John and Marion Ackley

Name: Marion Ackley
Hometown: Catasauqua, Pa.
Military Branch: Army Nurse
Rank: 1st Lieutenant

Name: John Ackley
Military Branch: U.S. Army Air Corp.
Rank: Captain-- P-38 pilot

Tony Esposito

Name: Tony Esposito
Hometown: East Moline, Ill.
Served: 1943-1945
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Locations: North Africa, Italy (multiple locations)-- 7th Army, Service and Supplies
After: Attended St. Ambrose University- undergraduate. Attended University of Iowa- graduate, Was a school principal and taught at St. Ann's in Port Byron, Ill. Has four children (one deceased), five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Robert Carlson

Name: Robert P. 'Bud' Carlson
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Served: May 1944- June 1946
Military Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: Electrician's Mate 2nd Class
Locations: Invasion of Iow Jima, Invasion of Okinawa, -- 'Magic Carpet', Converted ship to return troops to U.S.
After: Graduated from Iowa State. Worked for John Deere for 36 years.

Pat Walseth

Name: Patrick N. Walseth
Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.
Branch: U.S. Navy
Rank: MM 3/c
Locations: Invasion of Iow Jima (LSM43), Iceland (CBMU514)
Afterward: University of Minnesota, Metallurgical Engineer, Deere and Co., Retired 1982. Lives in Iowa with wife of 60 years, Joan, has five children and five grandchildren.

James Padesky

Name: James E. "Jake" Padesky
Hometown: La Crosse, Wis.
Served: June 1942- Aug. 1946
Military Branch: 9th Airforce
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Locations: England, France, Germany
Today: Graduated from Notre Dame University in 1947. Retired from a Ford card dealership after 29 years. Married with four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.