Stories Behind the Stars: A decades-long secret
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January 6, 2024

Stories Behind the Stars: A decades-long secret

By Mon Valley Independent

By JOHN J. TURANIN

For the MVI

Eighty years ago next month, Jack and Mary Wargo of Monessen were told that their son, Cpl. Albert Stanley Wargo, was missing. They weren’t told that he was in the single largest loss at sea of American fighting men.  Those details would be kept secret for nearly 50 years. 

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