Three Luzetsky Brothers
who Served our Country
Nick (deceased) joined the navy just out
of school and had basic training at Bainbridge. He was then sent to Virginia
where he was assigned to the signal tower. He explained: “My job was to
identify all of the ships sailing through there off the bay on their way to
Norfolk, Little Creek, and so on. Using lights with coded signals, we had to
document where the vessels came from, where they were going, how long they were
going to stay, as well as other information. Not long after that the war was
over and I was discharged. I caught the Cape Charles ferry, boarded a train to
Wilmington, and thumbed it home. The first car that came by picked me up.”
Brother Bill (81)
was sent to Korea from San Francisco after basic army training in Camp Chaffee,
Arkansas. “It wasn’t too good in Korea, living in bunkers,” Bill pointed out.
“I was in artillery, the 29th Division, I believe, and operated
mostly behind the line. When we first landed we got artillery fire right on us.
We were relocated right away but could hear the shells whistling in on us. When
the war ended we were shipped home across the Pacific and through the Panama
Canal. We disembarked in Baltimore where I hitch-hiked home. Sure, I thought
about all of us brothers in the service at once . . . but I didn’t dwell on it;
it was just something we had to do.”
Alex (deceased), the youngest of the
brothers, served in the army during the Korean War but did not leave the States.
After basic training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, he was sent to Fort Carson,
Colorado, where he was assigned to the Heavy Mortar Company of the 155th
Infantry. His wife, Betty, said that the army was ready to ship his company
into combat when the Korean War ended.
All of our service
men and women—people like the Luzetsky brothers—and our current fighting men
and women deserve our heartfelt support. We would not be the free nation we are
today without their bravery and devotion.
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