Connellsville Canteen - WWII Museum

Connellsville Canteen WWII Museum

Featured in our Canteen are stories, memorabilia, and photos of local hero's that fought during WWII. Come and learn about the sacrifices our service members made during this time period. Also included are some interesting facts about WWII, including some people that made a difference around the world towards the war efforts.

A few of our WWII displays are now interactive. If your phone has a QR Code reader you can scan QR Codes attached to some of the photographs and actually hear "In Their Own Words" their story, thanks to Veterans Voices of Pittsburgh. The names below followed by a VIDEO were interviewed and you can see and hear their stories.

Adanitsch, Henry H.
Addis, John W. *(Purple Heart)

Albine, Arthur Eugene

Albine, Robert L. "Bob" (Flying Cross)

Alesantrino, Theodore M.

Alisantrino, Theodore A.
Anderson, Calvin A.

Andyjohn, Art
Archibald, Colin

Ash, John Wilbur
Bailor, Robert Joseph

Balda, George Jr.

Bane, Eleanor WAVES
Barkley, Merle C. *(Purple Heart)
Barnhart, Frederick (Bronze Star)
Barnhart, Howard
Barrett, Thomas M. *(Purple Heart)
Barron, Clayton *(Purple Heart)

Basinger, James Edward

Basinger, John Jr.
Bauer, Robert B.
Bauer, William R.

Beneke, Eugene
Bloom, Robert Earl

Bluebush, George P.

Brady, John J. Jr.

Bulotta, Donald J.

Burke, Donald L.
Bush, Thomas *(Purple Heart)

Canestrale, Michael

Canestrale, Pete

Carbonara, Nick
Cassidy, Joseph Thomas, Sr.

Cataldi, Anthony L.

Cavaliere, Henry
Cavanaugh, Gene H.
Cavanaugh, Homer E. (Purple Heart )
Cavanaugh, Ralph D.
Cavanaugh, Reid J.
Cavanaugh, Roy D.

Child, Hollis B.

Childs, Louis D.
Christner, Ralph H.
Clark, Frank
Clark, Harry F.
Coffman, Lewis

Comiskey, John Vincent

Conte, Anthony
Cope, Donald A.

Corteil, Bernard

Corteil, John
Corvin, Arlyn B.
Corvin, Gene F.
Corvin, Wilmuth P

Coughenour, John F.
Coughenour, Lloyd

Cunningham, Harold H.
Curtis, Lemuel R.
Dailey, John Edward

Danko, Paul A. *(Purple Heart)

David, Harold Glenn
Dean, Melvin

DeBolt, Clarence

DeCara, Phil C.

DeClemente, Joseph C. Sr.

Delladonna, John V. (Purple Heart)

Dellavecchia, Anthony J.
Del Sordo, Joseph *(Purple Heart)

Demuth, Charles E.
Detwiler, Gerald W.
Detwiler, Wayne R.

Duggan, Lawrence V.

Dunaway, Frank Edward
Durbin, T. Robert

Dye, Gaylen L.
Eberharter, Virginia M. VIDEO

Etling, Charles P.
Etling, Howard G.

Eutsey, Merle B.
Falvo, Louis Eugene

Felton, William J.

Firlik, Michael
Flick, John *(Purple Heart) (4)
Flischel, Robert

Flora, John J.
Floto, Eugene *(Purple Heart)
Flynn, Thomas E. *(Purple Heart)
Flynn, William H. (Bronze Star)

Fogle, George R. (Bronze Star)

Forejt, Joseph

Foster, James W.
Fox, John C.
Galiardi, Eugene Joseph

Gallentine, Willaim

Galiardi, Philip F.

Gaudiello, Vito J.
Gearing, James V. *(Purple Heart)
Geary, Glenn W. *(Purple Heart)
Gebadlo, Edward
Gebadlo, Thomas E.

Geehring, Willis *(Purple Heart)

Geiger, James P.
Geiger, Simon B.

