Earl T HADLEY was born on the 14th of July 1921 , at West Avoca ,Pennsylvania. Before the war he was a short-order cook in New York City, he left home at 16. He joined the US Army on the 13th of august 1940 at New York city. He was volunteer for Rifle M1 expert training, light machine gun sharpshooting, heavy machine gun and 45 pistol expert training. On september the 26th 1940, he was in Cristobal Harbor, Panama. He soon became private first class and joinned the 550th infantry battalion. From...