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Pat DeRosa - U.S. Army 1943-46

Pat DeRosa of Montauk died of natural causes in his sleep on March 30th. He was 101. In 1943, at the height of WWII, Pat was drafted into the Army Air Forces and sent to Greensboro, NC for basic training.  Soon after, Pat was offered to audition for the “Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band” and was accepted.  He spent three years traveling around the US with the band performing and entertaining the troops.

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