On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under one department — the Department of Defense.
William Hase-1/13/1921 – N/A, Branch: Army, Rank: Corporal, Outfit: 96th Division…
My name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather. Grandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. “Not a whole lot,” he said.
Branch: Navy Rank: Fireman 1st Outfit: B Division (Boiler Room) Service Dates: 1945 – 1946 Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II: He went in with Occupation forces in the Philippines. In the last operation against Japan, he went in with occupation force. He manned a 22-millimeter gun.
Peter Thomas Lococo, “Pete”, 1/15/1950 – N/A, Branch: Army, Rank: E-4, Unit: 228th Avation Battalion, Outfit: Company A, 1st Calvarly Division, Service Dates: 1970 – 1971
Veteran Station: Vietnam, City: Lake St. Louis, MO, Drafted