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Persoonlijke gegevens Frederick Larry de Leo 

• Alternatieve naam: Fiore (Fred) de Leo
• Hij is geboren op 3 december 1923 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten.Bronnen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Hij werd gedoopt op 14 mei 1924 in St. Blaise RC Ch, Brooklyn, New York, Verenigde Staten.
• Woonachtig:
• Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten.Bron 6
• op 1 juni 1925: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.Bron 1
• in het jaar 1935: New York, Kings, New York.Bron 4
• op 1 april 1940: New York, Kings, New York, United States.Bron 4
• in het jaar 1930: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten.Bron 3
• Hij is overleden op 14 oktober 2011 in Citrus County, Florida, United States of America, hij was toen 87 jaar oud.Bronnen 2, 5
• Hij is begraven in Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, United States of America.Bron 2
• Een kind van Pasquale "Patsy" de Leo en Rosann de Marco

Gezin van Frederick Larry de Leo

Hij is getrouwd met Rachela Filoseta.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 9 juni 1946 te St Francis Assis, Brooklyn, New York, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Stephen Joseph de Leo  1955-2004 
2. (Niet openbaar)

Notities over Frederick Larry de Leo

These notes were posted by my father.

Fred was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York at 486 Hawthorne Street.

Fred was Baptised at St. Blaise Roman Catholic Church at Kingston Avenue and Maple Street. He grew up at 612 East New York Avenue where he met and married his childhood sweetheart Rachela (Rae) Filoseta.

Fred was a member of the 365th Infantry Regt. N. Y. National Guard. He was called to active duty in the U. S. Army in November, 1942. After basic training was completed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Fred was transferred to the Port of Embarkation at Camp Kilmer, N.J. He boarded a * Liberty Ship bound for England. During this crossing, several attempts were made by enemy U-boats at sinking some of the convoy. Fred's ship was safe enough because laying off the Port Bow was the Battleship ** TEXAS with his brother Blaise at his 40mm Gun Station.

Fred's first assignment in England was at Sherwood Forest in Nottingham with the 9th Air Corps. He then received training with the British on Construction, maintenance, and distruction of the *** HORSA Glider at the factory at Christ Church. With the Horsa he would eventually cross the channel on D-Day, Battle of the Bulge and **** Operation Market Garden. When the war ended, Fred was in Belgium, receiving orders to transfer to the Pacific Theater of Operations. While crossing the Atlantic, Japan surrendered. Fred was discharged from Tampa, Florida and remained in the active reserve then to Inactive reserve. Prior to the Korean Conflict, Fred switched to the Naval Reserve and was called to active duty. He was assigned to NATTU-CIC Glenview N.A.S., Ill. This was a training unit for Combat Information. Fred was discharged from active duty 29 Oct 1952.
* "LIBERTY SHIPS" The Ugly Ducklings of World War II by John Gorley Bunker
Page 6. "The design came from Sunderland and originated in 1879. The Liberty was based on an old tramp ship design." (Sunderland, England) fff ** "TEXAS" USS Page 115 "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 1981" Battleship No. 35 first commissioned 12 Mar 1914. Served on escort duty until the invasion of North Africa was used for bombardment in preporation for troop landings. Was present for same type of mission at Normandy D-Day invasions as well as Southern France invasions. See Biagio
Blaise Frank De Leo, this report, more about the "TEXAS".
*** "HORSA" was the standard Paratroop Glider of the British Army. Due to
the shortage of English Soldiars, these units employed American, Free
Polish and British Colonial Troops. It was Fred's job to keep them in
fighting Trim after they land. Make fast repairs, set hooks so as to be
drawn into the air by low flying C 47s to return with more troops. If it
could not be repaired it was blown up so as not fall into the hands of
the enemy. This was hazardous duty.
**** "OPERATION MARKET GARDEN" The Combined Airbourne invasion of Netherlands
by US and British Paratroops which ended in failure and great loss of
life and equipment.
READ: A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
READ: The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles B. MacDonald * note This is
part of a Set Entitled US ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, European Theater of Oper-
ations and published by CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY, UNITED STATES ARMY.
For Sale by the Supt. of Documents, U.S. Printing Office, Washington, DC.

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