Muriel Engelman

Muriel Engelman

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Muriel Engelman 01/12/1921  Meriden, CT  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Muriel always wanted to be a nurse. After graduating from high school, she applied for nurse’s training in Cambridge,...
Louis Cañedo

Louis Cañedo

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Louis Cañedo 03/06/1926  San Diego, CA  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Louis Cañedo was born to a loving family in the Logan Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California. His father Joseph was from...
Leonard Zerlin

Leonard Zerlin

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Leonard Zerlin 12/10/1923  Brooklyn, NY  Army Air Corps << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Leonard Zerlin was aware of what was happening in Germany years before the United States entered World War II. He...
Joseph Reilly

Joseph Reilly

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Joseph Reilly 05/07/1921  Janesville, WI  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco “We’re looking for volunteers for the Airborne.” Twenty-two-year-old Joseph Reilly was stationed at Camp Robinson, Arkansas...
Joseph “Doc” Kadziel

Joseph “Doc” Kadziel

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Joseph “Doc” Kadziel 02/06/1925  Newark, NJ  Navy << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco “Doc” Kadziel’s day had already been long, and an even longer night loomed. Having boarded the landing craft...