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The
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Lists of U N armed forces members from The Colors Bessemer area
A long roster of men and women from The Colors Bessemer and Bessemer Township serving in United Nations armed forces is published for future updates. The list flags corrections since June 18 and requests additions from local readers to keep the roll current.
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Bessemer and
Bessemer Township
United Nations Armed Forces
Herald
Local Servicemen and Cadets from Bessemer Area
A roundup of names and assignments. Lt. John Massa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Domenic Massa, born in Bessemer in 1914, trained at Camp Grant and Edgewood Arsenal before commissioning at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Cadet Vizanko in basic flight training at Bainbridge, nurses Signe and Hilda Heikkin enlist in Navy, Pvt. James McCarthy wins sharpshooter at Camp Crowder, and Pvt. Robert Dunstan awarded Purple Heart posthumously for North Africa action. Other locals Walter, Koski, Mussatti, Roberts, Lind, Ballione, and Michela are noted with training, promotions, or postings at various camps and ships.
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John
Domenic Massa
Bessemer
A. D. Johnston
R.O.T.C
Marquette University
Milwaukee
James Joseph Vizanko
S. Vizanko
Puritan
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Maxwell Field
Ala
Vizanko
Johnston High School
Air Forces
Misses Signe
Hilda Heikkin
Detroit
Navy Nurses Corps
Great Lakes Training Station
Ford Hospital
Signe
Detroit Department of Health
Hilda
Pvt
James McCarthy
Camp Crowder
Julia McCarthy
Robert G. Dunstan
North Africa
William J. Dunstan
Ironwood
War Department
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Brusso
John B. Bugni
Arthur Butherus
Albert Burt
Jack M. Burt
Wayne E. Burt
Robert A. Buchko
Gerard Buchko
Michael Cabianca
Lawrence J. Calabro
Joseph C. Camilli
Italo Carpenter
James R. Carlson
Herbert B. Carlson
Conrad J. Carlson
Arlo V
Aho Erick R. Ahto
John Ahnen
Chas. Ahnen
Robert J. Aijala
George Allen
Douglas Allen
Clyde Alto
Reino O. Annear
Warren R. Annear
Thomas V. Anderson
Clarence Anderson
Edward Anderson
Leonard A. Asterholm
Ragnar A
Backlund
Albin Backman
Albin W. Babich
Nesto Backlund
John V. Balasz
John Balasz
Steve Ban
Larry Busch
Andrew Carlson
Jack Carlson
Douglas C. Ceolla
Joh P. Ceolla
Roland Ceronsky
Charles Chiapuzio
Joseph Chiapusio
John P. Chapman
Arthur E. Chapman
Archie
Raymond Fillippini
Tito Filippi
Angelo Finnegan
David Finnegan
Miles Filter
Paul Filter
William Fitz
Leo Forslund
Clifford H. Forsluund
Earl W. Forslund
Roy D. Furmanski
Helen Grabowski
James J. Gray
Donald Gray
Walter Gray
Woodward Genetti
Albert Genetti
Emil J. Gerovac
Emil J. Gerovich
John N. Giachetti
Paul Gilchrist
George
Siegfred Erickson
Reino Ethier
Donald Fastelin
Jalo Eugene Fastelin
Niilo W. Faiine
Robert Figuli
Paul Felix
Adam Felix
Edward J. Fesnick
Fred Filan
Conrad Fuchas
Charles Gervasio
James Georgie
Ferdinand Gerry
Robert J. Gheller
Ernest Ghelier
John Gheller
Anton Gilbert Ronald Giachino
Alfred J. Guglielmotto
Fred M. Gustafson
Harl Gustafson
Harding R. Gustafson
Russell Gustafson
Claude Gustafson
Floyd Gustafson
Oliver Harris
Ernest H. Hansen
Alfred Harry
John Jr. Hall
Talmadge F. Hall
Charles Heikkinen
Arthur
Heikkinen
Carlo Heikkinen
Edwin Hill
William A. Hill
Raymond M. Holmquist
John EB. Honisek
William J
John Holevac
John Hunt
Samuel Hutnick
Rudolph Telmini
John Ippolite
Anton J. Isdebski
Robert W. Ivonen
Larry Jago
Charles H
J Janov
Eugene J. Jarvi
Kenneth W. Jezek
