ABOVE: Photo of Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey home on leave from duty in the South Pacific during WWII, Orlando Sentinel, January 28, 1943. Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey is pictured with his father Joseph W. Guernsey and his sister Miss Jean Guernsey.
Mr. Guernsey shared in an oral history interview on May 21, 2012 that it was the Bible verses his mother taught him as a child which helped him get through the war.
Joseph S. Guernsey expresses his gratitude for life in Orlando and the United States… Those of us who got through four years of that war are blessed beyond statement almost. You can hardly describe. Especially those of us who grew up in this wonderful Orlando and Orange County. Central Florida to me is about the best place on earth. I look on it generally as a garden of Eden…
Bob and Harold Johnson, Bill Terhune, Pep Ingram, T. K. Johnson, Jr. are some of the fine Orlando men who gave their lives for their country in WWII as remembered by WWII pilot Joseph S. Guernsey in this audio excerpt from an oral history interview on May 21st, 2012.
LISTEN (3:38)
Mr. Guernsey expresses his gratitude for life in Orlando and the United States… Those of us who got through four years of that war are blessed beyond statement almost. You can hardly describe. Especially those of us who grew up in this wonderful Orlando and Orange County. Central Florida to me is about the best place on earth. I look on it generally as a garden of Eden…
Listen to the rest of the interview with Mr. Guernsey.
LISTEN Part I (14:19)
LISTEN Part II (14:58)
LISTEN Part III (3:56)
LISTEN Part IV (3:37)
LISTEN Part V (3:04)
LISTEN Part VI (3:38) World War II
Mr. Guernsey was born in Orlando on October 12, 1918 and passed away November 1, 2016. Read his obituary.
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Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey
Photo of Lt. Joseph S. Guernsey home on leave from duty in the South Pacific during WWII, Orlando Sentinel, January 28, 1943. Lt....
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