Here are 14 more heroic stories from Wisconsin's World War II veterans in this sequel to "The Hero Next Door." Meet:
• An Army signalman who scaled poles and dodged bullets to lay the thin line that held Allied communications together across Africa and Italy.
• A woman pilot who tested bombers and military tradition.
• An Army nurse who endured the sandy desert heat to mend wounded soldiers coming through the 81st Station Hospital in Africa.
• A submariner who swam enemy-held waters with seven surviving crewmates before being rescued by Philippine guerilla fighters.
• An Army artilleryman who “dodged” the draft by enlisting in the Army in 1939 and was taken prisoner by the Japanese in May of 1942—and survived 40 months as a prisoner of war.
• An Army signalman who scaled poles and dodged bullets to lay the thin line that held Allied communications together across Africa and Italy.
• A woman pilot who tested bombers and military tradition.
• An Army nurse who endured the sandy desert heat to mend wounded soldiers coming through the 81st Station Hospital in Africa.
• A submariner who swam enemy-held waters with seven surviving crewmates before being rescued by Philippine guerilla fighters.
• An Army artilleryman who “dodged” the draft by enlisting in the Army in 1939 and was taken prisoner by the Japanese in May of 1942—and survived 40 months as a prisoner of war.
