Careington Honors WWII Heroes

WWII HEROES FROM CAREINGTON

WWII HEROES FROM OUR COMMUNITY

Careington's WWII Heroes

Russell Barager
Father of Founder and President, Barbara (Barager) Fasola

On my fourth trip to the Normandy, France D-Day Beaches, I took my father and mother along. As a daughter of a World...

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Richard Kava
Maternal Uncle of Founder and President, Barbara (Barager) Fasola

Richard Kava served as a navigator for Bomber Group 450, The Flying Cottontails. While serving in Italy, he was shot...

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Walter D. Keefe, Sr.
Uncle of Executive Vice President of Direct Marketing & Customer Engagement, Chuck Misasi

After graduating from St. Agatha's Elementary School in 1941, Walter attended Farragut High School. He...

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James Edward Sell
Uncle of Careington owner, Dr. Martin Rinker

1916 - 2007. By trade, James was a chemical engineer, but it was his unique artistic skills that served our country in a...

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Charles Edgar (Eddie) Handlin
Grandfather of Justin Hajek, Assistant Vice President of Program Management, DialCare

10/1/1923 - 2/17/1985. Charles (Eddie) Handlin entered the Navy in the spring of 1943 and went to basic training/boot camp...

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Leslie Nathaniel Prewitt
Grandfather of Melissa Baumann, Chief Financial Officer

Inducted 8/8/1942 with honorable discharge 10/21/1945. Nathaniel Prewitt witnessed intense action in North Africa and Italy...

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Andrew Peyton Burke
Grandfather of Melissa Baumann, Chief Financial Officer

Inducted 2/25/1944 with honorable discharge 11/24/1945. Private Andrew Burke served with the USMC in the...

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Edward Scott
Great Uncle of Jamie Saunders, VP of Marketing & Communications

11/21/1918 - 10/17/1943. Edward Monroe Scott was a senior at Oregon State University studying forestry when World...

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Billy Fortenberry
Grandfather of Kelby Fortenberry, Compliance Manager

Billy Fortenberry served in the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was a Navigator on a C-47, a Curtiss...

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John William Vaughn
Grandfather-in-law of Becca Bean, Senior Vice President of DialCare

John William Vaughn served in World War II from 1943 to 1945 and the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.

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William Larson, MD
Paternal Grandfather of Becca Bean, Senior Vice President of DialCare

William Larson served in the Navy from 1945 to 1946 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, WA as...

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Richard Seyller
Maternal Grandfather of Becca Bean, Senior Vice President of DialCare

Richard Seyller served in the Army as Private First Class, 2nd Battalion, 254th Infantry Regiment...

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Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

WWII Heroes In Our Community

Do you have a hero you'd like to share with our Families of World War II Veterans community? Send your story to egallaway@familiesww2veterans.org or find us on Facebook!

James Finn
United States Navy

James Finn is a World War II hero who served from 1942 to 1946 as a Naval Aviator, earning the rank of Petty Officer...

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Victor W. Butler
Tuskegee Airmen

Victor W. Butler is a retired sergeant and one of the last known surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen known...

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Joseph De Luccia
United States Air Force

Joseph De Luccia was born in the Bronx in 1924. He attended grade school in Paterson, New Jersey. De Luccia was...

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Burnie Sutter
United States Army

Burnett (Burnie) Louis Sutter was born on April 7, 1921 to Louis and Oszetta Sutter, near Muscatine, Iowa and has a...

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Frank Rist
United States Navy

Frank Rist served in the United States Navy in the Naval Construction Battalion, better known as the Seabees, during...

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Coy Smith
United States Navy

It wasn't uncommon for boys to lie about their age in order to serve during the war. Coy Smith was eager to serve his...

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