Honor thy Fathers and Mothers 2022

When we preserve military relics and study military history, we are honoring the memory of all those who have served. In recognition of Father’s Day, Military Trader invited readers to submit photos and histories of anyone in their families who has or is serving in a branch of the United States military. We are proud to present the following mini-biographical notes on those who have served.

Hilmer E. Peterson
Springfield, MA
U.S. Army, 34th Cavalry Recon Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division
1942-45, Rank T-5
Submitted by son Jim Peterson

Howard E. Johnson
Sunbury, PA
U.S. Air Force
19th Bomber Group
Captain, 1940-52
Submitted by son Christopher Johnson

James Weldon Lewis
Terril, Iowa
U.S. Navy, Marine Division
Pharmacist’s Mate, First Class
Aug. 1942-Dec. 1945
Submitted by son Chuck Lewis

Joaquin Gomez
Barre, VT
U.S. Air Force 280th Maintenance Ordinance
Dec. 1942-Dec. 1945
Submitted by daughter Ellen Fassbender

Patrick Salermo
Clifton, NJ
U.S. Army 8076 MASH
PFC Combat Medic
May 1951-Feb. 1953
Submitted by Frank Cuccaro

Rodney Corwin
Layfayette, IN
U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class,
32nd Signal Battalion
Jan. 1958-June 1978
Submitted by son Frank Corwin

Robert NMI Miller
Winston-Salem, NC
U.S Army Sgt.
1943-1946
Submitted by son Henry A. Miller

Kenneth Ruskin Keith
Sacramento, CA
U.S. Merchant Marine
Aug. 1930-May 1946
Submitted by nephew John Keith Neuenburg

Luciano Savarese
Brooklyn, NY
Tech Sgt. 31st Infantry
“Dixie Division”
1942-1946
Submitted by son Louis Savarese 

Lee D. English
Whittier, CA
U.S. Army
Medical Corp, PFC
Submitted by son Joseph English

Michael Buchko
Bessemer, Mich.
U.S. Army, S/Sgt
136th Infantry, 33rd Division
April 1942-Oct. 1945
Submitted by nephew Basil Fassbender

Raymond T. Woronowicz
Dallas, PA
U.S. Army 10th Corp
Bty “A” 967th, SSGT
Submitted by grandson Raymond Hoffman

Gladys M. Bartholow
Carmbridge, OH
Factory Worker, artillary shell manufacturing
1944-1945
Submitted by son Tim Bartholow

Ira B. Bartholow
Cambridge, OH
U.S. Air Force
Corporal, 12th Photo Lab Sqdn,444th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing, 20th AAF - CBI
and Tinian
Sept. 1943-Nov. 1945
Submitted by son Tim Bartholow

David William Meyer
Hooper, Utah
U.S. Army Signal Corp
Combat Photographer
Jan. 1943-Nov. 1945
Submitted by son Richard W. Meyer

James C. Murphy
Ramsey, NJ
U.S. Air Force 7275 SPS,
Capt. First Class,
Nov. 1976-May 1980
Submitted by son-in-law Larry Laurine Col./Sgt. USAF

Sara Winifred Mabes Ransdell
Danville, VA
First Lt., Army Nursing Corp
1943-1946
Submitted by son Jeff Ransdell

Harry Wallace Ransdell
Battleground, IN
U.S. Army T-5, 318th Infantry
1942-1946
Submitted by sonJeff Ransdell

Roger Dale Whitcome
Grundy Center, Iowa
U.S. Army, Radio Man/Operator HQ and HQ Co. 160th Infantry, 40th Division
Submitted by son Scott Whitcome

Raymond Wesolowski
Milwaukee, WI
U.S. Marine Corp VMSB 243, SSGT
Aug. 1942-Nov. 1945
Submitted by son Dan Wesolowski

Father David Ryan
Milwaukee, WI
U.S. Army 82nd AB 325th
Glider Infantry Regiment, Major 1938-1945
Submitted by grand-nephew Dan Wesolowski

Walter Wesolowski
Milwaukee, WI
U.S. Army 17th Ordinance Guard Co.
Private
July 1918-March 1919
Submitted by grandsonDan Wesolowski