Did you have a grandparent or relative who fought in World War II? If so find some information out about what they did during the war. It could be combat action they saw or maybe they did something important on the homefront here in the U.S. Get their stories and share them with us.
If they are not alive talk with a family member who may have some background information.
Please be respectful because many Veteran's have trouble talking about their combat experiences.
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My grandmother told me that her father fought in WWII. Evidently, my great-grandfather flew over to Germany to fight along the British and Canada. Also, her Uncle, or my great-uncle, was a pilot. Also in Germany, he was shot down. Nobody heard of him since, so we assume that he was killed.
My grandfather and great-uncle Art were in WWII. My grandfather wasn't in any of the battles but cleaned the planes and he was in the navy. He cleaned the barrels of the machine guns on the planes. My great-uncle Art did see action. He was in the navy and the boat he was in saved another American ship (I'm not sure of either of the names of the ships).
Alex De.
Period 8
My grandfather, Gilbert Kunin, fought in the Navy during WWI. He unfortunately died a few years ago, and we don't know much about the time he served. We do know that he: served one term when he turned 18 or 20 (we are not positive), was a shop keeper on a boat, and traveled to places like Japan with the Navy. He was never in any major battle we think, we don't even think he participated in any combat at all, and that is the story on my granpa and his time serving in WWII.
Patricia C.
Per.7
My grandpa was in World War 2. He was drafted and he ended up serving for 4 years. He was ranked a Technical Sergeant. Technical Sergeants were a non-commissioned officer. It was the second most difficult rank to receive. In addition, my great-uncle served in the war. None of them died serving.
Emma A period 7
My friend is from Britain. His grandfather was alive during a World War II when Germany started bombing England. He told me that everyday they would be in the subway until the bombings were over and that some people would have to run out to the nearest grocery store to get supplies and food. He even said that before the bombing began he got on his boat and went to Belgium to get some soldiers. He did not like to talk about how the soldier was when he got him, but I know that they kept in touch ever since.
AHeed Per. 7
At the start of World War 2, in 1939, my grandfather was 5. He was here in America, specifically Boston. His family helped out on the homefront, as his father was too old to by drafted, and his brothers and himself too young. My grandpa recalls that America was a "military engineering society". What he means is, when the US got involved in the war they supplied the Allies a lot. Privately owned companies like GM and Ford made tanks instead of cars. In fact, you couldn't buy a new car because they weren't building them. There was also rationing, which means there was only a certain amount of something per family. For example, depending on size of family, you'd receive a coupon for a certain amount of sugar, meat, cream, butter, fuel, etc. Families traded coupons to get more of a product. His mother also worked in a gun ammunition factory. They called women who helped the war effort "Rosies" after Rosie the Riveter. He also remembered that the USA never really felt the true impact of the war. They used the radio and newspapers to get the news of what was happening over there. But they did feel some impact. Many people were drafted. Families would hang flags with stars on them in the windows. Each star meant a family member in the military. He also recalls going to school in a very Jewish neighborhood. Being a German, the Jewish kids would chase him when he walked home from school and beat him up.
My grandma, on the other hand, doesn't remember quite a lot. She was 3 years old in 1939. She lived in Scotland at the time. Her siblings were all too young to be drafted. She remembers the rationing too. Although Scotland wasn't affected much, she remembered the British were very scared.
Emily M. Period 3
My grandfather enlisted in World War 2 in 1942, following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. He left his home in Brooklyn, New York just after graduating from high school, and was stationed in Alaska as an airplane mechanic. He started off working on engines, flying planes as an engineer to make sure they were maintained properly. There was one time that he and the others in Alaska were trying to get as many arms as possible to 3 Russian cities being besieged by Germany. It was exciting for him to be arming the whole world in the only place where Germany couldn't reach, since Germany was bombing all over Europe. He estimated that they built over 200,000 planes.
Michelle J.
Period 7
There was a man that my family and i would always bring to church every saturday,his name was Gene Struzik,he was 97 years old and he passed away about two mounths ago, and he was a World war two veterain. He was a lutendant Colonel. When he first was drafted he was trained to be a bomb defuser, wich he said had made him nervous then because bombs were petty new tecnolagy. In his years in the army he became a sharpshooter, (and had the world record for the longest sniper shot for a long time) i never really talked o him about his major battles because he didnt really like to bring them up but he would always like to tell jokes. When he went into hospice my parents went to go see him and the last thing he ever told them was a joke, typical Gene. He was a great man and he became like family to us.
Ryan F. Period: 7
There was a man that my family and i would always bring to church every Saturday, his name was Gene Struzik,he was 97 years old and he passed away about two months ago, and he was a World war two veteran. He was a Lutendant Colonel. When he first was drafted he was trained to be a bomb diffuser, which he said had made him nervous then because bombs were petty new technology. In his years in the army he became a sharpshooter, (and had the world record for the longest sniper shot for a long time) i never really talked o him about his major battles because he didn’t really like to bring them up but he would always like to tell jokes. When he went into hospice my parents went to go see him and the last thing he ever told them was a joke, typical Gene. He was a great man and he became like family to us.
Ryan F. Period: 7
Although none of my family’s ancestors fought or participated in the war effort, I do have a story about my relatives during this time. On my mom’s side of the family, my great grandparents were recent immigrants from Italy and had not applied for citizenship. They were requested by the U.S. Department of Justice to register as aliens because they were from an enemy country. They requested this of all German, Italian and Japanese Immigrants. When they registered they received a certificate of identity that protected them from suspicion of being “alien enemies”. They used this identification during the war to show they were not enemy spies. This document has been passed down through generations of my family.
Gillian G. Period 7
my grandma and her family lived through world war 2. she told me that she remembers haveing blackout drills where she would have to drape black curtains over the windows and turn off the lights so if there was ever an air raid the planes wouldnt know where to drop the bombs. Also there were stamps for rashoning food and other prouducts. if you bought some suger it would cost you a stamp. that is my families world war 2 story. RYAN M PERIOD 2
my father's fathers(grandpa)own experience during world war 2 "During WWII, my father was a lieutenant the Army Air Corps, that was before the Air Force was created as a separate branch of the US military, and he served in the Pacific during 1944 and 1945 as a navigator and bombardier.
Anthony Romero
period 2
A relative that fought in World War 2 was my dad’s father. My grandfather was drafted when he was 18 year by Mussolini’s Italian government. He fought against the British Army on Northern Africa. He was captured by the British and sent to Liverpool England. When he was in Liverpool he worked in a factory helping the Allies defeat Germany. When Italy surrendered in 1943 he went back to Italy.
Stephen.M Period 8
No one in my family fought in World War II. My grandpa remembers practicing for blackouts. This means when the alarm sounds the whole town had to put shades over the windows and turn out all the lights so if there was an air raid the Japanese would think they were over the ocean. He also remembers hearing the news of the Americans bombing Hiroshima in Japan. He was only a kid at the time.
my grandfather was a cryptographer in World War II. He was in Kun Ming China. My dad told me a story about a near death experience of grandpa's. He had orders to take a ship to Greenland along with his friends nut at the last minute my grandfather's orders were changed. Instead of taking this ship to Greenland he was now ordered to take a different ship to Iceland as they were in need of a cryptographer. He was very lucky because thr ship he was first ordered to take was sunk by a submaring along with all his friends on it.
Ryan G.
Per. 8
My grandfather fought in the pacific during World War 2. He was a Marine Corporal. He did not fight in many battles but he was stationed in Guam and Beijing, China. His job was to carry the Browning heavy machine gun. He served from 1944 to 1946.
Dylan Cairns
Period 3
No one is a live that can tell me a story my grand father was but he passed away so I can't ask about world war 2 I ask my parents if they knew anything about my grand fathers experience but they did not.
Ava M per.8
To add to mine I asked my grand father about the war and he said my great grand father was in the war and he didn't really like to talk about it because he didn't like the fact that he had to kill people or even hold a gun and when my great grand father came out of the war he was def in both ears.
