18, 1945. LCI 659 participated in the Leyte and Lingayen Gulf landings and in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima and Okinawa Gunto. His brother Bernard also served in the Navy during World War II.

From the Cincinnati Post, October 8, 1943

NAME: Bernard John Roma
RANK & BRANCH: Signalman Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: November 4, 1926 – June 13, 2012
DATES OF SERVICE: March 1945 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Bernard Roma served on PC1127 effective October 26, 1945, PC1145 effective May 1, 1946, and the USS Rochester effective July 18, 1947.
 
NAME: Norman Adson Root
RANK & BRANCH: Electrician’s Mate First Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 5, 1902 – May 30, 1961
DATES OF SERVICE: November 14, 1942 – September 27, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Norman Root was a 40-year-old husband and father of four children when he enlisted in the Navy Reserve. He served with the Seabees during the war and was attached to the First Marine Division. He served in Guam, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia. He returned to Fairfax after the war and lived here the rest of his life. He collapsed and died after participating in a Memorial Day parade in Madisonville.
 
NAME: Carl Vernon Runyon 
RANK & BRANCH: U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 20, 1919 – April 29, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: April 1945 – May 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

NAME: Edwin Gabbard Sallee
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 11, 1919 – December 8, 1975
DATES OF SERVICE: November 29, 1943 – October 9, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: After induction, Edwin Sallee was assigned to the Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center at North Camp Hood, Texas. He served overseas and was wounded in the line of duty. He returned to Fairfax after the war and lived here for the remainder of his life.
 
NAME: Harold Alfred Scheuer
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 4, 1925 – February 28, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: June 29, 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The son of German immigrants, Harold Scheuer served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater for 26 months. His brother Karl also served in the war.
 
NAME: Karl Heinz Scheuer
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 5, 1922 – approximately 2015
DATES OF SERVICE:  October 16, 1942 - February 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Karl Scheuer was born in Germany and he and his parents immigrated to the United States in November 1923. He was a 1941 graduate of Plainville High School.

From 1941 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Lawrence Matthew Schlottman, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 22, 1918 – October 18, 2001
DATES OF SERVICE: January 26, 1942 – November 19, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Margaret Louise Schwein
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Women’s Army Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: June 6, 1924 – November 6, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: June 16, 1944 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Margaret Schwein served with the Fourth Ferrying Group in Memphis, Tennessee. Her sister Rose also served as a WAC.
 
NAME: Rose Margaret Schwein Stanton 
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Women’s Army Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 18, 1919 – July 18, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: February 18, 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Rose Schwein was a 1937 graduate of Regina High School, a Catholic girls’ school in Norwood. After completing basic training, she was selected for special training in administration at Arkansas State Teachers College. After completing this training, she was transferred to the anti-aircraft office of the San Francisco fighter wing.

From the Cincinnati Post, September 13, 1943

The Greatest Generation (Part Three)

(Hurst - Mulvaney)

 For notes and background about this project, please refer to Part One of this series.

NAME: Woodrow Thomas Hurst
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 6, 1917 – March 10, 1988
DATES OF SERVICE: February 3, 1941 – October 16, 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Woodrow Hurst was a 1936 graduate of Terrace Park High School.
 
NAME: Howard Edwin Ilhardt
RANK & BRANCH: Signalman Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 17, 1927 – July 9, 1997
DATES OF SERVICE: May 9, 1944 – June 12, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Howard Ilhardt served on LST-720 during the war. LST-720 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the Lingayen Gulf and Mindanao Island landings in early 1945. It later performed occupation duty in the Far East before returning to the U.S. and being decommissioned in June 1946.

From the Cincinnati Post, August 1, 1944

NAME: Philip Illie, Jr. 
RANK & BRANCH: Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 4, 1923 – June 15, 2013
DATES OF SERVICE: Approximately 1941 - 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Philip Illie was a 1941 graduate of Plainville High School, where he served as president of his junior class. In June 1945, when he was serving on a Coast Guard combat vessel in the South Pacific, Illie made a record telling about his life at sea that was played on Cincinnati radio station WCKY.

From 1941 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Ralph Charles Johns 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 11, 1924 – July 5, 1995
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 – approximately 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Ralph Johns served overseas as a motor mechanic. After his initial military service ended, Johns worked as a civilian guard at Fort Benning, Georgia. He reenlisted in June 1948 and served again until March 1950.

