Posted 10 months ago
italiangirl
(19 items)
I believe this is a World War 2 shield and prayer book....with the name of officer joseph sartorio...u.s. army...dont know much else but if anyone has more info let me know...thanks
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Thank you Packrat-place ...
thanks again manikin...
thanks petey..
You are correct-- it is WW2 era.
These were a popular gift to soldiers during the war-- how could a loved one not spend the few dollars to provide this for their departing soldier!
Your guy was a PFC, Private First Class and not an officer.
scott
Here is some additional information on Sartorio:
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=sartorio+joseph&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2882149
scott
Wow thank you so much for the information...i.did find out he passed away in 1989 and was buried in egg harbor city cemetery......thank you so much scottvez...
its amazing to be able to find out so much info.....
Thanks for the love officialfuel.....
The web makes research so much easier!
I remember the days of National Archive requests (3- 4 month turn around) in order to get information about Civil War soldiers. Now it is available in seconds.
scott