With gratitude to my father, father-in-law and uncles who served in WW-II on this Memorial Day.

HEPPLE, W S
	1ST SGT   US ARMY
	WORLD WAR II
	DATE OF BIRTH: 04/03/1917
	DATE OF DEATH: 09/01/1984
	BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 1745
	SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY
	501 NORTH GUADALUPE STREET P. O. BOX 88 SANTA FE, NM 87501_____________________________________________________________________ MASCHEWSKI, JOSEPH ELDON   TEC 3   US ARMY WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 03/27/1919 DATE OF DEATH: 02/04/2008 BURIED AT: SECTION W2  SITE D62  SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY 501 NORTH GUADALUPE STREET SANTA FE, NM 87501 _____________________________________________________________________

WELLS, WAYNE FRANCIS
	SGT   US MARINE CORPS
	WORLD WAR II
	DATE OF BIRTH: 12/26/1913
	DATE OF DEATH: 02/19/1945 Iwo Jima
	BURIED AT: SECTION F  SITE 1704
	BEVERLY NATIONAL CEMETERY
	916 BRIDGEBORO ROAD BRIDGEBORO ROAD BEVERLY, NJ 08010_____________________________________________________________________Abner FleisherShot down on his 19th mission over Muenster, Germany on March 23, 1944, Abner parachuted into German held territory and suffered a broken hip and ankle. He was held in the prison camp at Stalag Luft I (South and North 1 Compounds) in Barth, Germany until it was liberated by the Russians on May 3, 1945. _____________________________________________________________________ Murray Hepple Served with the 8th Air Force and flew 26 missions. HEPPLE, MURRAY F   1LT   US ARMY WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 05/12/1918 DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/1980 BURIED AT: SECTION I  SITE 5563  FT. BLISS NATIONAL CEMETERY P.O. BOX 6342 5200 FRED WILSON STREET FORT BLISS, TX 77906   _____________________________________________________________________   Donald Hepple Served with the 8th Air Force and flew 26 missions. _____________________________________________________________________ Edward Van Buskirk Served in the Army in Italy in the Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, and Po Valley campaigns.

The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise carrier based bombing raid conducted by the Empire of Japan against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

On Monday December 8 the United States declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. on December 11.

FDR’s radio announcement. (December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”.)

Radio Report

Man on the street radio interview December 8, 1941.

Official U.S. Navy photograph