From the Cincinnati Post, February 7, 1944

NAME: Leland Marvin Johnson
RANK & BRANCH: First Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: November 11, 1916 – January 21, 2006
DATES OF SERVICE: March 17, 1941 – September 3, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Leland Johnson served in the infantry and was wounded in action on his 28th birthday, sustaining a fracture of the fibula after being hit by artillery shell fragments.
 
NAME: Samuel Howard Keim
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 26, 1919 – February 28, 2002
DATES OF SERVICE: August 1, 1942 – December 1, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Walter Raleigh King
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 1, 1923 – February 1, 1986
DATES OF SERVICE: January 27, 1943 – November 19, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Lester John Klein 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 4, 1919 – June 8, 1986
DATES OF SERVICE: November 25, 1940 – December 31, 1966
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lester Klein served as a military police officer and investigator and made the Army his career. 

Used with the permission of Ancestry.com user Buford78.

This photo was taken at the Klein home in Fairfax.

NAME: Leroy Louis Klettner 
RANK & BRANCH: Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 9, 1918 – December 18, 2009
DATES OF SERVICE: October 29, 1941 – at least July 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Leroy Klettner was a 1936 graduate of Terrace Park High School. He had attended college and was working in advertising at Procter & Gamble at the time he was drafted. He served in Africa and Europe and received the Legion of Merit from General Mark Clark (see photo).

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, July 11, 1944.

(Note: Available documentation indicates that Klettner lived in Fairfax when he entered the service. 

His mother lived in Terrace Park at the time he was decorated.)

NAME: Aaron Henry Knabe 
RANK & BRANCH: Seaman Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 9, 1922 – December 21, 1981
DATES OF SERVICE: April 23, 1945 – April 30, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Aaron “Hank” Knabe’s brother Earl also served.

From the Cincinnati Post, September 6, 1945

NAME: Earl Terry Knabe, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 30, 1919 – September 26, 1991
DATES OF SERVICE: June 25, 1945 – December 15, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME:  James Martin Kruse 
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 29, 1921 – January 23, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: October 7, 1942 – December 29, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: James Kruse was wounded in action on July 21, 1944 at the Battle of Guam. He sent his younger brother Harold a Japanese rifle, bayonet, and battle flag from the invasion of Guam when he sent his Purple Heart home.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, February 15, 1945

NAME: John Adam Kuebler
RANK & BRANCH: Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 2, 1924 – June 4, 2010
DATES OF SERVICE: March 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: John Kuebler attended the school for aviation groundmen at the Navy Technical Training Center in Chicago. John’s brother Robert also served in the Navy.
 
NAME: Robert Stanley Kuebler
RANK & BRANCH: Boatswain’s Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 16, 1925 – February 21, 2014
DATES OF SERVICE: October 4, 1945 – at least October 1947
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Vern Richard Latham
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: December 1, 1922 - unknown
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Jesse Glenn Lockhart
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Marine Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 25, 1924 - July 28, 1995
DATES OF SERVICE: November 27, 1941 – 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Jesse Lockhart served in a machine gun company in the Pacific Theater. On August 7, 1942, he landed with the First Marines Division on Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. He was wounded in action the following day. He received the Purple Heart and a President’s citation. He was discharged due to his injuries.

 

From the Cincinnati Times Star, November 1, 1942

NAME: Arthur Wellington Lovins II
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 11, 1924 – January 24, 1985
DATES OF SERVICE: January 27, 1943 – December 24, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Harry Earl Malady
RANK & BRANCH: Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 23, 1906 – January 4, 1969
DATES OF SERVICE: March 28, 1944 – February 3, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Harry Earl Malady was stationed at the Naval Air Technical Training Center at Norman, Oklahoma.
 
NAME: Sidney Martin Malone
RANK & BRANCH: Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 10, 1925 – November 21, 2001
DATES OF SERVICE: January 21, 1942 – January 13, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sidney Malone served on the destroyer USS Watts from May 13, 1944 until he was discharged.
 
NAME: Elmer Deforest Martin
RANK & BRANCH: Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: February 17, 1909 – April 1, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: September 1, 1943 – October 24, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: After his wartime service was complete, Elmer Martin continued to serve in the Navy Reserve for at least 24 years.
 
NAME: Leslie William McDine
RANK & BRANCH: Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 19, 1924 – September 30, 2016
DATES OF SERVICE: October 24, 1942 – June 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Leslie McDine served in the Army Air Forces Ground Crew at Seymour Johnson Field in North Carolina, then trained as an aerial gunner at the Flexible Gunnery School in Panama City, Florida. He later served as a B-26 engineer and gunner in the European theater, participating in over 60 combat missions. He was awarded the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters.
 
