 In the closing days of the
mopping up of the Japanese on the island of Luzon
in the Philippines, Tony Viviano, 24, of the
signal corps, was killed, according to word
received from the War Department Thursday by his
parents, Mr. And Mrs. Vito Viviano, 825 Vandalia
Street.Young
Viviano was born and raised here, and was the
oldest of eight children in the Viviano family,
three of whom have seen service. His brother,
Gus, was taken prisoner by the Germans, and was
released following the occupation of Germany by
the American forces.
Tony attended the
SS. Peter and Paul school here, and before
entering the service in September, 1942, had been
employed by the Emerson Electric Company in St.
Louis.
In a letter
received two weeks ago, he told of some of the
hardships of the Philippine campaign, and
particularly expressed resentment at the
outrageous prices the Filipinos charge the
American soldiers for food and drinks, sometimes
amounting to ten times the prices such articles
cost in America.
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Tony
Viviano, 21
