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Leo F. Arundale was born on January 31, 1892, in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was the oldest of three children and had a younger brother Thomas and a younger sister Elizabeth. Leo was born to William Arundale and Mary A. Riley.Unfortunately, Mary passed away by 1910, when Leo was just 18 and working as a farmhand in Grand Junction.Shortly after 1910, Leo moved from Grand Junction to Denver.

Youth and War, Lifetime of ServiceEsteban GomezDecember 9, 2021Grand Junction, Private First Class, Great Depression, Stillman

From POW to Senior Master Sergeant

Ernest served the United States from around the world. Whether it was in a Japanese Prisoners of War Camp during World War II, serving at the northernmost operational Air Force Base in Greenland, or the huge refueling base in Libya, Ernest served in the U.S. Air Force with pride.

Lifetime of ServiceEsteban GomezNovember 10, 2020U.S. Army, Army Air Corps, Japanese, Wake Island, Zentsuji Prison Camp, U.S. Air Force, Prisoner of War, POW, Japan, World War II, Great Depression, Korean War, Vietnam War