This is how one photographer is honoring veterans of World War II and Korea, one senior living facility at a time
On Oct. 14, 1942, Vito Murgolo faced death. The U.S. Marine, then 22 years old, was stationed on the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, when – less than a year after America entered World War II – the Battle of Guadalcanal broke out. Suddenly, the sergeant’s airfield was under attack. Shells exploded. His comrades took cover. But Murgolo…