Ava M per. 8
After talking with my family, I found out that my great uncle fought in World War 2. He was part of the U.S army at the time. He was stationed in Italy. Also my great-great uncle Bob Robins was a part of the B-29 bombers , 82nd Air Born. However we do not know what battles they fought in specifically.
Maggie Lebinski
Period 2
My great grandfather fought in World War I, he only fought in a few battles. I was told he was never injured by the other side
but he was injured by a falling debris which injured him. It broke his left arm inabling him to fight so he was sent home.
Sam McCollum Period1
In my family during World War II my grand mother’s father was sick around the time the U.S. started to draft men into the army and he was a single father. So he did not have to serve for a while but eventually he did get drafted and he served in the pacific. Jeffrey P. Period 7
My Grandmother's 5 uncles all were in World War II. My Grandma's grandmother had a flag hanging during the war that had 5 stars on it, one star for each of her sons. My Grandma's uncle Tony was a Paratrooper in the war. At one point they jumped and landed on the enemies side and took 6 days to get back to the U.S. side. He probably saw the most action during the war. Another uncle was a cook and was stationed in Germany for some part of the war but never saw any combat action. 3 out of the 5 brothers met up in Germany at some point in the war. My Grandma said during the war she was in Elemetary School and 2 times a week they would practice air raid drills just in case the enemy tried to attack the U.S. None of the uncles got killed but some got injuries. They all are not here today but have made my family proud that they served our country.
Becca Tillotson
Period 7
On my mothers side of the family Alexander Stanley is a World War 2 veteran. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served as an instructor at the naval academy in Annapolis, MD and in the south pacific aboard the U.S.S. Rocky Mountain. In 1977 he retired in the rank of a commander.
Madi c. pd7
It was very hard to find stories about World War 2 because either they don’t want to talk about or they are not alive. My grandma’s father served in World War 2 from 1941-1945 he was a paratrooper and a sniper and did not like to talk about his experiences in the war he said that it was not the man he thought he was. My Grandma vividly remembers knitting in school, socks and making parachutes for the men in Europe. She also remembers being scarred of the mailmen because she feared they might have something bad to say. Joshua dyke period 8
My grandmother was very young during WWII. Her father worked in a factory in Bridgeport that made ball barrings. They used them for vehicles. It was called, Bullards. In school, they would have bomb drills called AIR RAID DRILL. In the middle of class, a bell would go off and they would go out into the hallway very quietly. They had to sat against the wall and put their head between their knees and wrap their arms around their legs. They would sit their for 10 minutes in total silence until another bell would go off signaling that they could go back to class.
Clayton h per 8
My grandfather was about 18 when the US entered World War II. Under normal circumstances, he would've been drafted for the military but because he was attending medical school in Philadelphia at the time, he got out of the draft.
During the war people did a lot of rationing and observed 'Meatless Mondays' and 'Wheat-less Wednesdays' and such. Butter was also hard to come by but if you didn't have it, it wouldn't have affected your life at all. Gas, on the other hand was very hard to get. You needed special coupons to get gas and depending on the coupon you could only get a certain amount of gas for a week, month, or a year. This wasn't a problem for my grandfather because he didn't own a car while living in Philly.
Amanda W.
Period 7
I did not have a grandparent or relative who was involved or that fought in World War 2. I asked all of my relatives on my mom’s side of the family and they said that nobody in my family was really involved. Then I asked everybody that I could on my dad’s side of the family and they didn’t have anyone involved either. I asked everyone that I can. I am very sorry that I do not have a story to share about World War 2.
Michael S.
Period 2
All of my grandparents were young children during World War 2 so none saw combat. My great grandmother on my father’s side worked in a factory that supplied tons of arms to the U.S. armed forces. Her name was Mary Gill and she worked at Remington Arms in Bridgeport, Connecticut. At that time Remington Arms was one of the world’s largest producers of ammunition. She worked on the production line producing 50 caliber rounds. My great grandmother worked at this factory for many years but during the war years, she often worked double shifts.
