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LARRY BARNES, left, commander of the St. Clairsville American Legion, recognizes Michael G. Maistros as Veteran of the month for December.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Michael G. Maistros, originally of Martins Ferry, served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and closed out 2020 at the St. Clairsville American Legion Veteran of the month for December.
Maistros was joined along with a fellow Ferry native.
“I went in on September of ’58 with a friend of mine, Ray Swearingen from Martins Ferry,” he said. “We went in under the buddy system.”
He served from 1958-61.
They went through infantry training near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.