Warren D and Carol E (Palmer) Carpenter

These grandparents met during World War II. Warren D Carpenter (1919-2000) was born in Wisconsin, the eighth of nine children born to William Henry and Carrie Nell (Ives) Carpenter. He served over seas in Africa, Italy, and Normandy invasion in the 82nd Airborne, he was a Paratrooper. Carol E (Palmer) Carpenter (1919-2007) was born in Illinois and raised in Arkansas she was the eldest of three children born to Taylor W and Maud H (Smith) Palmer. Warren and Carol married in Arkansas after World War II and were the parents of four child one of whom is my mother.