05.31.10

In Memoriam

Posted in History, Life at 8:36 pm by

In the 1940s, all four of the children of John and Mary Ardisson of Export, Pennsylvania, answered the call of their country and served overseas in branches of the United States Army. All four were lucky enough to return home safely. Since the last Memorial Day, two of them have left us.

Dorothy Ardisson, US Army Nurse Corps, World War IIGerald Ardisson, US Army Air Forces, World War II

Dorothy Anna Ardisson, 1917-2009
Second Lieutenant, US Army Nurse Corps, World War II (March 1942-October 1945); service at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, and Oran, Algeria

Gerald John Ardisson, 1921-2009
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Forces, World War II (March 1943-October 1945); service in the skies over France and Germany from Nottingham, England

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