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Mr. Salerno served as a rifleman in the 106th Infantry Division in the European Theater during WWII. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and was imprisoned for the remainder of the war in Stalag IV-B and at a worksite near Gleina, Germany. During the Korean War, he served as a public affairs officer for the US Army Transportation Corps in Korea and Japan. In his postwar career, he worked as a Veterans Administration administrator.