For a complete interview with Vince Speranza including transcripts, an abstract, and donated photos see the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Oral History Website at: goo.gl/nnMFca
Vincent Speranza grew up on Staten Island, part of a large and colorful Italian family. Following Basic Training, he became a paratrooper and joined the 101st Airborne Division just prior to the Battle of the Bulge, where the unit became famous for its defense of Bastogne. Speranza tells of returning to Bastogne 65 years later, and of his participation in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to visit the new WW II Memorial in 2009.