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16 sons of Irvington who served during World War II died in service to their country. Remarkably, the 16 came from a village of fewer than than 3,300 per the 1940 U.S. Census. This is a look at each of them and the heroes they became. Each is remembered on the Veterans Memorial that stands on Main Street near the one-time Irvington High School, now the Main Street School. Five more died in World War I. These are their stories ...
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CPL. PETER R. ROBINSON: Lost to shadows of time in the Pacific
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S2 LEIGH F. ANDERTON, WWII: Died after on-duty fall at Norfolk base
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Pfc. Alfred G. Legenhausen: Irvington's canceled WWII hero
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PVT. ALICK M. IAN, WWII: Died taking 1st German city to fall in WWII
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