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The Perryopolis Veterans’ Honor Roll |
A Stone in the Honor Roll |
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| The Perryopolis VFW is collecting the names of all military personnel from Perry Township and the Perryopolis Borough. To be elegible to have a name on the Honor Roll, the veteran must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. To have a name placed on the Honor Roll, submit a copy (not the original) of separation papers, a DD 214, form 553 or another official document. This should show the date and place of entry and the place of separation. Remember to list your phone number on the back of the document copy. Interested parties should address correspondence to: Names Committee P.O. Box 566, Perryopolis, PA 15473. |
| Veterans Day: The Armistice that ended World War I was announced at 11:00 A.M. (in France) on the 11th day of November (the 11th month), 1918. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as Armistice Day to remind Americans of the tragedies of war. During the 1920s and ’30s, thousands turned out annually to pay homage to the war dead. A 1938 law made the day a federal holiday. In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day, still Nov. 11, but now honoring the dead of all wars. In 1971, it became one of our movable federal holidays, to give us another long weekend -- the new date the fourth Monday of October. Veterans groups argued the new date had no meaning. State after state moved the remembrance back to to Nov. 11 on their own. By 1978, Congress made it officially Nov. 11 again. Will you pause on November 11 with a moment of silence to honor the men and women who have sacrificed their lives, liberty, and health for you? Will you remember the graves of 400 Americans buried in Flanders Fields and at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the honored dead of Afghanistan and Iraq? |
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This is Charles E. Baker, always known in Perry as Eugene Baker, just before he went overseas in World War II. The Baker family lived on Lingan Street in Perryopolis. Eugene’s sister Beatrice taught school in Perryopolis. After the war, Eugene became a school teacher in Waynesburg. |
Generations of Service Dennis Kerwin Wilkes, U.S. Navy, with his wife Alberta Albright Wilkes. Dennis served in World War II. He is the grandson of John Wilkes, the Civil War Veteran in the photo below. Dennis lived in Perryopolis, where he was known as a good baseball player. |
 Photo courtesy D. Wilkes |
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Perryopolis, 1913: Civil War Veterans at train station preparing to travel to attend the Battle of Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Reunion. Photo Property of the Old State Bank Museum. Submitted by Joan Lyons |
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The Sassi Brothers Top Left: Dante, who served in World War II from 1943 to 1945 with the 9th Army Air Force. Photos courtesy Dante Sassi |
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Seoul, Korea- November, 1945 That's Sergeant Craig Martin on the right, just as handsome then as he is now! Craig and his buddy, Andy Loksa, were members of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. They had gone to Seoul from Okinawa as part of the U.S. Occupation Force following the departure of the defeated Japanese army. Craig was the Mess Sergeant and Andy was driver for the Regimental Commander. Photo courtesy Craig Martin |
| If you or a member of your family served in the Armed Forces, in peace or in war, please consider submitting your appropriate photos for publication here. E-mail the webmaster if you need help. |
| Your webmaster is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, 1962-1970. As a civilian employee of the U.S. Government from 1970-1994, he saw military action in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He and his wife, Leona, narrowly survived a terrorist rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, the Yemen Arab Republic, in 1988 and the assassination of the Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo in 2000. |
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