{"id":37766,"date":"2013-09-29T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37766"},"modified":"2013-09-29T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T17:07:48","slug":"john-perozzis-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37766","title":{"rendered":"John Perozzi’s story"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve crossed paths with John Perozzi in the past, twice last year here<\/a> and here<\/a>. ROS sends us a link to a local Fox affiliate’s<\/a> interview with him;<\/p>\n

Perozzi didn’t have to go into the Army during World War II.<\/p>\n

In 1943, at age 23, he worked his way through night school to become the high-level welder, a certified Navy welder, building warships at the Navy Yard and making 10 times average pay for everybody else working then.<\/p>\n

“When a guy was making $18 a week, he was making a ton of money. I was making $140, $150 a week. I bought me one of those six-wheel Buicks,” Perozzi said, laughing.<\/p>\n

Doing his part as a civilian by building the best warships came with being exempt from the draft, and that just didn’t seem right to Perozzi. So, he voluntarily went into battle.<\/p>\n

His first mission was to be among the first men to invade Normandy on D-Day, parachuting in behind Nazi enemy lines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my pinion, Perozzi personifies the Greatest Generation. Watch this seven minute interview. <\/p>\n