We are not makers of History. We are made by History...Martin Luther King Jr.
Sgt. Ramsey, Leo Paul (20129203) was born 31 Aug 1917 in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. He was the son of Aurelia P (Tellier) and Archielas James Ramsey. The family lived at 157 Furnace Ave. in Stafford during the 1940s. Archielas and Continue Reading
S/Sgt. Gutzmer, Walter Frederick “Walt” (20129133). Born 8 Mar 1920 in Willimantic, CT. Son of Richard and Aldea (Pimpare) Gutzmer. He grew up in Manchester, CT, prior to the outbreak of WWII. Gutzmer was a member of the Connecticut Army Continue Reading
Vincenzo “Vincent” G. Pazzano was the son of Maria G. “Josephine” (Mauruni) and Domenico Pazzano. Domenico was born in Mammola 31 Oct 1885. On the 1930 Fed. Census, Domenico stated that he had immigrated in 1921. He visited Italy, probably Continue Reading
Chartier, Clarence Francis (Service # 3866149) was born 8 Jun 1925 in Cloquet, MN. He was the son of Eileen M. (Wickstrom) and Clarence Leo Chartier. Family and Youth Clarence Leo Chartier was born in Wisconsin, as was his father Continue Reading
Saipan today is a commonwealth of the United States, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands. Guam is the largest island in the Mariana Islands archipelago, however, it is not a member of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Continue Reading
Excerpt from the “Luzon Campaign”: Krueger Papers at Texas A&M University Library, College Station, Texas
Lieutenant Junior Grade Douglas G. Phillips took his place aboard the USS Ramsay (DD-124) on Saturday, 6 December 1941. Ramsay was a Wickes-class destroyer laid down in 1917 and stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii in December 1941. On the Continue Reading