Jess Bull
Period 3
I had my great grandfather and my Uncle Larry who fought in WWII. My Uncle Larry died on D day he got out of the boat and was shot instantly. My Great Grandfathers name was Leo Angers. He Also was in D day but he was still alive during the battle, But there was an explosion when he was at war. He got blown up and stuck on a barbed wire fence he was there for days. People thought he was dead until finally someone checked him and figured out he was alive. He didn't fight after that day again but he was still in the war. He was a cook. He traded with other countries like he was in the army though. He gave someone a whole fuel truck for some smokes. That is my WWII history from my family.
Mackenzie P
Period 2
As it turns out almost all of my grandmother's brothers fought for our country but only one fought in World War ||. His name was John Buonaiuto and he fought on the front lines during this conflict. During one day of battle in Germany the United States was advancing covertly and my great uncle was one of,if not, the first solider(s) to advance, and when early morning came he was camping in a fox hole waiting for the Germans to move ahead. As it turned out the Germans advanced forward passing some of the U.S. soldiers in the fox holes and my great grandfather was ran over by a tank! In this moment of agonizing pain, he kept quiet in order to to secure his life, and the U.S.'s covert position. After this battle his back was severly injured and was awarded a Purple Heart for what he underwent in battle. As well as receiving the Purple Heart he was honored with the playing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again".
By KevinD p3ss
I did not have any family members actually fight in the war, my grandpa was injured in training and was unable to be sent into the war. My grandma said she was happy he wasn't sent to war because people were saying how awful and dangerous the war was. He's dead, but my grandma even he was scared of getting sent into that war.
Edward P3
After talking with my mom, i found out that my mothers uncle was in WWII. I couldn't gather the most information about him but wha I do know is that he was a soldier. He recieved some reward my mom said but i couldn't figure quite what it was. He risked his life for all of us and I honor him on this day
Joey P
Period 3
After talking with my mom, i found out that my mothers uncle was in WWII. I couldn't gather the most information about him but wha I do know is that he was a soldier. He recieved some reward my mom said but i couldn't figure quite what it was. He risked his life for all of us and I honor him on this day
Joey P
Period 3
I had a great uncle who served in the US Navy during World War II. He was 19 years old at the time and was stationed on the Hancock Aircraft Carrier in the South Pacific. Form his carrier, he could see the island of Iwo Jima.
Twice the ship was hit by military planes.
The first was by a Japanese kamikaze airplane. This did some damage but they were able to recover. The Japanese tried hard to hit aircraft carriers to keep the enemy planes away from them. The US carriers were always on alert for this.
The second time they were hit was by a US plane trying to land. It crashed into the deck and made a huge hole in it. There was a big fire from the fuel in the plane also. All the men worked to put out the fire and fix the damage. They were successful and very lucky to be alive.
Alex Drosos
Per 1
My grandmother’s brother John was hiding in a hole in the ground when a big army tank ran it over and he injured is back very badly. Then when he got sent home my grandma and her whole family had a big welcome home party and they played the song, “Johnny comes marching home”. And ever since then he had been having back trouble.
By: Tricia Diaz
Per: 1
My great grandfather fought in World War II. He is not alive but my grandmother knows a little and told me some information about his experience. My grandmother recalls him telling her about using strategic bombing which is purposly bombing a place to destroy industry and morale. Also, she remembers her dad telling her about how Britain had to blackout their windows, turn off any lights, and stay sheltered so they couldn't be seen on the radar.
Rylie M.
Period 7
My great grandfather fought in World War II. He is not alive but my grandmother knows a little and told me some information about his experience. My grandmother recalls him telling her about using strategic bombing which is purposly bombing a place to destroy industry and morale. Also, she remembers her dad telling her about how Britain had to blackout their windows, turn off any lights, and stay sheltered so they couldn't be seen on the radar.
Rylie M.
Period 7
My great uncle, Floyd Phillips, fought in World War 2. He was a part of the Army during the war, but only fought in the war for 1 of the 4 years that the U.S. was in WW2. Shortly after returning he showed symptoms of PTSD and couldn't keep a job for long and had hallucinations a lot.
