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SchmiedelWerner E. Schmiedel of Breinigsville was a U.S. Army deserter during World War II who, under the alias Robert Lane, led a mob of deserters on a crime spree across Europe. He was convicted by court-martial on March 27, 1945 of robbery and murder, and hanged June 11, 1945, near Aversa, Italy. The image is from court-martial records, declassified May 2, 1967, and provided to The Morning Call by the National Archives at St. Louis. The mug shot was Prosecution Exhibit 3 at Schmiedel's court-mmaril. 'CID' is Criminal Investigation Division. 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Schmiedel of Weisenberg Township, Lehigh Countyhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/lopinto7.jpgLoPinto7John LoPinto, an agent with the Army's Criminal Investigations Division in Rome, was one of the top investigators of the Lane Gang. This photo was taken Aug. 8, 1944. 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Alan Freeman in Vietnam, 19692025-08-12T12:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/12/02/how-a-wwii-bomber-crash-in-colorado-hit-home/2023-07-10T22:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/12/06/a-pearl-harbor-radar-man-returns-to-hawaii/2022-01-21T22:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/09/18/adding-to-the-picture-old-photos-fresh-look/2021-09-20T23:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/08/13/for-pappy-hannum-mixed-duty-on-attus-ordnance-hill/2022-01-26T22:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/08/09/from-deferment-to-duty-a-motor-minded-sailors-journey/2021-08-10T18:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/11/25/a-world-war-ii-seabee-remembers-okinawa/2024-10-04T14:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/04/22/dark-war-memories-of-a-fun-loving-uncle/2021-04-22T23:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/12/05/join-the-army-im-in-the-army/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0115.jpgFrank and Eleanor Venditta_0115This undated family photo shows Frank Venditta, in his Army uniform, with a young woman believed to be his niece Eleanor Venditta. She was the daughter of Frank and my dad's oldest brother, Jimmy. She was 9 years old in 1934 when her father was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Jimmy was driving a truck for a nursery. According to family lore, the other driver was drunk. Eleanor had a younger brother, also named Jimmy. Uncle Frank died in 2002. Eleanor died the next year.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0118.jpgIMG_0118Frank and Dutchy Venditta with daughter Nicolette. The couple met at Mason General Hospital on Long Island. Frank was an Army medic. Dutchy was a Women's Army Corps technician.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/frankv.jpgFrankVFrank Venditta2021-04-20T16:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/02/01/slip-of-paper-186-years-old-reveals-error-on-alamo-defenders-list/2021-02-15T21:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/07/12/an-alamo-misfire-what-really-happened-to-james-hannum/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_0163edited.jpgAlamo Traces coverThomas Ricks Hindley's 2003 book examines the case of James Hannum, who died "in the service of Texas."https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_0131.jpgHannum family historyThe Hannum family history suggests James Hannum was executed with several hundred other prisoners in Goliad, Texas, three weeks after the Alamo. The book, "A Record of the Descendants of John Hannum since 1686," was compiled by Curtis H. Hannum and published in 1911 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/alamobattle.jpgAlamoBattleA romanticized image of the Alamo battle of March, 6, 1836, in a painting by Percy Moran, 1912. James Hannum is on the official list of Alamo defenders.2021-02-01T14:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2021/01/17/war-stories-how-and-why-i-wrote-them/2021-02-22T16:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/06/09/some-light-shed-on-raf-air-gunner-w-j-d-carter/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wellingtonmk1.jpgWellingtonMk1Wellington Mk. 1 medium bombershttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bobriedy.100dpi.jpgBobRiedy.100dpiBob Riedy of Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England, 19422020-11-29T19:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/08/17/for-two-children-of-world-war-ii-pows-a-heartfelt-journey/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img-4484.jpgIMG-4484Wayne Miller in wartime. In 2010, the year he died, he received a long-overdue Silver Star for gallantry on Corregidor.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/szczfamily.jpgSzczFamilyThe Szczepanskis (from left) Catherine, Rick, Tom and Joe at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado on Easter Sunday 1958. Another son, Michael, was born in 1964.2020-11-25T17:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/05/06/before-their-voices-are-silent/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/battlecreek-2.jpgShireman as a WWII flierA snapshot of Shireman as a young flierhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_8754.jpgIMG_8754This is the B-25 Mitchell bomber Shireman was flying when he was shot down. It's not clear whether he is in the picture.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0128.jpgShireman/VendittaSam Shireman poses with me while holding the model B-25 Mitchell bomber I gave him after doing his story for The Morning Call in 2010. He sent me the photo in a Christmas card the next year. I built the plastic model and used it during my interviews with him.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/samshireman.jpgSamShiremanPilot Samuel F. Shireman (center, standing) and his crew after they were rescued. Standing with Sam are co-pilot Joseph D. Powelson (left) of Evansville, Ind., and navigator Sidney Stein of Brooklyn, N.Y. Crouching are gunner Charles Szkiany (left) of Albion, N.Y., and radio operator Ralph L. Holman of Flora, La.2020-06-03T20:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/01/30/touring-wwi-battlefields-the-michelin-way/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0126.jpgMichelin doughboysThis photo appeared in Volume 1 of the Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields (1914-1918). The book title is "The Americans in the Great War: The Second Battle of the Marne." The caption reads: "The French prime minister, M. Clemenceau, congratulating the American troops on the battlefield at Chateau-Thierry." Clemenceau is second from the right. The photo is credited to the French illustrated weekly newspaper, L'Illustration, published in Paris.2020-05-29T17:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/11/21/a-different-kind-of-medic-story/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/frankv1.jpgFrankVFrank Venditta in the 1940shttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/frankv.jpgFrankV2020-05-28T19:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/11/28/get-off-the-bus-you-white-bitch/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_4774.jpegIMG_4774This is my Aunt Dutchy. A Women' Army Corps portrait is forever lost. