Solomon Schwartz

Solomon Schwartz

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Solomon Schwartz 09/15/1918  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Army Air Corps << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Solomon Schwartz was twenty-three years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. His unit was...
Robert Thacker

Robert Thacker

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Robert Thacker 02/21/1918  El Centro, CA  Army Air Corps << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Robert Thacker grew up in El Centro, California, and was determined to find something better. At 19, he requested...
Robert Friend

Robert Friend

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Robert Friend 02/29/1920  Columbia, SC  Army Air Corps << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Flying low along the Danube River, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friend had an oil laden river barge in his gunsights....
Robert Blackmore

Robert Blackmore

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Robert Blackmore 09/12/1924  East Los Angeles, CA  Navy << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Blackmore traces his ancestry back to the city of Galway, on the west coast of...
Richard Chase

Richard Chase

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Richard Chase 11/20/1925  San Diego, CA  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Seventy years after the war, Richard Chase was awarded a Bronze Star. “I’m not a hero,” he said quickly. “I’m just another...