Cam L
Period 3
During World War II, my great grandma lived in Poland but went to Germany because they needed people to take care of the crops while the farmers went to fight in the war. One day, when my great grandma was in the fields, a stray bullet from a nearby battle struck her hand. After that she was fine and is still alive today. (None of my relatives actually fought in World War II).
Carleigh Procyk
Period 8
I have a grandpa who fought for the Polish Army in World War 2. After the Warsaw uprising he was arrested and captured by the Germans and then taken to Germany to work on the railroad. He worked there until the war ended in 1945. At that point the British soldiers entered Germany and rescued the prisoners.
Monica K. Per. 3
My grandfather on my dad's side, who died 10 years ago, joined the navy when he graduated from high school in 1943 (like most kids his age). My grandpa was trained as a pharmacist's mate which was an assistant medic. His job was to work in a naval psychiatric hospital in San Diego, California. He helped treat soldiers who had terrible times in the war and who had mental breakdowns. My grandpa decided to sign up for active duty once (which was when you went where the fighting was) with one his friends. But one of my grandpa's patients (who was a Captain) grabbed him and his friend and screamed at them, telling them they would die and that they should stay where they were, working at the hospital. Because of that, my grandpa stayed at the naval hospital until they let him go in the year 1946. That Captain could have saved my grandpa and friend's life!
(All information was from my dad)
Lydia M.
Period 3
My mom told me that my grandfather flew cargo planes during WWII. He flew all over the country delivering all sorts of items to different bases around the U.S. Even though he didn't take part in combat, he still had a very important job that helped the U.S.
Lexii per1
My Great Grandpa was a sargeant in the World War 2. He was about to get on a bus to the Battle of Bulge but then a person drove up and asked if anyone knew how to speak Russian and he could, so he got sent to Italy and signed people in and out. If he got on the bus to the Battle of Bulge, he would have died because there were no survivors of that war.
Talia K. Per7
My grandfather's second cousin, Antonino Siligato, fought in WWII for Italy. He was in the navy but he and a couple others were killed when they were ambushed by the Nazis. To honor his bravery, there is a statue of him and a couple roads/streets are named after him in Limina, Sicily, his hometown. I know I have a couple more relatives that fought in WWII, but I'm not sure about what they did.
Bri C. Per. 1
My grandmother, Ruth Lawrence Fenton, had a younger brother, Herbert Lawrence which makes Herbert my great uncle. He was known as the golden in the house of 5 siblings. When WW2 came around, he volunteered in the Marine Corpse. He was trained as an aviator and flew a fighter/bomber aircraft. He and his wife were married in 1942 and a year later he was shipped out to fight in the Pacific. Soon after he left, his wife Jean learned that she was pregnant. Within months, the awful news came back to family in Ohio that Herb had been killled when he was forced to crash land his crippled plane on a pacific island. Sadly, he never got to meet his son Peter. Herbert is buried in the huge national cemetary on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
Juliana Jesulaitis
period 1
My mothers Uncle (my great Uncle) Paul Koons was a Pilot in the Army Air Corps. He was the oldest of three brothers. He was drafted and had a wife and two children. Paul flew to France and his plane was shot down and he died. My other Uncle Loui, the second oldest, was also drafted, he was in the Navy, (im not sure where but he was overseas.) Then there was my Grandfather Robert, he was not drafted although, he lied about his age and got into the war. However, because both of Rob's brothers being overseas he was not allowed to leave, so he never saw combat. Paul died at war, Louis survived and Robert survived as well. That is all I know (:
--Leah C. Period 2
My uncle Joe Szudora was a private and a machine gunner in World War II he was captured by the Germans but was released later on in the war.
Well my grandma didn't fight in the war but she did grow up while it was happening in Italy. She was about 12 or 13 when it was going on and she told me she was walking home from school and she fell down and hurt her knee and a German soldier saw her and helped her up and walked her all the way back home and the next day he had went back to her house to make sure she was okay.
