Good news about a family I know..however the dates must be incorrect..L Myers ----- Original Message ----- From: <vernoncook@juno.com> To: <PAINDIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: [INDIANA] Fw: [PaCambri] Four Commodore Brothers In Service; One Now in Egypt > >From our neighbors to the east... > > Vernon C. Cook USN(Ret) > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Marilynkwash@aol.com > To: PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 16:11:17 EDT > Subject: [PaCambri] Four Commodore Brothers In Service; One Now in Egypt > Message-ID: <1dd.206a6054.2dc55e65@aol.com> > > Barnesboro Star, Thursday, September 19, 1942 > > FOUR COMMODORE BROTHERS IN SERVICE; ONE NOW IN EGYPT > > Four sons of Norman W. Stiffler, Sr. of Commodore, Indiana > County, > are with the United States Armed Forces in the fight for freedom > The one son, Sergt. Norman E. Stiffler, Jr., 24, is the soldier > who > was reported last week in press dispatches from Cairo, Egypt, as having a > > narrow escape from death when his oxygen mask froze on his face while his > bomber > was flying at high altitude in a raid over Tobruk. Norman was rendered > unconscious and efforts of the crew to bring him to were unsuccessful > until the > navigator in the ship gulped oxygen and blew it directly into Stiffler's > lungs. > Norman has been in the Army Air corps since March 15, 1941. > A brother, James W. Stiffler, 23, has been in the Army since > February > 5, 1938, and holds the high noncommissioned grade of technical sergeant. > He > is on duty at Indiantown Gap. > Pvt. Wayne W. Stiffler, the third brother, enlisted in the Army > on > September 18, 1940, and is detailed to duty at present at Fort Bragg, NC. > He is > 20 years old. > The fourth brother, Alvin C. Stiffler, aged 21, was inducted into > the > armed forces on August 25 and this week began active training. > The father of the four boys is employed by the Clearfield > Bituminous > Coal Corporation at Commodore. > > Is this family of four Stiffler brothers in the War a descendant > of > one from the Civil War with four sons also serving? > > > ==== PACAMBRI Mailing List ==== > When responding to a message thread that has been ongoing, please check > the subject line to make sure that it accurately reflects the topic of > your message. > > > ==== PAINDIAN Mailing List ==== > Indiana County Prothonotary & Clerk of Courts > For general Information and research requests contact: > Phone: (724) 465-3856 or > E-mail: prococ@indianacounty.org> > >