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Vito Trause was born on 19 July, 1925 in Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S., is an American soldier and World War II prisoner of war. Discover Vito Trause's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1925
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death 31 October, 2019
Died Place Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Theresa Iwanowski (m. June 7, 1952-August 6, 2005)

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1925

Vito Trause (July 19, 1925 – October 31, 2019) was an Italian-American soldier in the United States Army, prisoner of war during World War II, semi-professional athlete, and community figure in New Jersey.

Trause was born on July 19, 1925.

He grew up in Carlstadt, New Jersey and received his elementary education at Carlstadt Public School, where he was a member of the school's choir.

He later attended East Rutherford High School, where he played football and baseball.

1943

By November 30, 1943, Trause dropped out of high school during his junior year in order to join the United States Army.

As a private first-class, Trause trained in Africa and fought in the Italian Campaign, where he served in the United States infantry as a scout.

On November 30, 1943, Trause dropped out of high school during his junior year in order to enlist in the United States Army during World War II.

Trause received 17 weeks of infantry training at Fort McClellan in Alabama, before undergoing mountain warfare training in North Africa.

Following the completion of his training, he traveled to Naples aboard a British troop transport to begin combat against the Italian Social Republic.

1944

On the morning of September 24, 1944, Trause became separated from his fellow soldiers while on a scouting mission in the Apennine Mountains outside of Florence and hid inside of a nearby farmhouse.

Later that day, Trause was ambushed by Waffen-SS soldiers and captured in the farmhouse.

After briefly being taken to Bologna, he was subsequently transported by boxcar to Stalag VII-A, a camp for prisoners of war run by Nazi Germany, where he was held for much of the remainder of the war in Europe.

After his capture by the Nazis, Trause adopted the pseudonym of "Al", fearing that referring to himself as "Vito" would expose his Italian heritage and subject him to the beatings experienced by other Italian-American prisoners of war.

Several days after arriving at Stalag VII-A, however, he was assigned prisoner number 139217, by which he would be referred to throughout the remainder of his imprisonment.

While at Stalag VII-A, Nazi Germany subjected Trause to forced labor involving the repair of railroads that had been damaged by bombs dropped by the Royal Air Force and the recovery of corpses.

Trause often found himself working alongside Jews imprisoned within Nazi concentration camps.

1945

He was captured by the SS outside of Florence in September 1944 and subsequently transported to Stalag VII-A, a camp for prisoners of war run by Nazi Germany, where he was held until he was liberated by American troops on May 2, 1945.

After the war, Trause returned to the United States, living in his hometown of Carlstadt, New Jersey.

Throughout the winter of 1945, he was not provided proper footwear by his German captors, leading to one of his feet becoming swollen.

A Jewish prisoner who worked with Trause stole shoes from a corpse, smuggled them under his coat, and delivered them to Trause.

Trause would go on to say the stolen footwear saved him from dying or having his foot amputated; Trause believed that the Jewish prisoner's actions saved his life.

While detained in the German prison camp, Trause subsisted on a diet of bread and potatoes.

When he was liberated by American troops on May 2, 1945, Trause weighed 131 lb, some 35 lb less than at the time of his capture.

After his liberation from the prison camp, Trause and several of his fellow prisoners-of-war obtained Harley-Davidson motorcycles with sidecars and began to drive towards Paris.

Six days later, on the day that Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, Trause and his comrades arrived in the French capital.

After convalescing in Paris, Trause embarked on a troop transport in Le Havre and returned to the United States.

For his service during World War II, Trause earned the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and Combat Infantryman Badge.

He was also a Purple Heart recipient.

After returning to the United States, Trause competed as a semi-professional athlete in both football and baseball.

Trause was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and briefly played baseball for its minor league affiliates.

Trause was a semi-pro fullback, competing in the Bergen County Football League as a member of the Hackensack Angels and in the New Jersey Pro League as a member of the Passaic Red Devils.

He also competed as a semi-pro baseball player for the Carlstadt Pros.

Trause continued to play sports throughout much of his adult life, playing softball until he was over 70 years old.

1948

Trause, a Catholic, joined the Catholic War Veterans in September 1948.

1952

He competed as a semi-professional football and baseball athlete in the years following the war and married a receptionist from East Rutherford, New Jersey in June 1952.

After moving to Clifton, New Jersey with his wife in 1952, he moved to Washington Township in Bergen County in 1967, where he lived the remainder of his life.

In his later years, he became a well-known New Jersey community figure and gained international attention after being awarded his high school diploma at the age of 92.

2016

As a private first-class, Trause fought in the Italian Campaign, where he served as a scout in the 168th Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division.

He participated in the Battle of Anzio and thereafter began participating in scouting operations on the Gothic Line.

2019

Following his death in October 2019, Trause was buried at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.