Leonard J. Johnson
Albin Iver Johnson
Johnson
August Johnson
William G. Juntanen
Gilbert Kalan
Ignatz Kalan
Anton Kangas
Eugene Ka
William McMinn
Francis Meyer
Leonard Melanson
Ursula Michelli
William M. Mikulich
Rudolph Mikulich
Walter M. Michela
Domenic A. Mochan
Marco Modjewski
Bernard Majeck
Mike Molaski
Howard Mussatti
Charles
Latvala
Aale Lavrila
Toivo Laurila
William Lindstrom
Calvin Lindstrom
Howard Lindstrom
Llewelyn Lillrose
Raymond Lillrose
Delbert Lampart
Joseph Lampart
Walter Luoma
Jacob Edwin Lucas
Clarence Martell
Joseph Makela
Felix K. Mattson
George Maki
Edwin J. Makela
Carl E. Makela
Roy O. Marczak
Joseph J. Marczak
Stanley
Marczak
John Marinetti
Edward J. Maki
John Maki
Leonard Maki
Carlo Maki
Robert W. Maki
Roy W
Mattson
John Mikko
Carl Mikko
Victor Mikko
Isaac Mattson
Henry Milakovich
John Moreschini
John Morici
Peter P. Napo
Dominic Nelson
John W. Nelson
August H. Newman
Manfred HB. Newman
Donald Niemi
Howard L. Nyman
William €. Oja
Wilbert L. Olson
Edward Olson
Leonard Olson
Irving Olson
Walter Orling
Everett Orbick
Robert Cravecz
John M. Osterholm
Ragnar Ostello
Arthur C. Parent
Clarence C. Parent
Henry P. Parent
Louis Parent
Phillip Parobek
Jewel Passini
Raymond Parobek
John Patrolero
Albert P. Patrolero
Nick
Oberst
Fred J. Olson
Theodore Olson
Lloyd Olson
Ruth Olexa
Clarence
Ostby
Conrad W. Otto
Frederick Otto
Rupert G
Charles Puskarich
William Quigley
William D. Re
John Regoni
Christy Roberts
Jack Regis
William Richards
Albert Rice
Jon Rice
William Rintala
Uno Ruikka
Leo Ruikka
Matt W. Rund
Glenn W
John Rajala
Earl Joe
Anton Relich
Peter L. Rigotti
Robert Rizzie
Charles Rosiek
Edward Rouker
Matt Rocco
Joe E. Rosa
Charles J. Rouker
Joseph P. Romo
Reino Rundell
Robert Ryan
Jack Ryan
David Saily
Arvid H. Saily
Edwin Saily
Herman Salonen
Walter Sanders
Chester T. Sandquist
Fred Scholar
Jack Russ
John Ryan
William F. Sartoris
John Saari
William A. Scavarda
John C. Scavarda
Dominic
Scavarda
Massie Schmidt
Victor Schwaiger
Anton J. Selin
Golden Serbia
George Sewick
Jerome Shefka
John G. Stelmark
John Shefka
Stanley Shefka
David Shave
Richard Shave
Henry Shave
Cecelia Shoquist
Chester Simpko
Michael Simpko
Frank Slivinski
Albert Slivinski
Max Sloma
Leonard Sloma
Lawrence Soffietti
Joseph Sofia
Ferdinand Springhetti
Jack Stella
Anthony D. Stratman
William F Strom
Alfred E. Superczynski
Carl Sundby
Ole Susin
Jack A. Swanson
Chas Tannheimer
Louis Tannheimer
Joseph Tarnaski
Isadore W Tarnaski
Peter W. Tarnaski
Stanley R. Takala
Henry Thebert
William A. Thomasini
Gordon Thomasini
Richard A. Torni
Onni Toiala
William Turkai
Anton F. Turkal
George Turkal
John J. Turkal
Paul A. Turner
Robert Vomastek
John L. Vrancic
Michael Vukobradovich
Mike Vukovich
Emil C. Westermark
Edwin R. Winkowski
James
Wink
Lieutenant John Massa
Essers Paint Company
Endicott Johnson Company
Endicott
New York
Armed Services
Camp Grant, Ilcinois
Edgewood Arsenal
Fort Benning
Georgia
Fort Bliss
Texas
Louisiana
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Massa
United States
Arthur E. Bugin
Lee Upton
Camp Endicott
Davisville
R. I
Camp Peary
Williams Burg
John Dolson
Construction Department
Engineering Corps
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Clifford Koski
Matt Koski
Ramsay
Seabees
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Rhode Island
Arthur E. Koski
Alliance Air Base
Alliance
Nebr
Charles Mussatti
Battista Mussatti
Jack Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Alfred Roberts
Norman Lind
Gruno Ballione
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes Training Center
Pfc
Dom Michela
Joseph A. Michela
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
New York City