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wac-recruitment-poster1.jpgWAC recruitment posterA Women's Army Corps recruitment poster from World War IIhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wac-recruitment-poster.jpgWAC recruitment posterA Women's Army Corps recruitment poster from World War II2020-05-28T19:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/02/21/tale-of-a-doughboy-my-great-uncle-george/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_0080.jpgIMG_0080My Great-Uncle George's World War I field glasseshttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/grunclegeo-100dpi.jpgGrUncleGeo.100dpiPfc. George F. Cunningham of Company B, 14th Engineers, during the First World War2020-04-28T16:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/04/28/a-snapshot-in-time-robert-capa-zings-a-german-general/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0039.jpgIMG_0039Cover of the Pacific Pony Edition has Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery of the British Army saying: "Nothing has stopped us. ... Nothing will."https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0078.jpgIMG_0078Photojournalist Robert Capa on Page 27 of Time magazine's Pacific Pony Edition of July 10, 1944, printed in Hawaii 2020-04-28T15:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2020/04/19/1918-how-bethlehem-steel-fought-a-war-and-pestilence/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_0057edited.jpgIMG_0057(Edited)Women operating drill presses at Bethlehem Steel during the First World War2024-01-14T23:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2019/12/01/scouts-honor-how-a-wwii-hero-got-recognition/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img-4401.jpgSmoyer/VendittaFamed World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer and blogger David Venditta at October 15, 2019, meeting of the Lehigh Valley Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge outside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.2019-12-02T01:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2019/07/20/dear-nicky-weve-missed-you-these-50-years/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3832.jpgMy roses at Nicky's graveThe roses I placed on Nicky's grave July 25, 2019https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3842.jpgNicky SmilesWarrant Officer Nicholas L. Venditti at home in Malvern, Pennsylvania, in June 1969, just before leaving for Vietnam. In a few weeks, he will die.2020-03-22T11:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2019/04/12/from-cockpit-to-norden-bombsight-my-father-in-laws-world-war-ii-journey/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3748.jpgIMG_3748Naomi Dees and Harry on their wedding dayhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_3746.jpgIMG_3746Harry (back row, second from left) at Texas Techhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hschleicher.jpgHSchleicherHarry as a student at Easton High School, 1937https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hfschleicher.wwii_.jpgHFSchleicher.WWIIHarry F. Schleicher as an aviation cadet in World War II2019-10-17T19:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2019/01/22/finding-a-century-old-tale-of-a-tragic-soldier/2019-01-22T22:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2018/11/21/they-sacrificed-their-dreams/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gvhsceremony.jpgGVHSceremonyhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gvhsmemorial.jpgGVHSmemorial2018-11-22T01:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2018/11/08/great-valley-high-school-to-honor-its-war-dead/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/greatvalley.jpgGreatValley2018-11-09T19:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2018/02/16/d-day-veteran-made-all-the-right-moves/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dandavid.jpgDanDavidJune 2009: Dan Curatola and I stand in front of an Army jeep at the annual D-Day remembrance picnic in Nazareth Boro Park.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/curatola.jpgCuratolaDan Curatola of Bethlehem, Pa., had this picture taken in a coin-operated booth in Verdun, France, in May 1945.2018-02-20T23:14:02+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2018/01/30/death-of-a-general-and-how-i-knew-her/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/genhaysheli-2.jpgGenHaysHeli (2)Anna Mae Hays as an Army colonel and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, on a helicopter trip to visit the 45th Surgical Hospital near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, in 1968. This photo is from the Lehigh County Historical Society.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/genesalay.pngGeneSalayArmy Pfc. Gene Salay with a South Korean interpreter in July 1953 near the North Korean border. The interpreter, Kim Yung Jo, was killed soon afterward in the fighting that led to Salay's capture, the Battle of the Kumsong River Salient. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/schafferclip.jpgSchafferClipThe Morning Call's story about leading Lehigh Valley veteran Martin F. Schaffer's Jan. 2, 2002, death near Fort Dix.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/genhaysheli.jpgGenHaysHeliAnna Mae Hays as an Army colonel and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, on a helicopter trip to visit the 45th Surgical Hospital near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, in 1968. This photo is from the Lehigh County Historical Society.2018-01-30T23:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2017/10/13/letters-home-from-two-doughboys-in-the-great-war/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nashvilledough-jpeg1.jpgNashvilleDough.jpegSgt. James H. Kendrick of Company B, 14th Engineers, in The Tennessean newspaper of Nashville on December 8, 1918. My great-uncle George F. Cunningham was a private first class in the same outfit. I found this clip on Newspapers.com.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nashvilledough-jpeg.jpgNashvilleDough.jpegSgt. James H. Kendrick of Company B, 14th Engineers, in The Tennessean newspaper of Nashville on December 8, 1918. My great-uncle George F. Cunningham was in the same outfit. I found this clip on Newspapers.com. 2017-10-13T17:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2017/10/02/they-were-working-on-the-railroad-and-blunting-german-attack/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/george-ethyl-cunningham.jpgGeorge F. Cunningham at Pierce-Ely family reunion Aug. 26, 1934, in Colora, Md.George Cunningham at a family reunion August 26, 1934, in Colora, Marylandhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cunninghamart.jpgCunninghamArtGeorge Cunningham's Army binoculars, an Army portrait of him and Paul Fussell's book about the British experience on the Western Fronthttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cunninghhamclip.jpgCunninghhamClipAn Associated Press story about British Major-General Aylmer Haldane's book on the 14th Engineers. This clip is from The Morning News of Wilmington, Delaware, dated June 30, 1923. I found it on Newspapers.com.