5/30/2023 0 Comments Come Look With Me by Randy Osofsky![]() ![]() When he returned to the United States in 1945, he was discharged with a rank of Technical Sergeant.Īll who knew him enjoyed the war stories he would tell at every opportunity - reminding younger generations that army life had been his higher education, and that serving was the great honor of his life. A waist gunner on a B-24 bomber, he flew 31 missions over enemy territory, parachuting into American-controlled Italy after his plane was brought down by engine failure. He played for the school basketball team and worked as a soda jerk (later he fondly recalled his mother reminding him until the end of her life about “the time he was a jerk”).Īfter graduating, he worked as a welder in the Brooklyn Navy Yard until being drafted into the United States Army Air Corps.ĭuring World War II, Mike served as a member of the 451st Bombardment Group. The second-born of eight children, Mike attended James Madison High School, where he charmed his future wife, Aileen, in their radio production class. ![]() His parents, Harry and Jenny (Goldstein) Osofsky were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who arrived in New York City at the turn of the century. Mike was born on July 23, 1924, in Brooklyn. ![]() Meyer “Mike” Osofsky, a resident of Shelter Island for five decades, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. ![]()
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