By Deborah Larsen Walter W. Brown Walter Wayne Brown was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on December 13, 1916, the son of Charles and Lois Wallace Brown. As a teenager, Walter was a member of the “Rochester Boys” ski jumping club that competed at the ski jump on Newberry...

By Deborah Larsen Harry Otto Lang, Jr. Harry Otto Lang, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 28, 1922, the son of Harry and Doris Grant Lang. He attended Cooley High School, where he was a star track athlete. After attending Colgate University, Harry joined...

By Deborah Larsen Lyla Mae Spelbring Lyla Mae Spelbring was born in Illinois on October 23, 1922, and came to the Rochester area as a young woman just before World War II. Lyla was inspired to join the Marines after the U.S. entered the war, but her Army-officer...