Wingfoot
Officers
Captain Ritchie, Ralph, Bronze Star
Lt. Fabert, Kansas
Lt. Goldner, New York
Lt. Wilkins, Lansing, Michigan
1st Lt. Ulmschneider, Robert, Purple Heart,
wounded March 14; Bronze Star
2nd Lt. Mathay, Robert, Purple Heart,
wounded March 15
A
Adams, James, South Carolina
Akers, Clovis, Salem, Virginia
Alexander, Jim, Oklahoma
Andre, Leroy, Chicora, Pennsylvania
B
Babin, Shelton, Louisiana
Baker, George, Hagerstown, Pennsylvania
Bartling, Fred, Burke, South Dakota
Barman, John
Barone, Nick, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bertrand, Carrol, Louisiana
PFC Beyar, William, Purple Heart, wounded April 24
Biasl, Robert, Freeland, Pennsylvania
Biegenwald, George, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bielen, Alois, Wisconsin
Blackwell, Glen, Greenville, South Carolina
Blizzard, Harry, West Virginia
Blosko, Mike, Freeland, Pennsylvania
Bohaner, J., Tennessee
Bollinger, Roy, Hanover, Pennsylvania
S/Sgt. Boner, Harold, Purple Heart, wounded March 15
Booher, George, Maryland
PFC Brandy, George, Washington, D.C.; Purple Heart,
wounded March 14
Brown, Gene, Oklahoma
Butterfield, Alvin, St. Paul, Minnesota
C
Campbell, James, North Carolina
Cantrell, Edgar, California
Capelo, Tobin, Springfield, Mass.
Carlson, T5 Albert O. "Hutch," New York
Carr, Roy, Colorado
Cashen, George, Worchester, Massachusetts
Tec 5 Cavanaugh, James, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Cheneauth, Doug, Arizona
Cheplick, Nickolas, Oliphant, Pennsylvania
Clardy, Roger, Danville, Virginia
Coccia, Joseph, Baltimore, Maryland
Cook, Dan, Oklahoma
Copenhaver, Robert, Polo, Illinois
Crane, Melvin Swanson
Cunningham, Joe, Ashland, Pennsylvania
D
Deese, Lee, South Carolina
DeKestein, Russ, Charleroi, Pennsylvania
DePasquale, Dominich
E
Eanes, G. Glen, Danville, Virginia; Purple Heart, wounded March 5
Eby, James, Michigan
Eldridge, Joe, Edmonds, Oklahoma
Emig, Rayman, York, Pennsylvania
Evans, William P., Charleroi, Pennsylvania; Purple Heart, wounded March 14
F
Farence, D. R., Spring Grove, Pennsylvania
Flickenger, Glenn, Massachusetts
Flyinghorse, George, Oklahoma
Tec 4 Foote, James, Purple Heart, wounded March 15
Foran, Edward, Kentucky
Fortner, Oscar, Oklahoma
Fowler, John
G
Goff, Sam, South Carolina
Goldblatt, Joe, Washington, D.C.
Goldsmith, Joe, New York
Grazonka, Ted, New York
Griffith, James, South Carolina
H
Hankey, James, Buther, Pennsylvania
Hanley, George, Sharpsville, Pennsylvania
Tec 5, Hannon, Vincent, Girardville, Pennsylvania;
Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Harding, Ray, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Harding, Roy, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Hart, Bill, Memphis, Tennessee
Hildebrant, Bernard, Pennsylvania
Hixon, George, Easton, Pennsylvania
Holloman, Borden, Goldsboro, North Carolina
Homorsky, Andy, New York
Hugan, Arthur, Warren, Ohio
Hurter, Harry, Lisbon, N.Y.
I
Irby, Jeff, Arkansas
J
Junis, Bill, Illinois
Katunick, Sam, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
K
Kitts, James, Bricken Ridge, Kentucky
Klein, Robert C., Baltimore, Maryland
L
Lanham, Mike, Kentucky; Purple Heart, wounded April 24
Larson, Harry, Shelvin, Michigan
Leonard, Edward, New Providence, New Jersey
Levitos, Dave, Owings Mills, Maryland
Loggins, Arelious, High Point, North Carolina
Long, James
M
MacKosky, Jack, New York
McCray, Kee, New Mexico
McLean, Fred, N., Wilkesboro, North Carolina
McPherson, John K., Davie, Florida
Pvt. Madrid, Jose Leon, Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Mann, Russ, Massachusetts
Marlow, Henry, Pennsylvania
Matanin, Andrew, Gindstone, Pennsylvania; wounded in action, March 14, 1945
Mathis, Gene
Miller, Russ, Sharon, Pennsylvania
Mitchell, Roy, Lynchberg, Virginia
Mohlick, Charles, New York
Monroe, Jacob, Texas
Moore, Maurice, North Carolina
N
Nelson, Matthew, Oklahoma
O
O’Conner, Joe, New York
P
Sgt. Pagniello, Dominick, New York; Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Pepin, Willie, Massachusetts
Phillips, George, Georgia
Phipps, Gene
Popovich, George, Monta Vista, Colorado
Q
Queen, James, Quincy, Illinois
R
Rendon, Edward, Colorado
Tec 5 Romero, Alvin, Elton, Louisiana; Silver Star,
Bronze with Oak Leaf Cluster
Rosbeck, John, New York
Rossi, Americo, New York
S
Saintsing, Raford, Thomasville, North Carolina; Purple
Heart, wounded March 15
Sallid, August, Lansing, Michigan
Sanders, Frank, Easton, Pennsylvania
Salvator, Samonie, New York
Singleton, Milford, LaGrange, North Carolina
Smith, Frank Benedict, Niles, Illinois
Steadman, James, Raeford, North Carolina; Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Sturm, Vanze, Tennessee
Swindell, James, Rhode Island
Symonds, Jack, Oklahoma
T
Thomas, Lester, Rhode Island
Tiger, Jesse, Calvin, Oklahoma
Tripp, Charles A., Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Tripp, James, Greenville, North Carolina
Trotter, Bill, Peoria, Illinois
Trump, Clyde, Hanover, Pennsylvania
U
Ulmschneider, Robert, Lantana, Florida
V
Vagos, Frank, Massachusetts
Valdez, Augusta, New Mexico
Vilchvek, Myron, Michigan
Visconti, Tony, New York
W
Walker, Burton, Danville, Virginia
Walker, Clarence, Danville, Virginia
Weirick, Dale, Middleburg, Pennsylvania
Pvt. Williams, Richard, Purple Heart, wounded March 14
Witt, Lyudd, Danville, Virginia
Worchol, Fred, St. Louis, Illinois
Wrenn, Vance, North Carolina
Z
Tec 5 Zamora, Enrique, Santa Rosa, New Mexico
Troop A/101
Joseph Coccia
Kneeling; Robert Klein
Above, Albert "Hutch" Carlson; below, Hutch on his horse Tarbaby at Ft. Devens, Mass.
Troop A, 101st, taken June 9, 1945
Frank Smith--first photo taken around 1940, second photo sometime after he was made captain, and third photo closer to the end of his Army career when he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Melvin Swanson Crane