Jack Gutman

Jack Gutman

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Jack Gutman 12/19/1925  San Francisco, CA  Navy << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Jack Gutman knew at an early age that he was a healer—not a fighter—as a medical corpsman treating the wounded during the...
Hershel Williams

Hershel Williams

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Hershel Williams 10/02/1923  Quiet Dell, WV  USMC – 3rd Marine Division << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Marines were bored and anxious, as they sat offshore in their amphibious shipping quarters....
George Hughes

George Hughes

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco George Hughes 06/22/1918  Loyalton, CA  Navy << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Ensign George Hughes was performing calisthenics and simply “tossing telephone poles back and forth” with other trainees at...
Ernest Martinez

Ernest Martinez

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Ernest Martinez 09/25/1921  Tularosa, NM  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco PFC Ernest Martinez was born in the desert village of Tularosa in south central New Mexico in 1921, the first year the World...
Elmo Espree

Elmo Espree

WW II HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Elmo Espree 09/14/1921  Los Angeles, CA  Army << Return to WWII HEROES: Photographs by Zach Coco Elmo ran supplies 13 times through the Himalayas to U.S. troops and their Chinese Army allies fighting the Japanese in the...