Albert T. Vermeire was born in Belgium in 1920. Aged 3 months, he traveled to the United States on SS "Aquitania" of the Cunard Line, which his family had boarded in Southampton, England. The ship arrived in New York on 30 October 1920 and the family, his father Arthur, mother Alice and brothers Victor, aged 9, August, aged 3 and sister Martha, aged 8 went to the Vermeire home in Paterson, New Jersey. His father, Arthur Vermeire had come from Ghent, Belgium on the RMS "Olympic" of the White Star Line, arriving In New York City harbor on 5 September 1912. Growing up in New Jersey, his younger son Albert attended Allegheny College in New York. Albert Vermeire enlisted in the USAAF in October 1942 and was later assigned as a pilot to the 92nd Bomb Group / 325th Bomb Squadron. His obituary mentions that for 1 month after the war, Albert flew as pilot to transport members of the Belgian Royal family by plane to visit the King, Leopold III, who was in exile in Austria. Albert Vermeire is mentioned as having later served in the ATC (Air Transport Command). His parents, Arthur (1889-1948) and Alice (1890-1949) both rest at the Calvary Cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey.