Born 21 Jun 1891 in Prince Georges County, MD to Gustavus J. and Elizabeth W. (Hambleton) Ober. Graduate of Princeton University, 1913. One of five brothers to serve in WWI. Enlisted Maryland National Guard, 28 May 1917 thru 26 Nov 1917; Battery A Maryland Field Artillery. Officers Reserve Corps, 27 Nov 1917; Overseas Service, 26…
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PFC William Amrheim
Born 12 Dec 1895 in Baltimore, MD. Son of Joseph and Regina (Gundelag) Amrheim. Name is spelled variously as Amrheim and Amrhein. Cemetery marker spelled as Amrheim. With the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore at the outset of WWI. Attached as a gunner with the 14th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Division,…
Violist Anthony Iovane
Born 16 Sep 1914, and raised in Giulianova Italy, Violist Anthony “Tony” Iovane immigrated to the United States in 1953. Having graduated from the Conservatory of Music Statale Pescara with further study at Rome’s Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, and a teaching gig in Bologna, Anthony felt America held a better promise for achieving his musical…
Seaman Joseph B. Hedenger
Served aboard the USS Indiana during the Spanish American War. Enlisted at the age of 18 in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman Apprentice on 9 Jul 1888, serving onboard the training sloop, the USS Jamestown (1844). Born 29 Oct 1870 in Baltimore, MD to John and Mary (McFarland) Hedenger. John’s father was a Chief…
Pvt. Wilmer Aubrey Disney
113th Ambulance Corps, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Force (AEF), WWI. Born 27 Dec 1893 in Bowie, MD to Cornelius and Anna (Anderson) Disney. Died 20 Nov 1918 near Verdun, France. Commended for bravery along with four others by his company commander for bringing a wounded soldier through enemy fire after a raid on the German…
1st. Lt. Benjamin M. Hodges
Paymaster, 1st Regiment of Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division of Lt. Col. David Harris’ Maryland Militia. Born 2 Feb 1775 in Baltimore, MD. Died 27 July 1867, aged 92 years, 5 Months & 25 Days. Baltimore Merchant, City Board of Trade Director, Jurist. Service Notes: The First Regiment of Artillery of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd…
Sgt. Stanley Delcher
Regimental Supply Sergeant, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment. Born in Baltimore, MD to William J. and Ada Byrona (Doud) Delcher on 8 Jul 1889.
Teamster Mahlon Debow
Korea: Twin Tunnels
Description Army University Press presents Korea: Twin Tunnels. This documentary addresses how the United States Army of 1950 fought in the Korean peninsula, while accentuating doctrine pertinent to today’s U.S. Army. The end of the Second World War resulted in the dismantling of the Japanese Empire. As a territory of that empire, Korea witnessed the…
Surrender of the Philippines/Battle of Bataan
Description The Battle of Bataan (7 January – 9 April 1942) was a battle fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Imperial Japan during World War II. In December 1941, Imperial Japanese forces attacked the Philippines. The commander-in-chief of all U.S. and Filipino forces in the islands, General Douglas MacArthur, consolidated all…