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14 | August 22, 2019 | The highland park landmark NEWS hplandmark.com In Memoriam Highwood family pays tribute to WWII vet who served in Burma Highland Park and Surrounding Communities EARLY CHILDHOOD DUAL LANGUAGE For children 0 to 4 years of age and parents FALL SESSION: 9/12/19 – 12/19/19 Tuesdays/Thursdays: 9:30am—11:30am 2 hour sessions will include 50% English and 50% Spanish using age appropriate Frog Street curriculum. Bilingual teachers in 2 classrooms offering music, literacy, motor play…and even an occasional field trip! Registration Required! Scholarships available! For registration form and information: 847-433-0377 ext. 303 NOW OPEN! Highland Park Veterinary Clinic is a practice dedicated to providing the highest quality pet care in a professional and friendly environment. Our team specializes in medical, surgical, dental, and general care for all life stages of your pet. FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS $25 OFF HIGHLAND PARK VETERINARY CLINIC · 847.926.7444 your first visit With this coupon. Excludes food & preventatives. Not valid with any other offer or prior services. Now Taking Appointments! Alan P. Henry Freelance Reporter 176 Skokie Valley Road, Highland Park 847.926.7444 • highlandparkvets.com Mon, Tues & Thurs 8am-6pm • Fri 8am-5pm • Sat 9am-1pm Amongst the impressive annals of the nation’s military history, the heroic exploits of Merrill’s Marauders in Burma during World War II stand tall, so much so that the all-volunteer Army unit enjoys the rare distinction of each soldier having been awarded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in a combat zone. One of the brave soldiers who survived that hellish mission was Dominic J. Baracani. After the war he came home to Highwood, where he raised a loving family with Anna Margaret “Midge,” his wife of 63 years, and in partnership with her operated a local accounting, tax, real estate Dr. Jake Cohen Family Owned, Highland Park Native and insurance business for over 60 years. On Aug. 1, 2019, at age 96, Dominic died in the bedroom he’d slept in for 65 years. On August 12, family and friends gathered at Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home to send an old soldier on his way with a final salute. “He never boasted about the war. He told us it was something everybody had to do,” said his son, Bob Baracani. Dominic was drafted into the Army in 1942, shortly after graduating from Highland Park High School, where he was an “All County” football player. During basic training, he heard that volunteers were needed for a “dangerous and hazardous mission.” Months of jungle and advanced infantry training later, he was in India as a rifleman and member of the unit that came to be known as Merrill’s Marauders, after their commander, Brig. General Frank Merrill. Their objective was long-range penetration into Japanese-held Burma, where their job was to disrupt the enemy’s supply lines and communications as a means to help reopen the strategically critical Burma Road. In slightly more than five months of hit and run combat, the Marauders advanced on foot through nearly 1,000 miles of the harshest jungle terrain in the world, and fought without artillery support and often outmanned in more that 30 engagements. As well, they battled typhus, malaria, dysentery, and hunger. On May 17, 1944, after the Marauders had captured a critical airfield, Dominic was evacuated to a field hospital in India, weighing 129 pounds with his ribs sticking out of his chest, and suffering from dysentery and malaria. A few days later, the unit was disbanded with a final total of 130 combat-effective officers and men (out of the original 2,997). Returning home, Dominic attended Illinois State University on the GI bill and received a degree in accounting. For 28 years he was a civil service auditor for the U.S. Army and Navy while running his accounting, tax services, real estate and insurance business for over 60 years. Until last year he was still doing tax returns. Business was good, said his son Baron, in part because he always gave his customers a fair shake. “He was kind, hard working and generous, and he didn’t want to be a hardship on people,” he said. As the father of four sons, “he was a role model,” Bob Baracani said. “He didn’t give a lot of advice. He led by example. He was hard working.” As a married couple in business together, Dominic and Midge were ahead of the curve. “For the 1950s, they had kind of a modern marriage. They saw each other as equals,” Bob Baracani said. “They were hand in glove, and crazy about each other.” Dominic was a faithful member of St. James Church in Highwood and a lifelong member serving as treasurer of both the Highwood VFW and the Highwood American Legion. Two years ago Dominic took particular pleasure Highwood resident Dominic Baracani, a WWII vet who served in the Merrill’s Marauders in Burma, died Aug. 1. Photo submitted in attending the kickoff at Fort Benning, Georgia of the 75th anniversary of the 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as the Army Rangers. Merrill’s Marauders were an early iteration of the 75th. On one occasion there, said Bob baracani, a man said to him “Sir, I want you to know you set the bar high. We know we are falling short but it is not from lack of trying.” The man was Tommy Norris, a retired Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue of two downed pilots in Vietnam in 1972. Dominic Baracani was husband of the late Anna Margaret (Pasquesi); father of Brian (Jacquie), Bob (late Roseann), Baron and Brad (Beth) Baracani; grandfather of Brian Jr., Alexa, Mario, Nicholas, Allie and Max, great grandfather of Hannah, Caleb and Szivah; brother of the late Marie (late Sam) Bernardi, late August (late Florence), late Louise (late Franklin) Houser, late Ellen (late Jobie) Eiserman and the late Adolpho V. “Bum” (late Marge) Baracani; and uncle to many.
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