SUNRISE (CBSMiami) – For this week’s Heroes Among Us, we meet Army veteran Private First Class Sal Safarty, a WWII Veteran with roots from Chicago and a toughness he learned from growing up in the Bronx.
At 18, Safarty left his college studies to enlist in the US Army.
He struggled with authority during WWII but his priority was to serve his country.
“I was not used to taking orders,” Safarty said with a laugh. “Tell me this..haha, no I don’t do that. Taking orders was very difficult for me so I ended up in the 5th infantry division and I saw quite a bit of combat.