Tag: world war ii
Wartime pilot’s career had boost from carrots, bananas
The morning after the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, a 22-year-old Del Byler enlisted in the Army Air Corps. Â
American Legion uses car show to drive membership
The American Legion San Benito Post 69 is hoping to increase the number of members with a membership drive at the Hollister Street Festival and Car Show on Saturday.
Sal LoBue ‘had a very colorful life’
Sal LoBue was an immigrant veteran who loved family, farming and dancing
Guest View: Census snapshot – The past and the future
The recent release of the 1940 U.S. Census forms by the National Archives caused an Internet crash as millions of Americans went searching for the records of their families, loved ones, and old memories – and occasionally to see if someone was telling the truth about growing up in Chicago. Although it was difficult, I eventually found the record of my maternal grandmother, my mom at age 18, and my surviving 85-year-old aunt as a 13-year-old sixth-grader.
