A Corporal Once
The author was drafted into the Army in 1941 from his birthplace in   Philadelphia.  He survived a wartime tour through four hard-fought campaigns in   Africa and Italy as a paratrooper in the very distinguished 509th Parachute   Infantry Battalion.  Wounded on the Anzio beachhead in Italy, he was awarded the   Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantry Badge.  He is married to   the former Eileen F. Kennedy, the father of five and the grandfather of   thirteen..