The Hero Next Door

Soldier Engineer James Church

Portage, Wis. & Elk River, Minn.

U.S. Army

May 1943 - January 1946

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WOUNDED SURVIVOR--- James A. Duncan

Madison, Wis.

Distinguished Trooper James L. Geach

Island Lake, Hurley, Wis.

U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, 325th Glider Infantry Pathfinders/Paratrooper

December 1942 - September 1945

Combat Lineman Norton Hubbard

Middleton, Wis.

U.S. Army, Signal Corps

September 1942 - December 1945

Flying Boater George Kinsler

Tomahawk, Wis.

U.S. Navy

June 1941 - December 1945

Island Fighter Russ Kohloff

Beloit, Wis.

U.S. Marine Corps

January 1942 - November 1945

Hometown Pilot Lt. Col. Garvin Kowalke (USAF ret.)

Baraboo, Wis. & Universal City, Texas

U.S. Army Air Corps & US Air Force

1942 - November 1970

Battered Jumper Joe Reilly

Janesville, Wis.

U.S. Army

March 1943 - December 1945

Fighting Brothers Archie & Gerald Sanderson

Elroy, Wis.

U.S. Army Engineers & US Air Force, respectively

1942 - 1945

Soldier By Trade Gene Skaar

Cottage Grove, Wis.

U.S. Army

January 1943 - December 1945

Pearl Harbor Shooter Clyde Stephenson

Appleton, Wis.

U.S. Marine Corps

1940 - January 1946

Airman Adrift John Topolski

South Milwaukee, Wis..

U.S. Army Air Corps

January 1943 - December 1945

Presidential Pilot Ernie Tresch

Oregon, Wis.

U.S. Army Air Corps

Nov. 7, 1941 - April 1, 1948