Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society honors the military service and sacrifices of its members and their ancestors. Click on each link for an expanded story about these heroes.
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| George D. Marks |
August 22, 1921 -
World War II - July 7, 1942 - November 10, 1945
PFC , 117th Radio Signal Intelligence Company
Born 9 December 1831, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Died 24 March 1905, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Civil War Service: 23 Sep 1861 - 5 Feb 1863
PFC, Company A, Michigan 8th Infantry Regiment
Great-greatgrandfather of Ron Setzer
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| Donald L. Whitney |
Born 31 March 1926, Wentworth, New Hampshire
Died 6 March 2010, Lincoln, Placer, California
Coast Guard: WW II and Korean War
Father of Robyn Whitney Fitzwater
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| Donovan K. Webster |
Born 6 Jan 1931, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Died 14 Jan 2008, Paul, Minidoka, Idaho
Korean War: Field Artillery unit operating
the 155mm Howitzer in the Fifth Armored Division
Recipient: Korean Service Medal with two service stars and the United Nations Service Medal for Korea
Father-in-law of Curtis Jones
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| Edwin Hanisch |
Born May 1917, Cleveland, Ohio
Died 1973, Sacramento, California
WWII Navy radio operator, where his German language skills monitoring German communications; served on the SS Tucker, a U.S. destroyer
Father-in-law of John Jay
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| Herman A. Hibsch |
Herman August Hibsch (1878 - 1939)
Spanish American War, U.S. Calvary, 4th Regiment, Company M
Great-great Uncle of Denise H. Richmond
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| Alba W. Hibsch |
Alba William Hibsch (1896 - 1959)
(standing second from right)
World War I, U.S. Army
Grandfather of Denise H. Richmond
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| Gian G. Fiorini |
Born 1897, Traona, Italy, immigrated to the United States in 1914,
and became a U.S. citizen in 1928
Father-in-law of Nancy Fiorini
born 19 Jul 1892, Albany, Gentry County, Missouri
died 13 Mar 1966, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.
Letter from the Front, a transcription of a letter written by Denise Miller's maternal grandmother’s brother Sherman Franklin Snow
Paris France Nov 11th 1918
Dear Folks:-
This morning at sunrise I was in this city on my return to camp and will go out to night. This has been the most wonderful day I ever spent. In fact I suppose it is that to every one but being in a city like this and some thing happens like this is beyond comparison. At 11 oclock no one knew of the armistis being signed, but...[Read More]
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