NAME: Oather Gene Meese
RANK & BRANCH: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH:  May 21, 1923 - December 24, 2017
DATES OF SERVICE: January 20, 1943 - 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Gene Meese was born and raised in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School in 1941. After his mother died, his father remarried and the family lived in Fairfax. He served as a tail gunner on a B-17 and was shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans on April 9, 1944. He was held prisoner for 13 months. Gene was interviewed by the Cincinnati Public Library for the Veterans History Project: https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll27/id/1717/. (Note that Gene did not state that he lived in Fairfax in his interview, but at the time of his June 1942 draft registration he listed his address on Watterson.)
 
NAME: Charles Joseph Metz
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: April 27, 1927 – November 16, 1980
DATES OF SERVICE: August 27, 1945 – December 25, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

NAME: Edwin Frank Meyer, Jr. 
RANK & BRANCH: Private, Army Air Forces
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: March 7, 1927 – November 1, 2005
DATES OF SERVICE: June 25, 1945 – August 5, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Edwin Meyer was a 1945 graduate of Plainville High School, where he was a class officer and captain of the football team. Edwin’s brother Norbert also served during the war.

From the 1945 Plainville High School yearbook

NAME: Norbert Edwin Meyer
RANK & BRANCH: Radioman First Class, U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 3, 1924 – March 4, 2009
DATES OF SERVICE: December 14, 1942 – November 28, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Norbert Meyer served on the USS Holder (DE-401) from the time it was commissioned in January 1944 until it was towed to New York less than a year later, after it came under attack by the Germans off the coast of Algeria. In August 1944 he transferred to USS Lee Fox and served there until he was discharged. Norbert was interviewed by the Cincinnati Public Library for the Veterans History Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjxqBcxLTg
 
NAME: John Wendell Mikel 
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: January 26, 1925 – November 12, 1993
DATES OF SERVICE: March 27, 1943 – November 17, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: John Mikel was reported as missing in action on January 30, 1944 while serving as an Army Ranger in the Battle of Cisterna in Italy. In May 1944, John’s mother received a card from him and learned he was a prisoner of the Germans. He was liberated on April 13, 1945.

From the Cincinnati Post, April 3, 1944

NAME: Clyde Garr Mineer
RANK & BRANCH: Private First Class, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 14, 1918 - January 15, 1999
DATES OF SERVICE: April 29, 1944 – November 25, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Arthur Martin Molitor
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 6, 1911 – June 25, 1982
DATES OF SERVICE: November 9, 1942 – August 31, 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Steve Momich
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: October 6, 1912 – September 22, 1976
DATES OF SERVICE: December 30, 1942 – May 27, 1943
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Edward Harry Mulvaney
RANK & BRANCH: Corporal, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: September 9, 1918 – April 25, 1979
DATES OF SERVICE: November 19, 1941 – September 25, 1944
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Edward Mulvaney’s sister Lorraine and brothers Franklin and Harry also served during the war. Edward was a gunner in the Tank Corps in North Africa and then served in Italy, where he was sustained a hand injury in action in April 1944. He was the namesake of his uncle Edward Harry Mulvaney who was killed in World War I on July 22, 1918, less than two months before his birth.

Used with permission of Ancestry.com user pfm0322.

 
NAME: Franklin George Mulvaney, Jr.
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 4, 1923 – February 16, 1994
DATES OF SERVICE: January 27, 1943 – January 26, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Used with permission of Ancestry.com user pfm0322.

 

NAME: Harry Westley Mulvaney
RANK & BRANCH: U.S. Navy
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: May 27, 1926 – October 5, 2015
DATES OF SERVICE: August 1944 -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Harry “Mickey” Mulvaney served on the USS Shangri-La.
 
NAME: James Thomas Mulvaney
RANK & BRANCH: Private, U.S. Army
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: July 1, 1926 – December 8, 1990
DATES OF SERVICE: September 29, 1944 – November 24, 1946
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 
NAME: Lorraine E. Mulvaney Vogelsang 
RANK & BRANCH: Sergeant, U.S. Women’s Army Corps
DATES OF BIRTH & DEATH: August 29, 1921 - February 8, 2022
DATES OF SERVICE: February 23, 1943 – August 1945
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lorraine Mulvaney was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and the Army Air Field in Lubbock, Texas, serving as a clerk and a company baker. She celebrated her 100^th birthday in 2021. 

From https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2743213/womens-army-corps-veteran-celebrates-her-100th-birthday/