Steve Markle
Here is the Winter 1995 issue of
Wings;
...and the article
that includes a full index of the issues that have been scanned to
date;
This is a large (9.4mb) issue
that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
What is of particular interest is the
inclusion of additional information on Leonard Mathis that was recently
inquired about by his great niece in a recent mail call;
He was a member of the 1st squad of
the 3rd platoon of 596. He served in the same platoon with many names
that I am familiar with.... KA Johnson (Claire's Dad), John Holbrook, Dick
Bramley, Charlie Pugh, Claude Mills, Al Goodman, Manny Ventoza, Ernie Coffelt,
James Small, Patrick Michaels, Don O'Neil, and Lyle Madison. There are a number
of good photos of the guys on page 18.
As far as I know Johnson,
Ventoza, and Madison are still around.... Holbrook, Bramley, Pugh, Goodman,
Coffelt, Michaels are gone (Coffelt and Michaels also died in the war). The
rest I am not sure about.
Enjoy!
-Steve-
