Portfolio Category: WWII

Wood, Leonard

Wood, Leonard
Graduated from Crafton High School with the class of 1941.  He was accepted at West Point, and completed his training there in three years.  He was married to Crafton-ite Mary Simpson in December of 1944.  The wedding ceremony took place in St. Philips church.  Wood then completed flight training in the Army Air Corps, graduating…
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Welker, Calvin

Welker, Calvin
WWII. Fountain St., Died while serving in the Army. Hawthorne Church.  Calvin is buried in France.
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Watt, Richard

Watt, Richard
d.5/23/43 Lt. Col. Air Corp. Richard was shot down over the Aleutian Islands.  He was the brother in law of Norma Lamb. Awarded a DFC for leading a squadron against a numerically superior Japanese force in the Aleutians.
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Voye, Almon

Voye, Almon
d.1945 St. Philips ’35 CHS ’39.  He was wounded at Salerno, Italy and sent home to recover in Walter Reed Hospital, where he then developed cancer.  He came home to 26 Fountain Street in Crafton, where he died in July of 1945.  Almon delivered newspapers and didn’t like his nickname “Shorty”.
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Voelker, Chuck

Voelker, Chuck
d.2/21/44, Noble Ave. USMCR d.2/21/44 Charles Voelker graduated from Crafton High School with the class of 1941.  A born comic, Charlie was the class clown.  He enlisted in the Marines in July of 1942 and took his boot camp training at Camp LeJeune, N.C. Always looking for the toughest duty, he put in for jump school…
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