Veterans recall D-Day service and postwar careers
Frank Cook of 935 Warren Ave landed June 14 after sailing with the 87th Armored Field Artillery, part of units aiding the 82nd Airborne. He fought in five campaigns, later led Teamsters Local 261, and worked in trucking until retirement in 1986. Dale Copper of RD 6 served as tank driver and mechanic with Co B, 743rd Tank Battalion, fighting from Normandy to Germany, involved with Russian forces near the Elbe. he also served 11 months in combat, later a union carpenter until retirement. He remarked that nobody wins a war without hardship and suffering for combat forces.
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Frank Cook
Warren Ave
England
87Th Armored Field Field Artillery
82Nd Airborne Division
Cook
Teamsters Local 261
Hall’s Trucking Co
Dale Copper
RD 6
Normandy
Copper
Germany
Elbe
Leland Denniston Dies. WWII Technician and Businessman
Leland Denniston formerly of Ashberry Lane served as a technician fifth grade with the 283rd Quartermaster Refrigeration Company. The unit served through Normandy and Northern France after the invasion. Returning after the war, he rejoined the family business, Denniston Vending Company. He died August 2, 1992.
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Leland Denniston
Ashberry Lane
283Rd Quartermaster Refrigeration Co
Normandy
France
Denniston Vending Co
Army veteran Robert E. Emerick served 38 years in reserve
Robert E. Emerick of 1650 Pulaski Road served as a corporal in the 3580th Quartermaster Truck Co in England on D-Day. The unit fought in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes and Germany before his transfer to the Pacific Theater and eventual retirement as a chief warrant officer after 38 years in the Army Reserve. He later worked as a photo finisher and at Youngstown Sheet & Tube, then as a Civil Service employee of the Department of the Army.
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Robert E. Emerick
Pulaski Road
Army
England
France
Utah Beach
Normandy
Emerick
Ardennes
Germany
Europe
Pacific
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Civil Service
Department of the Army
Army Reserve
Veterans Named Gardocky and Getty From Local Area
Julius Gardocky of 500 West Englewood Avenue served as a corporal in the 3rd Armored Division’s 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on D day in England and Normandy. He earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Stars and later led a platoon in Dessau before retiring from Pennsylvania Transfer Ryder Truck Lines in 1983. George Getty of 2605 North Mercer Street served on Utah Beach with Cannon Company, 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division and, after the war, ran Leavy’s Studio before retiring and volunteering at Jameson Memorial Hospital.
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Julius Gardocky
W. Englewood Ave
3Rd Armored Division
83Rd Armored
England
Normandy
Gardocky
Dessau
Germany
Pennsylvania Transfer
Ryder Truck Lines
Veterans Affairs
George Getty
N. Mercer St
Utah Beach
Cannon Co
313Th
Getty
Essen
Leavy
Jameson Memorial Hospital
David Harris at Omaha Beach with 816th Engineers
David Harris served with the 816th Engineers during the D Day landing on Omaha Beach around June 8, performing urban assault tasks and contributing to beachhead setup. He is identified in wartime records as a notable engineer participant.
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William Estock
Taylor St
Army Engineers
Omaha Beach
David Harris
816Th
Plane refueling operator aids Allied troops in Europe
Charles Glorioso of 919 S. Mill St. served behind the lines with the 30th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of the 9th Air Force. The unit flew unarmed P-38 Lightnings for aerial scouting near advancing Allied forces in Normandy and beyond, earning a Distinguished Unit Badge with oak leaf cluster after the war ended in Germany. Glorioso later ran a service station and then a private heating and air conditioning business, retiring in 1985.
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Charles Glorioso
S. Mill St
30Th
9Th Air Force
Normandy
Europe
Glorioso
Germany
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Jack Hammond
Donald Hanna
SVN
Lawrence County Historical Society
Bev Zona
NEW Castle Public Library
Laura Crawford
NEW Castle News
Mike Matis
NEW Castle Rotary Club
Ellis Hoffman
Lawrence County Veterans Council
Robert Emerick
Senior Citizens Center
Ward Mowry
American History Magazine
Edward Oxford
Washington
Dick Jung
Pat Patterson
Phil Fitts
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