Biographical Sketches

Henry L. Peck

Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Peck — Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, Loire DTC. Henry Peck was born on August 26, 1910 in New York City. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1931 with a degree in history; he later received a Master’s Degree from Columbia University. He relinquished command of the 2913th DTC (Loire DTC) to Colonel Morris T. Warner on June 26, 1945 and departed the unit on October 11, 1945. Peck was promoted to colonel in March 1946. He later worked for the Veteran’s Administration and retired as a colonel on August 26, 1970. Henry L. Peck died on December 5, 1996.

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Richard A. Mosley

Richard A. Mosley — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire DTC. The son of Irish immigrants, Mosley was born in Pineville, Kentucky on February 22, 1904. He joined the Navy in World War I, but received a discharge for being underage. He later spent five years at the University of Illinois, studying electrical and mechanical engineering. He subsequently was the foreman for an automobile service center. Although he was partially blind in one eye, he entered the Army at Los Angeles on August 1, 1942 and became a powerhouse engineer. After arriving in Great Britain on June 1, 1943, he was transferred to new duties as a military specialty 635 – disciplinarian. He stood 6’5″ tall and weighed 203 pounds. On March 1, 1945, he became a first sergeant in the 1008th Engineer Services Battalion. Mosley was discharged at Fort MacArthur, California on August 31, 1945. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with a Bronze Service Star for Northern France. Mosley lived in Hanford, California until his death on January 5, 1953. Richard A. Mosley is buried at Grangeville Cemetery in Armona, California.

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Earl Mendenhall

Earl Mendenhall — Sergeant and Military Police guard, assigned to the Loire DTC. Standing 6′ tall and weighing 180 pounds, with gray eyes and blond hair, the former bridge carpenter was easily distinguishable from the other guards. Born in Bowie, Texas on December 8, 1923, he was inducted into the Army on November 24, 1941. Discharged from the Army in August 1945, in 1963 he moved to Grand Blanc, Michigan and worked for 35 years in the Chevy V-8 Engine Plant. He died on April 9, 2011; Earl Mendenhall is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Grand Blanc, Michigan.

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Vincent J. Martino

Vincent J. Martino — Tech Sergeant. Born in New York City on April 17, 1924 he had served as a stock clerk. Martino stood 5’6″ tall and weighed 195 pounds. He arrived overseas on February 18, 1944 and was assigned to the 2913th DTC. Vincent J. Martino was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. His file listed him with a military occupational specialty of 564 – “Special Assignment.”

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Herbert R. Laslett

Lieutenant Colonel Herbert R. Laslett — Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant of the 2912th DTC at Shepton Mallet Prison, England, beginning on October 1, 1944. Born on August 23, 1891, he died on May 31, 1954. Herbert R. Laslett is buried at the Willamette National Cemetery at Happy Valley, Oregon in Section G, Site 1409.

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Frank Landi

Frank Landi — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire DTC, he was likely born on November 3, 1904 in Pennsylvania. Landi had attended grammar school and had worked in a machine shop prior to enlisting in Los Angeles on April 17, 1942. One prisoner recalled that Landi stood about 5’5″ tall and in addition to his very bowed legs had what appeared to be a broken nose, indicative that he may have been a boxer. He was discharged at Indian Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania on November 6, 1945 and returned to Los Angeles. It appears that Frank Landi died in Sacramento, California on May 1, 1981.

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Herbert Kleinbeck

Herbert Kleinbeck — Technician Fifth Grade. Born on August 9, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, he was single, had one year at the University of Illinois and was trained as an apprentice tool and die maker. Kleinbeck, who listed his residence as Elmhurst, Illinois, was inducted into the Army in Chicago on August 14, 1942. He stood 5’10” tall and weighed 164 pounds. He attended military police school and was trained as a clerk, light truck driver and motor dispatcher and arrived in Europe on June 2, 1943. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on December 24, 1945. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Herbert Kleinbeck died on February 21, 2000 in East La Mirada, California.

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Arthur S. Imell

Arthur S. Imell — Major and Commander of the 2615th MP DTC in North Africa. Born on July 31, 1889, he served in World War I and retired as a lieutenant colonel; he was in the Infantry. He died on February 9, 1956; Arthur Imell is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Section AI, Site 268 at San Antonio, Texas.

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Alfonso Girvalo

Alfonso Girvalo — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire Disciplinary Training Center. Nicknamed “Big Al” at the disciplinary training center, he was born in 1918 in Ossining, New York; he attended high school for four years prior to his induction into the Army on April 16, 1942 at Fort Jay at Governors Island, New York. Girvalo stood about 6’1″ tall and weighed 200 pounds. After the war, he returned to the Ossining. Alfonso Girvalo died there in 1986.

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T. W. Gillard

T. W. Gillard — Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant of DTC Number 1 at Shepton Mallet Prison, World War II.

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