Brittany Elliott was born and raised in West Virginia before moving to Tennessee at 15. After graduating high school, Elliott…
Arlington National Cemetery conducted a rare funeral service for a Civil War soldier this week, providing military funeral honors with…
George Neves Leighton was born in Massachusetts in 1912 along with his twin sister after his parents immigrated to America from Cape…
When Navy Ensign Frank William Crilley joined the service, he likely didn’t realize he would become the hero of some…
James Harry Wayne Ramsey was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1942. From an early age, he was drawn to military…
Kenneth Chilstrom was born in Zumbrota, Minn., in 1921. He developed an interest in aviation at the age of eight when he watched an…
Derek Holland was born in April 1988 and attended Pen Argyl High School in Pen Argyl, Penn. During his senior year, he…
“I saw a 37mm shell the size of a white softball,” recalled Lt. Col. Henry Buttelmann. “The forward and aft warning lights…
Although she “didn’t think she’d make it [for] four years” in the Air Force, Roberta “Bobi” Pike-Oates has successfully pursued a…
Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter was born in July 1988 to parents JoAnn Lyles and Christian Haerter, and he grew…
Army Sgt. James William Robinson Jr. was surrounded by the enemy deep in the Vietnam jungle when he gave his…
Dale Dye was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in October 1944. As a child, Dye often joined his father, a liquor salesman,…
Nathan Elrod was born in April 1986 in Salisbury, N.C., and is the son of Timothy and Teresa Elrod. In 2004,…