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/grunclegeo-100dpi.jpgGrUncleGeo.100dpiGeorge Cunningham, circa 1917https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cooks-uncgeo-lorz.jpgCooks-UncGeo.LoRzPfc. George F. Cunningham (second from right) of Company B, 14th Engineers, with the cooks of Company I during World War I.2017-10-02T23:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2017/05/10/a-day-of-great-stories-about-americans-at-war/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wakeisland.jpgWakeIslandhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/alvinyork1.jpgAlvinYorkhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/antietam1.jpgAntietamhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/brandywine1.jpgBrandywinehttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/alvinyork.jpgAlvinYorkhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/antietam.jpgAntietamhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/brandywine.jpgBrandywine2017-05-10T14:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2017/03/16/the-mystery-of-raf-air-gunner-w-j-d-carter/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bobreidy.jpgBobReidyRobert Harvey Riedy in the 1938 Allentown High School yearbook, the Comus. He studied English and science. "Bob is a quiet, good-looking lad," reads the text alongside his photo. "He likes football and basketball. Since he has good common sense and good judgment, we may wager that he will succeed in anything he takes up. Because his mind is usually wandering around in the air, he is planning for a career in aviation. Besides this, he has a love for the water. It just seems that Bob isn't adapted to land at all."https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wellingtonmk1.jpgWellingtonMk1Wellington Mk. 1 long-range medium bombers2020-06-09T07:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2017/01/19/the-channel-dash-and-a-yank-in-the-rcaf/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/riedyfliers1.jpgriedyfliersThis photo ran in The Times of London and shows Bob Riedy at far right. It ran under the heading, "They swept into battle against the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau."https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/riedyfliers.jpgriedyfliersThis photo ran in The Times of London and shows Bob Riedy at far right. It ran under the heading, "They swept into battle against the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau.2017-06-18T23:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/12/12/its-a-wonderful-life-world-war-ii-quiz/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wonderfullife1.jpgWonderfulLifeWard Bond as Bert the cop (left) and James Stewart as George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life" https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/wonderfullife.jpgWonderfulLifeWard Bond as Bert the cop (left) and James Stewart as George Bailey in "It's a wonderful Life."2016-12-04T22:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/11/22/during-vietnam-war-how-the-press-handled-one-soldiers-death/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nvenditti-news.jpgnvenditti-newsThe Evening Bulletin of Philadelphia's story on Warrant Officer Nicholas L. Venditti's death in Vietnam.2017-06-18T23:43:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/10/28/an-old-army-trick-by-a-yank-in-the-rcaf/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bobriedy-100dpi.jpgbobriedy-100dpiSgt. Bob Riedy of the Royal Canadian Air Force in England a few weeks before his death.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eva-and-warren-neubauer1.jpgeva-and-warren-neubauerWarren Neubauer with his mother, Eva, in Allentown during World War II.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eva-and-warren-neubauer.jpgeva-and-warren-neubauer2016-10-28T21:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/08/28/hueys-and-my-vietnam-war-book/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2441.jpegIMG_2441Mary took this photo of me in in front of a UH-1 Huey helicopter at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Rio Grande, N.J.2016-08-29T01:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/about/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dv_bioshot1.jpgdv_bioshotThe Author David Vendittahttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/dv_bioshot.jpgdv_bioshotThe Author, David Venditta2025-06-21T19:32:58+00:00weekly0.6https://venditta.blog/2016/07/29/how-war-veterans-have-touched-my-life/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vbob.jpgVBOBJudy Greenhalgh, me and Dick Musselman of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge at the group's July 19 meeting in the Best Western outside Bethlehem. 2016-07-30T11:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/07/25/a-17-year-tally-of-war-stories-that-had-to-be-told/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0007.jpgIMG_0007My last night of work at The Morning Call in Allentown, after cleaning out my desk. 2016-12-03T19:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/02/07/we-were-all-in-our-skivvies-running-around-like-mad/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pearlhvet1.jpgPearlHVet1Pearl Harbor survivor Jerry Winslow in the Dec. 3, 1991, edition of The Daily Record of Coatesville, Pa.2016-02-13T18:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2016/01/31/a-long-time-coming-my-vietnam-story/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cvrdesign-72dpi.jpgCvrDesign-72dpiCover of my book, to be published this spring or summer2016-02-07T22:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/07/22/a-pennsylvania-german-badass-in-the-american-army/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/werner-schmiedel.jpgWerner SchmiedelWerner E. Schmiedel of the Breinigsville section of Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County. This photo was a prosecution exhibit at his 1945 court-martial.2016-05-19T02:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2015/05/04/after-70-years-a-wwii-prayer-book-is-back-with-its-owner/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bobserafin.jpgBobSerafinBob Serafin as a soldierhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/serafinbook.jpgSerafinBookBob Serafin holds his World War II prayer book. I took the photo on April 30.2015-05-04T18:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2015/04/27/we-all-have-a-job-to-do/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bertwinzer.jpgBertWinzerBert Winzer as a World War II commandohttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kvm.jpgKVMArmed Forces Plaza at Lehigh Carbon Community College on Sunday after 10th anniversary program2015-04-27T06:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2015/04/21/almost-forgotten-stories-rescued-from-a-drawer/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/charliegubish.jpgCharlieGubishCharlie Gubish as a Marine 2019-05-15T22:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2015/01/22/the-war-stories-that-readers-never-see/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vetspapers.jpgVetsPapersMy pile of prospective war stories2015-02-10T21:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/11/09/getting-military-stories-right/2015-01-03T22:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/10/06/how-veterans-add-up/2014-10-06T11:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/09/22/the-little-church-that-stood-up-in-a-big-way/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/zionchurch.pngZionChurchZion's Reformed United Church of Christ, the "Liberty Bell" church, in Allentown 2015-11-13T07:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/08/17/more-on-the-mystery-of-gene-salays-medals/2015-04-04T02:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/06/09/rest-in-peace-walter-king/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/walterking.jpgWalterKingWalter A.L. King when he was in training for D-Day with the 7th Naval Beach Battalion in the spring of 1944. He's holding a Thompson submachine gun. 2014-06-09T15:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/04/27/a-home-for-gene-salays-korean-war-medals/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/genesalay.pngGeneSalayArmy Pfc. Gene Salay with a South Korean interpreter in 1953 near the North Korean border. The interpreter, Kim Yung Jo, was killed soon afterward in the Battle of the Kumsong River Salient, the fighting that led to Salay's capture. 