George, Adeline Loretta

Gibson, Oliver H.

Gillott, Albert T.

Giobbi, Alex
Glotfelty, Glen G.

Glover, Dale W.
Gomer, Joseph Philip

Goron, Raymond
Goswick, George Sr.

Graham, John F.

Graziani, Horace (Purple Heart)
Greer, Hillery S. Jr.
Griglak, Martin

Hairston, Joseph H.

Hall, Arthur Henry
Hallowes, Odette Sanson

Hamilton, Andrew Wesley
Hamilton, Emory *(Purple Heart)

Hamilton, George Washington
Hanlon, John Robert
Harbarger, Charles P. *(Purple Heart)

Harbaugh, George R.
Harper, Frank G. *(Purple Heart)

Hart, David R.
Hart, George Gallagher (Purple Heart)

Hart, Philip T.
Hawrelak, William
Heffner, Tom

Heisterman, Joseph W.
Heltmark, Walter (WWI)
Henry, Donald "Dirt"
Henry, Howard "Bud"
HIxenbaugh, John *(Purple Heart)
Holt, John T. *(Purple Heart)

Hornbake, Viola Marie
Hostetler, Roy *(Purple Heart)

Hough, Wayne
Howard, Bobby
Howard, James

Huggins, Conrad Wayne *(Purple Heart)
Husband, Benjamin F. Jr.
Husband, William H.

Jackson, John Edward
Jaynes, Malcom Reid (Stubby)

Johnson, James
Jones, Allen Q.
Jones, Gordon T.
Jones, Harold H.
Jones, William
Joseph, Eugene
Joy, Roger J.Keller, Melvin J.
Kearney, Mary M. *

Kelly, Robert G.

Keedy, Earl M. *(Purple Heart)
Kessler, James E. (Pete)

Kessler, JAS. E.

Kessler, Warren A.
King, Edward
King, Helen

King, Sheldon

Kinneer, Ernest E.

Konetsco, Walter L.

Kooser, George E. *(Purple Heart)

Krause, Fred J.

Krumanacker, Berton P.
Kuroki, Ben
Kurtz, (Jack) John
Lacoboni, Albert

Lango, Frank *(Purple Heart)

Lango, Sam *(Purple Heart)

Laughrey, David Goodwillie

Lawson, Earl Fenton

Leasher, Wilbur D.
Lewellen, Raymond
Lewellen, Roy
Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin (Bronze Star)

Lincoln, Dale VM VIDEO

Lindberg, Charles W.

Liposky, Andrew P.

Long, Richard Norton
Long, Robert M.

Lowe, Charles E.
Luckey, Frederick J.

Lutton, Edward C. *

Lutton, James L. *(Purple Heart)

Mahokey, James L.

Manges, Robert C.

Marco, Francis De

Marietta, Francis C.
Marlot, Rose Josephine

Marlot, Rozalija
Marshall, George C.

Matthews, Harold L.
May, Dal e

McCann, Russell Jr.
McClintock, Clair (Silver Star)

McCormick, Vane E.

McDonough, Walter E. *(Purple Heart)
McElhoney, Carl D. (Purple Heart)
McElhoney, John Earnest (WWI)

McGann, Arthur T. VM VIDEO
McGinnis, Thomas C.
McKnight, Robert E. Sr. VIDEO

McLuckey, Robert P.

McNulty, Leo P.
Mendonsa, George

Mickey, Wilbur Ray "Bill"

Miller, Clyde & Harry

Miller, John W.
Miller, Wilbert J.

Milliman, Richard W.

Mitchell, Brady VM VIDEO

Mitchell, Edward R. *(Purple Heart)

Monaghan, Elizabeth B.

Mongell, Joseph

Mongelluzzo, Anthony S.

Mortimer, Duane D. *(Purple Heart)
Murphy, Vincent R.

Murray, Norman Thomas

Nagy, Paul A. Sr.

Nardone, Evan VM VIDEO

Nicholson, Charles E.

