Ernest Auensen served as a supply clerk in the US Army Air Corp.
Thomas Barnes served in the South Pacific, Solomon Island, and New Caldonia, India in the US Navy Seabees.
Charles Cane served as a mechanic on the bazooka team in the US Army. He was wounded in Nancy, France.
Dominic Etopio served in the Pacific Theatre in the US Marine Corps.
Thomas Etopio served at the US Naval Air Station in San Diego, CA in the US Navy.
Wilbur Frey served as a rifleman in the infantry in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia in the US Army.
Norman Hameister served in the 9th Special Forces of the US Navy Seabees in the US Navy.
They made sacrifices to help save the world. This is the 1st in a special series of reports on a group of local WWII vets who went on an "honor flight."
Roy Hankin served on the PT Boats in the Asiatic/Pacific Theatre in the US Navy.
Nelson Hasselbeck served in the chemical warfare unit in the US Navy.
Herman Hollstein served in the infantry as a rifleman and dealing with bazooka ammo in the US Army.
Robert Hooper served in New Guinea, Southern Philippines, and Japan in the US Army.
Leonard Kryszak served in the South Pacific on a landing ship and was a member of the amphibious forces in Okinawa, Japan in the US Navy.