2017-11-15T16:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/04/07/no-shortage-of-heroes-at-philippsbourg/2015-01-07T01:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/03/24/what-one-marines-death-meant-to-the-folks-back-home/2023-10-09T23:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/03/17/did-marines-army-share-lessons-learned-in-vietnam/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nicky.jpgNickyMy cousin Nicky at home in Malvern, Pa., several weeks before a training accident in Vietnam killed him.2016-09-11T14:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/02/23/world-war-ii-soldier-remembers-a-brave-officer/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cliffhahn.jpgClifford A. HahnClifford A. Hahn put on his old uniform for this photo taken in 1946 in Philadelphia.2014-10-02T00:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2014/01/13/german-army-soldier-edward-sakasitz-1920-2013/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/x00133_9.jpgX00133_9A wartime photo of Eddie Sakasitz from his album.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/x00128_9.jpgX00128_9Eddie Sakasitz as a German army soldier in World War II2014-01-21T04:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/12/29/navy-archivists-gesture-a-class-act/2013-12-30T01:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/12/08/pearl-harbor-survivors-stories-are-almost-gone/2016-04-13T02:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/11/25/happy-65th-birthday-nicky/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nicholas-l-venditti.jpgNicholas L. VendittiNicholas L. Venditti of Malvern, Pa., as a 19-year-old soldier at Fort Polk, La., in the summer of 1968.2013-11-26T07:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/11/11/men-they-want-us-to-recover-the-bodies/2014-03-30T22:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/10/28/why-we-need-war-stories/2013-10-28T04:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/10/20/my-big-adventure-in-a-b-17-flying-fortress/2013-12-03T23:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/10/15/no-stopping-veterans-at-washington-memorials/2013-10-16T04:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/09/23/he-got-broke-down-and-bad-sick/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/geoconn-bw.jpggeoconn-bwGeorge D. Conn, wearing his Grand Army of the Republic medal2013-09-24T00:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/09/09/a-walk-in-the-woods-to-259-years-ago/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mary-jumonville.jpgMary JumonvilleMary at a clearing near Jumonville Glenhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/david-jumonville.jpgDavid JumonvilleThe blogger at Jumonville Glen, Aug. 11, 20132013-09-09T17:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/09/02/boogie-on-the-brig/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/commodore-perry.jpgCommodore PerryCommodore Perry looks ahead to the disco era. 2013-09-02T04:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/07/08/more-recognition-for-battle-of-midway-vet/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hkudzik.jpgHKudzikHank Kudzik at the Battle of Midway Commemoration in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2013. 2013-07-08T20:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/06/24/another-hurrah-for-d-day-veterans/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ddayvets-2013.jpgDDayVets.2013D-Day veterans (from left) Raymond Davis, Joe Motil, Dick Schermerhorn, the Rev. Ed McElduff, Nate Kline and Bob Gangewere. 2013-09-15T21:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/06/10/bench-hartman-1924-2013/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/benchhartman.jpgBench HartmanBench Hartman of Company C, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division2013-06-12T21:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/05/27/a-memorial-day-message-the-accidents-of-war/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/samnicky.jpgSam and;NickySam Venditta and his nephew, Nicky Venditti 2013-09-12T14:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/05/20/a-final-farewell-to-two-normandy-invaders/2014-06-21T03:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/04/01/when-grenades-go-off-by-accident/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bradboswell.jpgBradBoswellBradley Boswell, a senior at Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township, presents Principal Joseph McIntyre the abstract wood sculpture Bradley made for the school's sculpture garden. The photo ran in The Morning Call of Allentown on June 4, 1969. 2025-04-04T18:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/03/11/its-wwii-and-grandpop-wants-to-be-a-u-s-citizen/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/grvendittas.jpgGrVendittasMary and Nicola Venditta2013-04-07T20:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/02/25/adolf-hitler-is-in-person-appearing/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/helferin-msacarakis.jpgHelferin.MSacarakisLuftwaffenhelferinnen, assistants in the Luftwaffe, march in Vesoul, France. This photo belongs to an 89-year-old Lehigh Valley woman who says she was among the marchers. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/px00215_71.jpgPX00215_7Luftwaffenhelferinnen, assistants in the German air force, march in Vesoul, France. This photo belongs to an 89-year-old Lehigh Valley woman who says she was among the marchers. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/px00215_7.jpgPX00215_7Luftwaffenhelferinnen, assistants in the German air force, march in Vesoul, France, during World War II. This photo belongs to an 89-year-old Lehigh Valley woman who says she was among the marchers.2013-02-25T06:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/02/18/new-clues-change-theory-of-hunley-crews-fate/2013-06-19T04:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/02/04/the-plane-fell-thousands-of-feet/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bobreichard.jpgBobReichardBob Reichard with the 15th Air Force in Italy2013-02-04T18:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/01/28/mystery-photos-turn-up-on-an-emmaus-roadside/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/missingid-11.jpgMissingID-1Unidentified men in 1940s-era photo. The man on the right is also in the picture below, taken years later.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cid_image001_jpg01cdfcf5.jpg!cid_image001_jpg@01CDFCF5Unidentified couplehttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/missingid-1.jpgMissingID-1Unidentified men in 1940s-era photo. The man on the right is also in the picture below, taken years later.2014-08-09T21:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/01/21/hellertown-soldier-lit-up-camp-with-a-circus-act/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/glasseater.jpgGlassEaterHarold Sutton with a meal of light bulbs 2013-05-02T23:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2013/01/07/the-waters-of-the-north-atlantic-are-deceptive/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/norm-ww2.jpgNorm WW2Norman Jessen of the USS Sheboygan2021-03-04T22:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/12/31/returning-to-argentia-in-words-and-pictures/2012-12-31T07:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/12/17/old-warriors-still-going-strong-get-a-celebrity-visit/2013-01-16T19:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/12/10/two-young-men-from-the-class-of-37/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hschleicher.jpgHSchleicherHarry Schleicher in Easton High's 1937 yearbookhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rkroner.jpgRKronerBob Kroner as a graduating senior, Easton High School Class of 