Nicholson, Clarence E.

Nicholson, Gilbert O.

Nicholson, John F.

Nicholson, William H.

Orlando, Edward

Parrish, Sylvester (Tuskegee Airman)

Patrick, John J.
Peck, Merle

Perrus, Constantine J.

Peterson, Victor E.
Piccolomini, Ronald L.

Pierce, Lysle E.

Pietrzak, Stanley

Pirl, Victor R.

Piter, Andy Jr.

Porter, Harry
Porter, Mary Catherine
Porter, William Stacy
Prestia, Michael H.
Prudente, Joseph R.

Quinn, James R.
Quinto, Carl Anthony

Ramsier, Edward

Ranker, Joseph R.

Ranker, Robert
Rankin, George *(Purple Heart)
Rankin, William *(Purple Heart)
Reed, Blaine
Reed, Paul
Reed, Robert "Bob"
Rendine, Francis (Fran)
Rendine, Joseph (Jo)
Rendine, Lawrence (Larry)
Rendine, Raphael (Ray)
Rendine, Sylvester (Doc)

Rice, Viola - WAVES

Ridgway, Jesse W.

Riedman, Hubert B.

Riley, William G.
Riser, George E. *(Purple Heart)

Ritenour, Robert R

Rivosecchi, Joseph J.
Rock, Albert J.

Rocks, Clarence Henry
Robbins, Franklin C. (Navy Cross)
Rohlf, Irwin W. *(Purple Heart) (2)

Rosendale, Charles H.
Rowan, Howard Kemp

Ruggieri, Ernest C.

Ruggieri, John J.

Ruse, Anthony Jr.
Rush, Richard P. *(Purple Heart)

Russell, Robert
Salatino, Pete

Schenck, Harry W.

Schiavoni, E. V., LT
Schroyer, John V. "Wally" (Bronze Star)
Sechler, Harvey M. (DOC) (Bronze Star)

Shallenberger, Betty WAVES
Sheetz, Alvin C.
Shipley, Delford (Pete)

Shipley, Roy A.

Shirey, Leroy P

Sikon, Valentine W. "Val"

Sohonage, William J.
Showman, Gerald Ronald

Shroyer, Alfred A.
Shultz, Earl *(Purple Heart)
Shutsey-Reynolds, Florence VIDEO

Siecinski, Anthony (Purple Heart)
Sirianni, Fiorensino M.
Smalley, James E. *(Purple Heart)

Smith, Florence Catherine WAVES
Smith, Henry D. *(Purple Heart)

Smith, Thomas R.

Sohonage, William J.

Soisson, Francis Orville
Soisson, William H. Jr. (Bronze Star)

Stagner, Charles X.

Stasko, Michael
Stillwagon, Thomas *(Purple Heart)

Summers, Earl S.

Swallop, Paul G

Swink (Keffer), Imogene

Swink, Wade E.
Thompson, Clyde R.

Thompson, James E.

Tissue, Charles W.
Tressler, Guy D. Jr.
Trump, Elmer

Urbach, Benjamin H.

Urbach, James E.
Vavra, George E. Jr.

Veghts, Charles Jr.

Vernon, Margaret WAVES

Voithofer, Matthew J. Jr.

Vona, Anastasia WAVES

Walters, Carl
Wandel, Lewis

Weihe, Clyde R.

Weihe, Charles I.
Weisgerber, Howard Ernest Jr.
Welsh, Carroll R.
Whitlock, James *(Purple Heart)

Widmer, Charles E.
Wilson, Alfred L. (Medal of Honor)
Wilson, Wayne M. *(Purple Heart)
Wiltrout, Gerald *(Purple Heart) (2)

Woodruff, John Y.
Wrote, Herbert L. (Bronze Star x2)

Yakimick, John P.
Yauger, Charles E.
Yauger, Morris B.

Zenters, Gregg S.

Zinger, Emory J.

Daily Courier 09 April 2018