Peacetime Service
Select name:
Caso, Adolph: U.S. Army: 1957-1987
Mearian, Lucas: U.S. Marines:1981 to 1990
Ray, John: U.S. Army: 1935 to 1968
Pinsley, Arnold: U.S. Army: 1962 to 1968 and Israeli Air Force: 1977-1988
Smith, Thomas: U.S. Navy: 1945 to 1946
Taffe, Richard: U.S. Army: 1936 to 1966
Thalheimer, Lucien: U.S. Army: 1947 to 1949
Watling, Harry: U.S. Navy: 1957 to 1963
Webb, Alton "Al": U.S. Marines: 1960 to 1964 
Peacetime Veterans Summaries
Caso, Adolph: U.S. Army
As a young child in Italy near Naples, Mr. Caso witnessed a lot of warfare-Axis and Allied- during World War II. Later he immigrated to the United States and served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Vicenza, Italy.
Mearian, Lucas: U.S. Marines
This interview covers Mr. Mearian's service with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the
1st Marine Division from 1981 to 1990. Trained as a machine gunner, Mr. Mearian
was a Marine Guard aboard the USS American (aircraft carrier) and served on the home front with drug intervention units near the Mexican border.
Ray, John
Vol. 3
This interview covers Mr. Ray's World War II service in Europe. He highlights his efforts to boost morale among POWs in the Hammelberg camp, his return to the United States and his years teaching law at West Point Academy after the war.
Vol. 4
This interview covers Mr. Ray's service an officer in the 546th field Artillery Battalion in Korea,
the 80th Field Artillery Battalion in the Nike missile defense sites in New York and his years teaching
law at West Point.
Smith, Thomas: U.S. Navy
This interview discusses Mr. Smith's service during World War II in the Pacific Theater
and during peace time at the Atomic bomb tests on Bikini Atoll.
Pinsley, Arnold: U.S. Army: 1962 to 1968 and Israeli Army: 1977 to 1988
This interview covers Mr. Pinsley's service in the U.S. Army in Field Communications from 1962 to 1968 and with the Israeli Air Force on a SWAT team from 1977 to 1988.
Taffe, Richard: U.S. Army
This interview discusses Mr. Taffe's service in the U.S. Army during World War II, the
Korean War and the Vietnam War. His duties ranged from infantry soldier to work for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Thalheimer, Lucien
This interview covers Mr. Thalheimer's service with the 175th Military Police Battalion
in West Germany during the Allied occupation.
Watling, Harry: U.S. Navy
This interview discusses Mr. Watling's service in the U.S. Navy during peacetime
(1957-1963) and in the Massachusetts National Guard 1982-1998.
Webb, Alton "Al": U. S. Marines
This interview covers Mr. Webb's service with the 2nd Marine Air Wing in North and South
Carolina from 1960 until 1964.
See Al Webb's photographs
14 East Central Street