0531-W2M-05/2011
Tony
Santoro, PFC
U. S. Army
Dates of Service: 1940 - 03/1945 Paratrooper, 501st Parachute BN http://www.oralhistory.ws/tpl/norton_audio.php?file=a126373f9b4707e6fe57d753573cbe5b10056f86.mp3
Tony joined the army and volunteered for service in the 501st Airborne Battalion, the first of such units organized. In 1943 he jumped with the battalion into Lae, New Guinea. Although well-armed he had little equipment for human comforts on the battlefield.
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