19372016-06-28T16:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/12/03/pearl-harbor-first-person-accounts/2014-11-11T20:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/11/26/following-our-hearts-and-searching-the-past/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mashabruskina.jpgMashaBruskinaMasha Bruskina and Volodia Shcherbatsevich are hanged in Minsk in 1941.2012-11-27T05:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/11/19/a-celebrated-pearl-harbor-radar-man-is-gone/2012-11-20T03:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/11/12/an-almost-fatal-night-at-the-ballpark/2012-11-12T16:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/11/05/american-veterans-center-honors-lehigh-valley-vet/2012-11-05T12:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/10/29/a-pottstown-church-celebrates-vets-stories/2012-10-29T08:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/10/21/tips-for-interviewing-war-veterans/2013-10-01T20:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/10/07/samuel-weiss-1919-2012-nazi-fighter-in-yugoslavia/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/samweiss.jpgSamWeissSamuel Weiss (front) in Yugoslavia, 19442012-10-25T14:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/10/01/wendall-phillips-and-the-story-that-almost-happened/2012-10-01T04:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/09/24/was-it-mutiny-among-u-s-soldiers-in-vietnam/2022-07-27T23:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/09/03/ex-colonel-grunt-connect-over-vietnam-war/2012-09-25T23:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/09/17/same-school-different-paths-through-wwii/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/donhoff2.jpgDonHoffDon Hoff in 1938 Mariposa (Calif.) High School yearbookhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/naomidees.jpgNaomiDeesNaomi Dees Schleicher in 1938 Mariposa High yearbookhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/donhoff1.jpgDonHoffDon Hoff in 1938 Mariposa High School yearbookhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/donhoff.jpgDonHoffDon Hoff in the 1938 yearbook of Mariposa (Calif.) High School, where he played baseball. 2012-09-17T05:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/09/09/a-dangerous-disease-stalks-veterans/2015-04-13T05:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/08/20/gallant-pennsylvanians-in-somalia-iraq/2012-08-20T04:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/08/13/a-pentagon-database-for-war-heroes-since-2001/2012-08-20T03:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/08/05/the-things-that-hurt/2012-08-06T01:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/07/29/bill-mauldin-bio-takes-you-up-front/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/billmauldin.jpgBillMauldinBill Mauldin biography2015-11-22T06:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/07/22/lee-marvin-captain-kangaroo-and-mr-rogers/2022-08-18T09:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/07/15/coming-full-circle-on-a-soldiers-death-in-vietnam/2012-07-17T04:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/07/09/stolen-valor-and-the-terry-calandra-case/2012-07-10T05:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/07/02/laying-the-stolen-valor-act-to-rest/2012-07-02T12:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/06/25/where-a-long-career-in-hollywood-begins/2012-07-02T12:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/06/18/an-old-war-movie-brings-two-men-together/2012-06-19T05:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/06/11/a-salute-to-the-d-day-veterans/2012-06-11T15:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/06/04/world-war-ii-in-a-weekend/2012-06-06T16:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/05/28/what-memorial-day-stands-for/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/purple-heart-memorial-day.jpgPurple Heart Memorial DayCleveland Elementary School students at Purple Heart chapter's Memorial Day ceremony in Union and West End Cemetery. Photo by Mary Louise Zakrewski2012-06-04T00:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/05/21/the-light-shined-by-lost-paperwork-discovered/2013-06-01T16:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/05/14/my-blown-chance-to-present-a-wwii-fliers-story/2013-06-10T11:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/05/07/world-war-ii-tales-of-submarines/2012-05-07T05:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/04/29/a-fitting-tribute-to-korean-war-veterans/2012-04-30T03:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/04/23/pennsylvanias-men-of-valor-in-vietnam/2012-05-07T05:35:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/04/15/duncan-cameron-d-day-veteran-1921-2012/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncancameron-2.jpgDuncanCameron (2)Duncan Cameronhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_20110408_1440451.jpgIMG_20110408_144045https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_20110408_144045.jpgIMG_20110408_144045Duncan Cameronhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncancameron3.jpgDuncanCameronDuncan Cameronhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncancameron2.jpgDuncanCameronDuncan Cameronhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncancameron1.jpgDuncanCameronDuncan Cameronhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/duncancameron.jpgDuncanCameronDuncan Cameron2012-04-19T05:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/04/08/books-for-the-french-and-indian-war-reader/2012-04-09T03:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/04/01/lets-go-fight-the-french-and-the-indians/2012-04-02T03:14:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/03/26/how-to-know-a-slain-soldier-you-never-knew/2012-03-26T05:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/03/19/pennsylvanias-men-of-valor-in-korea/2013-04-24T14:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/03/12/scrap-the-stolen-valor-act/2012-03-12T06:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/03/05/where-devotion-to-country-flourishes/2012-03-05T18:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/02/27/introducing-war-stories-the-kindle-edition/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/warstories.jpgWarStories"War Stories" is now available as an e-book.2012-02-27T06:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/02/19/our-last-link-to-the-great-war-vanishes/2012-02-20T04:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/02/06/a-final-salute-to-an-extraordinary-wwii-soldier/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dickrichards.jpgDickRichardsDick Richards at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 30, 19422012-03-01T16:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/02/13/for-the-ages-medal-of-honor-holders-from-wwii/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/altonknappenberger.jpgAlton KnappenbergerAlton W. Knappenberger2012-02-13T09:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/06/08/news-from-the-front-how-do-we-know-whats-going-on/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/afghanistan__american_soldiers_in_tora_bora1.jpgAfghanistan_&_American_soldiers_in_Tora_BoraAfghanistan & American soldiers in Tora Borahttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/afghanistan__american_soldiers_in_tora_bora.jpgAfghanistan_&_American_soldiers_in_Tora_Borahttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/nicky1.jpgNickyNicky Vendetta home in Malvern, 1969https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/750px-45th_division_roadblock_battle_of_the_bulge-jpg.jpeg750px-45th_Division_roadblock,_Battle_of_the_Bulge.JPG45th