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Retiring trooper Gustaitis recalls wartime service and postwar life
State Police Sg t Gustaitis, longtime flier in charge of transfers, recounts combat with American forces in Sicily and Italy. He served from Salerno to Monte Cassino, witnessed Luftwaffe jets at Innsbruck, and fought near Vienna as the war ended. After the Army, he worked loading coal underground before joining the State Police, rising to captain and taking part in the Delaware County Rodeo as a trick rider. He and his wife Rae have four children, including son Peter Jr a Penn State graduate and current probation staffer, Anthony studying engineering, and Paul on the Marple Newtown wrestling team.
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Salerno
Italy
Montainous
Rome
Monte Cassino
Gustaius
Southern
France
Innsbruck
Gustaitis
Rae
Peter Jr
Pennsylvania State University
Delaware County Court
Anthony
Aarsed
University of Ee Ae Eee
Aronimink
Kathryn McCarron
Upper Darby
Ware County
Urella
Rocco Urella
Haverford Township
State Police and
Delaware County