War Stories

Army Corporal Ralph Imbrogno

June 18, 2020

A member of a Combat Engineer Battalion during the Korean War, Ralph Imbrogno spent plenty of time in harms way while maintaining and building roads and keeping the front line supplied. Ralph Imbrogno was born in Chicago and lived in the Near West Side neighborhood of Laflin and Lexington. He graduated from Crane Tech High School and was drafted into […]

Navy Machinist Mate 3rd Class Carl Liture

June 18, 2020

Carl Liture saw plenty of action on board the Shangri-La, which nevertheless survived World War II without sustaining serious damage. Carl Liture was born and raised in Chicago. He joined the Navy when he was 17 years old, suffered an attack of appendicitis the same day and was sent home. In March 1944, at the age of 18, Liture was […]