Division roadblock, Battle of the Bulge, 1944https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/nicky.jpgNickyNicky Venditta, home in Pennsylvania, 19692013-05-06T17:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/01/22/remembering-an-american-flier-in-the-raf/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/douglas-brown1.jpgDouglas BrownDouglas MacGillvary Brown in the Lehigh University Class of 1941 yearbook https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/douglas-brown.jpgDouglas Brown2014-10-09T00:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/01/16/20-miles-from-bin-laden-and-not-knowing-it/2017-08-27T20:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/01/08/tribute-to-a-newsroom-librarian/2012-01-17T07:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2012/01/02/battle-of-the-bulge-veterans-toast-the-new-year/2012-01-03T04:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/12/26/a-proud-leader-of-veterans-is-gone/2011-12-26T17:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/12/19/books-id-like-to-see-under-the-tree/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rintintin.jpgRinTinTinThe book about the silent film star 2012-02-22T18:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/12/11/a-bum-rap-for-pearl-harbor-radar-man-joe-lockard/2018-11-03T10:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/11/27/752/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/carminevenditta.jpgCarmineVendittaCarmine Venditta in the Coast Guard2016-07-25T19:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/11/20/the-doolittle-raiders-flew-in-what/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wwii365.jpgWWII365"World War II 365 Days" from the Library of Congress 2011-11-21T03:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/11/13/grandpas-worst-enemy-during-the-war-with-spain/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rbdees-100dpi.jpgRBDees-100dpiRobert Burns Dees in the mid-1950s2011-11-14T02:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/11/06/a-little-bone-to-pick-in-a-major-book/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nothingtoenvy2.jpgNothingToEnvyThis National Book Award finalist quotes from my interview with Korean War vet Gene Salay.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nothingtoenvy1.jpgNothingToEnvyThis finalist for the National Book Award quotes from my 2003 interview with Korean War veteran Gene Salay.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nothingtoenvy.jpgNothingToEnvy2011-11-14T03:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/10/31/the-war-of-the-worlds-vs-allentown/2011-10-31T16:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/10/23/surprises-from-searching-for-military-records/2012-01-29T17:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/10/17/learning-from-the-terry-calandra-case/2013-06-04T03:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/10/09/the-12-apostles-of-the-national-guard/2011-10-10T02:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/10/02/another-round-under-way-at-the-roundtable/2011-10-03T00:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/09/25/a-flag-for-woody/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/woodyflag.jpgWoodyFlagA new flag is raised in honor of the late Woody Woods at Union and West End Cemetery, Allentown, Pa. 2011-09-26T02:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/09/19/war-stories-in-their-own-words-the-book/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/warstories.jpgWarStories"War Stories In Their Own Words," a collection of nearly three dozen first-person accounts, is now on sale. 2011-09-19T04:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/09/11/steering-you-right-on-the-new-gi-bill/2011-09-11T23:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/09/04/tribute-to-a-fallen-guardsmanflashing-back-to/2011-09-05T13:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/08/29/a-vietnam-helicopter-pilot-comes-home/2011-08-29T15:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/08/22/after-almost-70-years-a/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/air-force-pilot-carl-with-tommy1.jpgMystery flier Carl with Tommy RagsdaleCarl, the mystery flier, holds Tommy Ragsdale.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/air-force-pilot-carl-with-tommy.jpgCarl, the mystery flier, with Tommy RagsdaleCarl, the mystery flier from Allentown, Pa., holds Tommy Ragsdale in Montgomery, Ala., sometime between 1943 and 1945.2011-08-26T20:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/08/15/this-normandy-cemetery-should-be-my-address/2011-08-23T01:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/08/07/we-keep-them-in-our-hearts/2011-08-08T03:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/07/31/doughboys-image/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cooks-uncgeo-lorz1.jpgCooks-UncGeo.LoRzGeorge F. Cunningham (with hat) of the 14th Engineers poses with Company I cooks.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cooks-uncgeo-lorz.jpgCooks-UncGeo.LoRzGeorge F. Cunningham (with hat) of the 14th Engineers poses with Company I cooks.2011-08-01T03:25:03+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/07/25/a-slip-of-paper-a-mystery-in-an-old-war-book/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/brave-ship.jpg"Brave Ship, Brave Men""Brave Ship, Brave Men," by Arnold S. Lott, 19642011-07-26T03:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/07/18/unbroken-and-the-light-in-vets-faces/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/louis-zamperini1.pngLouis ZamperiniLouis Zamperinihttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/louis-zamperini.pngLouis Zamperini2011-07-22T19:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/07/11/im-no-hero-im-just-a-guy/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mv5botawmjywnjg5ov5bml5banbnxkftztcwnjy4nzuymq__v1__sy317_cr50214317_.jpgMV5BOTAwMjYwNjg5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjY4NzUyMQ@@__V1__SY317_CR5,0,214,317_Anthony Quinn as a Marine in "Guadalcanal Diary," 19432011-07-11T04:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/07/04/books-for-the-revolutionary-war-reader/2011-07-04T10:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/06/27/aging-warriors-remember-relatives-in-the-great-war/2011-06-27T14:59:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/06/19/fit-for-tribute-a-cluster-of-d-day-veterans/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0046.jpgIMG_0046D-Day veterans in Nazareth Boro Park, June 6, 2011. 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Sharon Lane2021-01-17T14:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/05/16/two-distinguished-vets-are-gone-but-their-stories-survive/2011-05-19T02:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/05/09/reflections-of-a-special-forces-veteran/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/spcforcesvn.gifSpcForcesVNSpecial Forces in Vietnam 2011-05-27T19:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/05/01/how-grandpop-joined-the-war-with-spain/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rbdees-100dpi.jpgRBDees-100dpiRobert Burns Dees in the late 1950s 2011-05-09T05:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/04/24/why-you-need-to-see-restrepo/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/restrepo1.jpgRestrepoThe Sebastian Junger/Tim Hetherington documentary on the Afghanistan war https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/restrepo.jpgRestrepo2011-05-02T23:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/04/17/563/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lawrence-of-arabia1.jpgLawrence of ArabiaT.E. 