No matter where you go... there's Buffalo

Given the enormous size of Buffalo many years ago it should be no surprise that no matter where you go, you run into references to Buffalo or Buffalo natives.

One of my hobbies is reading military history. Just this week I came across two Buffalo stories:

1) An article about Wild Bill Donovan - World War 2 OSS spymaster and the only American to receive the nation's 4 highest awards - and originally from Buffalo. (ex-)Buffalonians will certainly be familiar with the Donovan state office building downtown (soon to be demolished).

Class of 1903 at Niagara University, marriage in 1914 to Ruth Rumsey - a member of a wealthy and prominent Buffalo family, and U.S. District Attorney for Western District of New York in 1922.

Reference: page 15: http://www.osssociety.org/pdfs/oss_winter_08.pdf



2) Another was an article in the local paper about a man who died this past week in a car crash. Wallace Jay Giesler (1925-2008), was a native of Buffalo and a World War 2 veteran (Army Air Corps). He also served for 32 years in the Army Corps of Engineers.

Obituary: http://www.legacy.com/statesman/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=115587987



-Jeff Fisher