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U.S. Army Air Corps; TEC Corporal,  5th Air force, 873 Engineer Aviation Battalion
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Nicholas Pasquarello
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Nicholas Pasquarello Born: May 18, 1925
 
US Army Air Corps: Tec Corporal, 5th Air Force, 873rd
Engineer Aviation Battalion.Service #32 991 538
July 27, 1943, to January 19, 1946

 
When Nicholas turned 18 years old, he volunteered to be an Army Engineer. He already had experience operating heavy equipment with his father’s construction company. Nicholas became a member of the well-trained and experienced Engineer Aviation Battalion. His unit could construct airfields in forward locations, with the ability to repair bomb-damaged airfields, camouflage airfields and if necessary, defend the airfields. 

His Engineer Aviation Battalion was a self-contained unit that built airstrips, hangers, and facilities in the Pacific theater of operations. Like Nicholas, most of the soldiers in his Unit were volunteers with construction or engineering experience, and they required little training. Nicholas helped built dozens of air bases in the jungles and on coral islands throughout the Central Pacific. 

Aviation Engineer Battalions would construct light-duty airfields and heavy-duty bases with hangers in forward areas, often under Japanese bombing attacks. Nicholas and his fellow engineers, through challenging work, improvisation, and common sense, built forward operating bases and supported multiple amphibious assaults in the Central Pacific "island hopping" campaign. 

As the Allies forces advanced, engineers would clear an area of trees or other obstructions, a dirt runway would be leveled, and the engineers would lay pierced steel planking to create an all-weather runway. 

After the invasion of Leyte in the Philippines in October 1944, heavy Japanese naval and aerial attacks forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw its Carrier battle groups. The only airpower available to Allied ground forces came from aircraft flying from the airstrips constructed by Nicholas and these Aviation Engineers. These forward airstrips proved vital to the Allied victory in the Pacific. 

Nicholas's decorations include the Asiatic-Pacific service medal with 2 Battle stars, the Philippines liberation ribbon with a Bronze Star, the WWII Victory medal, and a Good Conduct medal.
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    • Bill Nacinovich
    • Peter Pascale
    • Nicholas Pasquarello
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    • Jack Stahl
    • Armand Tarantelli
    • Carl Tringali
    • Mae Krier
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  • 1st Trip 2022
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  • Archived Events & Special Ceremonies
    • BON VOYAGE
    • our 3rd hockey game
    • Gil Blum, at the Mittlebau-Dora work camp in Nordhausen Germany, July 2018
    • Our trip with Frank Agoglia to Normandy France in October 2018
    • Fleet Week Event in Red Hook Brooklyn. May 2016
    • Frank Agoglia Being celebrated and Thanked for his service, March 2019
    • Carl Tringali 95th, September 2019
    • Invitation to the premiere of the Memphis Belle movie November 2019
    • Our first fundraiser, November 2019 Veterans Day
    • Pearl Harbor event at the American AirPower Museum December 2019
    • Bud Rosch 100th Birthday Celebration December 6th, 2020
    • Early Thanksgiving Feast with our Guys
    • Gary Inzerillo 100th Birthday March 7th, 2021
    • Dominick Critelli 100th Birthday April 18th, 2021
    • Local High School Visit 10/21
    • Bill Nacinovich’s 100th birthday
    • Lunch, a photo session and an interview
    • Celebrating Bills 100th with a parade
    • Our Fundraiser Event
    • WWII Veteran on 50-State, 50-Governor No Regrets Tour Launches Campaign to Raise $ Millions for Frontline Nurses.
    • Army Navy football game and lunch
    • 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor event
    • Meeting an original Rosie the Riveter!
    • Nicholas Pasquarello, Joe Randazzo, Dominick Critelli and Richard Heinl being recognized as the Military Heroes of the Game
    • Interview with Frank Agoglia
    • Carl Tringali and Nicholas Pasquarello enjoying dinner before the trip
    • Taking Bud Rosch to get his passport
    • ROBERT LESSER WHO WAS JUST AWARDED: ​ "THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR" >
      • Jimmy DePalo >
        • CARL TRINGALI IS HONORED AS MILITARY HERO OF THE GAME
    • WWII Veterans (Hank Szlepcsik, Albert Henriques, Leonard Jindra) being honored at our 5th Islanders game as Military Heroes of the Game
    • Netherlands Carillon Dedication Ceremony; Washington D.C. May 2022
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