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Duncan Cameron with niece Cathy Spiller at his 90th birthday party on April 8.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/img_20110408_132249.jpgIMG_20110408_1322492011-04-13T05:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/04/04/my-terrible-adventure-out-of-willow-grove-nas/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/c-130-hercules.jpgC-130 HerculesC-130 Hercules2011-04-06T14:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/03/27/captain-vs-crew-on-the-uss-allentown/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_20110326_135759.jpgIMG_20110326_135759USS Allentown monument in West Park, Allentown2022-07-22T19:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/03/20/tribute-to-a-world-war-ii-fighter-ace/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/frankspeer-bw.jpgFrankSpeer.bwLt. Frank E. Speer of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group based at Debden, Englandhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_20110318_140709.jpgIMG_20110318_140709Lt. Frank E. Speer of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group based at Debden, England 2011-03-23T16:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/03/14/an-ancestor-in-the-war-of-the-rebellion/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/geoconn-bw.jpgGeoConn.bwCivil War veteran George D. Conn, who served in Pennsylvania's 175th Regiment Infantry2014-06-11T02:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/03/07/dedication-but-thinning-ranks-among-purple-heart-vets/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/purpleheartlogo.gifPurpleHeartlogoThe logo of the Military Order of the Purple Heart 2011-03-07T06:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/02/28/an-old-magazine-a-connection-to-midway-survivor/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ensigngay.jpgEnsignGayEnsign George Gay, sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8, after the Battle of Midway 2011-03-07T06:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/02/13/mentors-for-vets-in-trouble-with-the-law/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/2000yardstare.jpg2000YardStare"Two-Thousand Yard Stare," Tom Lea's portrait of a Marine2011-04-05T04:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/02/06/the-bob-riedy-story-an-allentown-lad-in-the-rcaf/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bobriedy-100dpi.jpgBobRiedy.100dpiRobert H. Riedy of Allentown in England in early 1942 as a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force2020-06-09T20:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/01/30/one-marines-story-that-will-never-die/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mc-war-story-1.jpgWar StoryMarine Pfc. Stanley A. Parks, then of Allentown, holds a flamethrower on Peleliu. Randolph Peters carries a .30-caliber carbine. 2011-01-30T23:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/01/23/two-sailors-from-two-eras/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/101202-n-1281l0832.jpg101202-N-1281L083Linda Handley, command master chief of the USS Makin Island, and World War II submariner Hank Kudzik aboard the ship on Dec. 2, 2010, in San Diego.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/101202-n-1281l0831.jpg101202-N-1281L083https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/101202-n-1281l083.jpg101202-N-1281L083Linda Handley, command master chief of the USS Makin Island, and World War II submariner Hank Kudzik on Dec. 2, 2010, aboard the Makin Island. 2013-11-12T08:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/01/17/a-friend-in-the-raf-without-the-yanks-we-had-no-chance/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/basmoslin1.jpgBasMoslinBasil Moslin of Manchester, England, who served in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/basmoslin.jpgBasMoslinBasil Moslin of Manchester, England, who served in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command during World War II2023-10-29T22:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/05/17/the-power-of-letters-home-from-vietnam/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nicky2.jpgnicky2Nicky Venditti at home in Malvern, PA, 1969https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nicky.jpgNickyWarrant Officer Nicky Venditti at home in Malvern, PA, 1969.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/home_is_where_you_dig.jpgHome_is_where_you_digLetter Writing in Vietnam, 19682011-01-16T04:36:40+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/01/10/where-war-stories-and-bethlehem-steel-meet/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/41ufqh0vtol__sl160_aa160_1.jpg41Ufqh0vToL__SL160_AA160_The Morning Call's narrative history of Bethlehem Steelhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/41ufqh0vtol__sl160_aa160_.jpg41Ufqh0vToL__SL160_AA160_The Morning Call's history of Bethlehem Steel2011-01-11T05:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/12/20/the-winter-soldiers-1776-77-and-1944-45/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/battlebulge.jpgBattleBulgePfc. Frank Vukasin of the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Division, reloads his rifle near Houffalize, Belgium, on Jan. 15, 1945 https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/the-winter-soldiers.jpgThe Winter SoldiersKetchum's book about Washington's army in the battles for Trenton and Princeton2014-01-08T10:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2011/01/03/linked-by-grief-we-stay-in-touch/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/photo4-300bw.jpgPhoto4.300bwBilly Vachon2011-01-03T05:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/12/27/farewell-to-eight-honorable-men/2010-12-30T04:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/12/05/they-were-shot-at-and-still-talk-about-it/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/b-17bomber.jpgB-17bomberAn 8th Air Force B-17 on raid over Focke Wulf plant in Germany, 1943.2011-04-05T04:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/11/14/just-when-you-thought-the-story-was-perfect/2010-11-14T23:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/11/07/remembering-veterans-advocate-gene-salay/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/korean-war-memorial.jpgKorean War MemorialThe Korean War Memorial in Washington2017-11-01T20:12:32+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/10/31/listen-to-living-history-before-its-too-late/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/wwiimuseumpix.jpgWWIIMuseumpixThe National World War II Museum in New Orleans2010-10-31T21:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/10/25/a-good-day-at-the-national-wwii-memorial/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/wwiimem-blog.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWilmer Myers (left) and Dwight Rist at the National World War II Memorial 2010-10-28T20:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/10/17/war-films-that-get-the-shiniest-medals/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/best-years-of-our-lives.jpgThe Best Years of Our LivesDana Andrews and Teresa Wright in "The Best Years of Our Lives"2010-10-17T19:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/10/10/two-wars-a-father-and-his-son/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/louisv-lorez.jpgLouis C. VendittiLouie Venditti of Malvern, Pa., was a ground crewman with the 8th Air Force. 