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Leonard P. Grabuski nacque il 7 febbraio 1924 a Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, figlio di Benjamin e Constance Grabuski. Diplomatosi alla Mount Carmel High School nel 1941, lavorò alla Sun Ship Building and Drydock Company prima di arruolarsi nell'Esercito il 26 marzo 1943. Dopo l'addestramento a Camp Crowder, la scuola radio a Sioux Falls e le ali da mitragliere conquistate a Laredo, fu assegnato all'826º Bombardment Squadron, 484º Bombardment Group, 15ª Air Force, in Italia.Leonard P. Grabuski was born on 7 February 1924 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin and Constance Grabuski. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in 1941 and worked at the Sun Ship Building and Drydock Company before enlisting in the Army on 26 March 1943. After training at Camp Crowder, radio school at Sioux Falls and earning his Aerial Gunner's Wings at Laredo, he was assigned to the 826th Bombardment Squadron, 484th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, in Italy.Leonard P. Grabuski wurde am 7. Februar 1924 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, als Sohn von Benjamin und Constance Grabuski geboren. 1941 machte er seinen Abschluss an der Mount Carmel High School und arbeitete bei der Sun Ship Building and Drydock Company, bevor er am 26. März 1943 in die Armee eintrat. Nach der Ausbildung in Camp Crowder, der Funkschule in Sioux Falls und dem Erwerb seiner Bordschützen-Abzeichen in Laredo wurde er der 826th Bombardment Squadron, 484th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, in Italien zugeteilt.
Promosso sergente, fu mitragliere laterale destro del B-24 #42-51882. Atleta noto in gioventù — giocava a baseball, calcio e pallacanestro — è oggi sepolto nell'Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia.Promoted to Sergeant, he served as right waist gunner of B-24 #42-51882. A noted young athlete — he played baseball, soccer and basketball — he is now buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.Zum Sergeant befördert, diente er als rechter Seitenschütze der B-24 #42-51882. Als bekannter junger Sportler — er spielte Baseball, Fußball und Basketball — ist er heute auf dem Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia bestattet.
Come in tutti gli Stati Uniti durante la guerra, i giornali locali seguivano i propri ragazzi: l'addestramento, le promozioni, e infine la cattura, le ferite o la morte. La American Legion di Mount Carmel raccolse gli articoli sui soldati della zona. Nel primo anniversario dell'abbattimento, il 20 febbraio 1946, la famiglia pubblicò sul giornale locale i versi «In Memoriam» riprodotti nella pagina della Dedica.As all across the United States during the war, local newspapers followed their own boys: training, promotions, and finally capture, wounds or death. The Mount Carmel American Legion collected the articles on the area's servicemen. On the first anniversary of the downing, 20 February 1946, the family published in the local paper the “In Memoriam” verse reproduced on the Dedication page.Wie überall in den Vereinigten Staaten während des Krieges verfolgten die Lokalzeitungen ihre eigenen Jungen: Ausbildung, Beförderungen und schließlich Gefangennahme, Verwundung oder Tod. Die American Legion von Mount Carmel sammelte die Artikel über die Soldaten der Gegend. Am ersten Jahrestag des Abschusses, dem 20. Februar 1946, veröffentlichte die Familie in der Lokalzeitung den „In Memoriam"-Vers, der auf der Widmungsseite wiedergegeben ist.