Jessica P per2
None of my relatives have fought in World War II, but my grandmother recalls how the times were back in the 1940s, in India, during the war. India at that time was controlled by the British, very poorly. So of course India was also entered into the war fighting alongside he British. My grandmother said that there were a lot of peace protests and also government officials around India. The peace protests were usually lead by the famous Mohandas Ghandi.
Monica A.
Period3
During Wolrd War 2 my great grandpa fought in the Army during WW2. He is not alive any more so a couldn't get alot of info on where he served and what countreies he fought in because he never talked about it. The only thing that we know is that he fought in the battle of Normandy on the front lines as a foot soldier. He luckly made it out alive and lived a healthy 86 years.
Tyler Tatnall Per.1
My grandma was eight years old when World War II started and she lived here in Connecticut. She grew up in Milford.(Her grandparents actually founded Milford). She said that her father chose to go into the war. When he left for the war she was eleven. He joined towards the begining of the new year. While he was gone my grandma said that she was very scared of losing her father. Five months later her mother got a phone call saying that her dad had lost his leg in an explosion. She said that she doesn't know battle it was in but just that she was very scared.
Maddie Holmes
Period 2
My Grandfather was in the Navy during World War 2 and a little bit during the Korean War. He was one of the ones who drove the troops on to the beaches and sometimes also to get them out. My Grandfather brought troops onto the shores during D-Day. He never said whether he was in the first or the second wave but from all the horrors he talked about I would presume it was the first wave. He talked about how troops got shot right in the boat the minute the doors went down.
Brendan C Per 2
A World War II family story that I have is from my grandma's brother. He said that he was training in the airforce and was ready to go off to battle (this was towards the end of the war). He was going to go in a week to fight, but then the war ended. It's not much of a WWII story, but it's about World War II. Another story that isn't from my family but from one of my grandma's friends is that when they went to Italy and spoke Itlian to the Italian soldiers, they wouldn't shoot them and they would practically invite them into their homes. This is interesting to me considering the fact that they were fighting a war against each other.
Daniel M.
Period One
My grandpa (pop-pop as wee call him) was in the war and he was in the Marine Corps. He actually went in to the Pacific and was in there just in case if there was going to be any other attacks at Pearl Harbor.
General Period:1
During World War 2 Honduras was actually neutral, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor rthey joined the side of the allies. They declared war on Japan the same day as America which was December 8, 1941 and on Germany and Italy on December 13, 1941. The way Honduras contributed to the war was by sending food, raw materials, and other supplies, but they did not send any troops to aid in the war effort. That's all I could find out about because none of my family knows if a relative of ours helped with sending the materials and since no troops were sent. Jennifer V.
Per: 7
I dont have a relative that fought in world war 2 , I had one that was in the portugese army but if i did have a relative that was in world war 2 i think it would be inspiring yet fearful to fight. I think it would be inspiring because the Japanese just attacked us by surprise and i know if i was in the war i would want some revenge because thats my home country. It would also be fearful because it had so many powerful countries at the time like Hitler and the Nazi's and Japan with there planes I would be a little afraid to go out there to risk my life to those powerful and dangerous countries but i think if you had enough heart you could fight in it without being afraid. Andreas Reinoso period 8
hey mr.d sorry ik my blog is really late but i lost my phone so im going to email my grandparents and try to find out information that way. i'll try to get it in asap.
Allie Cocolis
I talked with my mother she had an Uncle who served in World War 2. His name was Raymond Cuzzocreo my grandfather’s brother. He was from Orange , Ct. He served in the army’s mail service, (post office). While this may seem like a nothing job, in truth it was a very important job for the men in combat. During WW2 young men and woman were serving far from home either in Europe or Japan , and with all the died and injured moral was not easy to keep up. You can only imagine had up lifting it must have been to receive letters and pictures from parents, spouses or friends. The mail was sent to the hospital and while injured they were receiving letters from home. Also there were things called care packages sent from families at home. These packages had a lot of things from special things that were not available to the troops over seas. To work in the mail department meant to get this special letters and packages delivered to the troops as fast as they could. They delivered all over from combat fields, to officer quarters, to some naval ships, to army hospitals. Also it must have been difficult to make sure each item was going to the right place since 8 million men and women served in World War 2. After the war Ray moved back to Orange and worked for the Orange , Ct. post office which he eventually became Postmaster. Ray attributed his rise in the post office to the experiences he gained in the war. He died some 25 years ago in his home.
