Dedicated to the 137 Minneapolis Edison Tommie alumni that died in service to the country during World War 2, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Remember Ervin Hegre today. Ervin was killed by German artillery fire on 20Sep1944 near Bénicourt, France. Learn more about Ervin here.
Ervin is the 64th Edison Hero (of 116) from World War 2 to be featured on this site. Learn about the others here.
Remember William Warhol today. William was killed on 26Apr1952 when his ship collided with the USS Wasp while training for deployment to Korea. Learn more about William here.
William is the 4th Edison Hero (of 7) from Korea to be featured on this site. Learn more about the others here.
Remember Robert Yankoski today. Robert was killed on 24Oct1972 while working on the flight deck of the USS Midway when a plane crashed onto the deck while landing. Learn more about Robert here.
Robert is the 2nd Edison Hero (of 12) featured on this page. Learn about the others here.
Remember Joseph Schaefer today. He was killed in action on 26Mar1953 in Korea. Learn more about Joseph here.
Joseph is the 3rd Edison Hero (of 7) from the Korean War to be featured on this site. Learn about the others here.
Remember Robert Sorenson today. Robert was killed in action near Cassino, Italy on 5Febr1944. Learn more about Robert here.
Robert is the 65th Edison Hero (of 116) from World War 2 featured on this site.
Learn about the others here.
Remember Richard Humenick today. Richard is the youngest Edison Hero to die in combat during World War 2. He was only 17 years 10 months old when he was killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa. Lear more about Richard here.
Richard is 1 of 134 Edison Heroes who died in service to the country. Learn about the others here.
Today is the 80th anniversary of V-J day. The day that Japan offered their unconditional surrender to the Allies, and the end of World War 2.
Japan surrendered after the Allies conducted a months long conventional bombing campaign of 64 Japanese cities, and dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).
Starting with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, over 111,600 US service members were killed in the war with Japan. 26 Edison Heroes are included in that total.
It is estimated that over 36 million people (civilian and military) died in the war with Japan.
Had Japan not surrendered, a planned land invasion of Japan would have likely extended the war by over a year, and resulted in up to 800,000 additional deaths of US personnel.
Remember Joseph Olejarka today. Joseph was killed in action near Seoul, Korea on 30Sep1950. He was the first Edison Hero to be killed in the Korean War. Learn more about Joseph here.
Joseph is the 2nd of 7 Edison Heroes from the Korean War to be features on this site.
Remember William Mueller today. William was a highly decorated fighter pilot who was killed in action 81 years ago today.
Previously featured on this site, new pictures and information have been added to his page.
Learn more about William here.
Remember Irving Knealing today. Irving died of wounds from German artillery fire while fighting in France on 19July1944.
Learn more about Irving here.
Irving is the 64th Edison Hero featured on this site.
Learn about the others here.
