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Hank was medically retired from Republic Steel in 1977 after 2 heart attacks brought on by Insulin Dependent Diabetes that he contracted in the mid-50's. Doctors were never able to bring his disease under control, and it aged him prematurely.
He was in a diabetic coma for 95days in 1963. He was survived by his wife Catherine (31 years), and 3 children. Were he alive today he would be a grandfather to 6, and a Great Grandfather to 3
He was a member of the Brownshidle Post of the American Legion in Tonawanda, NY, where his wife was Auxiliary President for several years.
Other Comments:
Both of his sons followed him into the Department of the Navy.
The older, Henry ---a Navy Corpsman,(Pharmacy Tech and Fleet Marine Force Field Corpsman) and served 8.5 years,the younger,Paul-- a Truck and Bus driver with the Marines for 4 years.
His Grand-daughter Alison is an Air Force Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and daughter in law Wanda a 20 year Navy Retiree (HM convert to DP1 (SW) and veteran of Operation Desert Storm.
World War II/European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Sicily Campaign (1943)
From Month/Year
July / 1943
To Month/Year
August / 1943
Description (Sicily Campaign 9 July to 17 August 1943) In preparation for the invasion of Sicily the Allies captured the islands in the Sicilian strait, with aerial bombardment forcing the capitulation of Pantelleria on 11 June 1943. By that time Allied air power had begun the attack on Sicily by bombing defenses and airfields. The invasion itself got under way on the night of 9/10 July with airborne landings that were followed the next day by an amphibious assault. The enemy offered strong resistance, but the Allies had superiority in the air and soon had planes operating from Sicilian bases to support Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Patton’s Seventh.
Interdictory operations against communications in Italy and between Italy and Sicily convinced the enemy that it would be impossible to move strong reinforcements. By 17 August 1943 the Allies were in possession of the island, but they had not been able to prevent a German evacuation across the Strait of Messina.