Rachel M
Per.3
My Grandpa was with his unit and was sent by a superior to deliver a message. To deliver this message he had to enter a live action combat; people were shooting at him and at each other, he easily could have been killed. But he succeeded in delivering the message and afterwards rolled under a jeep to avoid getting shot where he stayed the rest of the night. He was afraid he’d get run over by someone getting in and driving the jeep. But he got out in time and got back to his platoon. Afterwards he found out that the message he had risked his life for was simply a routine message that said, "Be sure to check for trench foot."
Rose Horell Period 3
My dad's dad, and his brother we're drafted into the army. My dad's dad was drafted into the navy and his brother into they U.S. army. They lined them up in senior year in school in a straight line and said, "You , army, you navy,you army, and then you navy, through all the boys. My dad's dad and his brother we're next to eachother so they were sent into different branches. This was all my Dad remembers.
-Brian W. per 2
Hye mr. d i got some articles that my great grand father was in:
Check this out !!
Take a screen shot/copy of new articles:
1) http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-02-21/news/8801110240_1_feta-cheese-honey-greek-jews (see toward the end)
2) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19540725&id=G5AyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159,3095598
3) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2229&dat=19540801&id=HJAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2wAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3781,4831032
4) http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19850201&id=VQsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1swFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531,186237
Can’t find the one that talked of Popou’s charity to those who could not pay at the restaurant in tough times…..Allie, that one is in hard copy with your Popou at the cape….
Here is the text from the Obituary- Allie, you are mentioned:
COCOLIS - Konstantine "Gus'', 89, of Deerfield Beach, died Wednesday, July 15, 1998. Formerly of Stamford, CT., Mr. Cocolis had been a resident of FL since 1968. Gus was a proud Veteran of WWII, and was dedicated to his country. He will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved him. He is survived by his loving wife, Agnes; children, Peter of Clifton, VA and Angelo of Shawnee Mission, KS; grandchildren, William of Monroe, CT, Dr. Peter Cocolis, Jr. of Alexandria VA, Alexa of Topeka, KS, Emily McGinnis of Austin, TX, and Melissa of Shawnee Mission, KS; greatgrandchildren, Isabel-Katherine of Topeka, KS, and Alcina-Lorraine of Monroe, CT; and 2 sisters. Friends may call from 7-9 PM, Sun day, followed by a service at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church, 10 AM, Monday. Interment will be at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. Arrangements by KRAEER-BECKER FUNERAL HOME, 217 E. Hillsboro Blvd. 427-5544
Allie C
My grandparents had relatives that were in World War Two. My grandma had 3 uncles, Joseph, Louie, and Ralph Demacy & my grandpa had 6 uncles in the war. One of the uncle's name was Joseph DeCarlo. He was my great grandpa's favorite brother. He was KIA in Europe in May 1945.
Steph D
Period 1
I have a dream that bullying would stop in all schools across the US. I think this because bullying is very serious and very sad. Bullying could case serious issues. Bullying leads to death, people bully all across the US because they think it's okay to make someone else feel bad about them self. But really it's not okay. Bullying leads to serious consequences that could be as bad as jail time. Bullying is very sad because no one in the world deserved to be treated bad even if they do have some problems about themselves.
David V P8
Alex Baudouin
Period 2
Blog 1
My dream is to have world peace; I would like to stop wars and violence. For example, no more robbing banks, kidnapping, killing, and more. In war, solders would have to leave their family. Many solders lose their life to save others. Instead of killing each other with guns, both leaders can talk about a solution instead of shooting. We can reduce the crimes in our country by having more security, or more laws to put bad guys in jail. In conclusion, if we have more security and no more wars, people would be less worried about their child being in danger.
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