2010-10-11T01:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/10/03/345/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/samv-blog2.jpgSam VendittaSam Venditta of the Army coast artillery, World War IIhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/samv-blog1.jpgSam VendittaSam Venditta of the Army coast artillery, World War II https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/samv-blog.jpgSam VendittaSam Venditta during World War II2010-10-04T03:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/09/26/336/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/thumbnail2.jpgBattle of the BulgeGIs in the Battle of the Bulgehttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/thumbnail1.jpgthumbnailhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/thumbnail.jpgthumbnail2010-09-26T22:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/09/19/a-vietnam-encounter-at-a-cape-may-inn/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/img_20100916_103710.jpgIMG_20100916_103710Army Specialist 5 Stephen J. Saluga III in Vietnam2018-04-30T19:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/09/12/recruiting-buglers-for-military-funerals/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/army-bugler1.jpgArmy buglerA bugler at Arlington National Cemeteryhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/army-bugler.jpgbuglerA bugler at Arlington National Cemetery2010-09-13T03:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/09/05/new-hero-emerges-from-a-war-of-deceptions/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/vietnamwounded.gifVietnamWoundedSoldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swamp in Vietnam, 1969.2010-09-06T03:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/08/29/one-surefire-way-to-find-war-stories/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bulgepix.jpgBulgePix101st Airborne troops move out of Bastogne, Belgium, on Dec. 31, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. 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I2010-08-20T02:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/08/09/the-magic-of-making-connections/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/51r-esrdctl__sl500_aa300_1.jpg51r-ESRdcTL__SL500_AA300_https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/51r-esrdctl__sl500_aa300_.jpg51r-ESRdcTL__SL500_AA300_2010-08-09T04:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/08/02/one-great-way-to-salute-a-wwii-veteran/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/t2004-5stars_install.jpgt2004-5stars_installField of Stars at WWII Memorial2010-08-02T07:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/07/25/218/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/viewwwiimemorial.jpgView of National WWII MemorialView of WWII Memorial from Washington Monument2010-07-26T00:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/07/19/two-soldiers-jesse-reed-and-my-cousin-nicky/2025-08-28T18:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/07/12/197/2010-07-14T18:26:15+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/06/16/making-an-improbable-connection/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/nicky2.jpgNicky2Nicky Venditti at home, June 1969https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/photo9-72rgb.jpgPhoto9.72RGBTending the Wounded, 1969, Chu Laihttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/photo8-72rgb.jpgPhoto8.72RGBArmy nurse, Vietnam, 19692021-01-31T21:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/06/01/a-d-day-veteran-remembered/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/800px-approaching_omaha1.jpg800px-Approaching_OmahaApproaching Omaha Beach, June 1944https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/800px-normandy_invasion_june_19442.jpg800px-Normandy_Invasion,_June_1944Normandy Invasion, June 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1944https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/780px-omaha_beach_american_casualty2.jpg780px-Omaha_Beach_American_Casualtyhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/780px-omaha_beach_american_casualty1.jpg780px-Omaha_Beach_American_CasualtyAmerican Casualty on Omaha Beachhttps://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/780px-omaha_beach_american_casualty.jpg780px-Omaha_Beach_American_Casualty2010-06-03T00:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/05/25/veterans-live-on-in-their-war-stories/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/750px-koreanwarfallensoldier1.jpg750px-KoreanWarFallenSoldier1Korean War Fallen Soldier, August 28, 1950https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ussarizona_pearlharbor_2.jpgUSSArizona_PearlHarbor_2USS Arizona sunk at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/soldiers_on_their_way_to_france.jpgSoldiers_on_their_way_to_FranceSoldiers on their way to France, June 6, 1944https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/733px-landing_on_the_coast_of_france.jpg733px-Landing_on_the_coast_of_FranceLanding on the coast of France, June 6, 19442012-02-14T16:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/05/10/tracking-down-the-truth-%c2%a0how-to-check-the-facts-in-a-war-story/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/435px-king_george_vi_of_england_formal_photo_portrait_circa_1940-1946.jpg435px-King_George_VI_of_England,_formal_photo_portrait,_circa_1940-1946H.M. King George VI of the United Kingdom.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/lc-usz62-25600-3a26521v.jpgLC-USZ62-25600-3a26521vEisenhower addressing paratroopers (LC-USZ62-25600)2010-05-11T01:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/05/07/lessons-i-learned-from-pat-tillmans-story/2010-05-07T17:51:21+00:00monthlyhttps://venditta.blog/2010/04/29/the-ritual-of-military-memory-lunacy-or-legacy/https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/220px-red_beach_-21.jpg220px-Red_Beach_-2Red Beach 2 during the landings on Saipan, 15 June 1944. More than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 Marines in about two hours. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/marines_take_cover_behind_medium_tank2.jpgMarines_take_cover_behind_medium_tankMarines take cover behind a M4 Sherman tank while clearing out the northern end of Saipan, 8 July 1944.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/220px-red_beach_-2.jpg220px-Red_Beach_-2Red Beach, Saipan Island, 15 June 1944. More than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 Marines in about two hours.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lvts_attacking_saipan1.jpgLVTs_attacking_SaipanLVTs heading for the shore of Saipan Island on 15 June 1944https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/marines_take_cover_behind_medium_tank1.jpgMarines_take_cover_behind_medium_tankMarines take cover behind a M4 Sherman tank while clearing out the northern end of Saipan, 8 July 1944.https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/red_beach_2.jpgRed_Beach_Red Beach 2 during the landings on Saipan, 15 June 1944. More than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 Marines in about two hours. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lvts_attacking_saipan.jpgLVTs_attacking_SaipanLVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) heading for the shore of Saipan Island on 15 June 1944. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/red_beach_1.jpgRed_Beach_Red Beach 2 during the landings on Saipan, 15 June 1944. More than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 Marines in about two hours. https://venditta.blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/red_beach_.jpgRed_Beach_Red Beach 2 in the afternoon of 15 June 1944. More than 300 LVTs landed 8,000 Marines on the west coast of the island of Saipan in about two hours, starting at 7:00. 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