Kathleen Carroll was born in Nebraska and moved to San Pedro, Calif., during World War II. During the war, her…
Command Sgt. Maj., Gretchen Evans served worldwide in her deployments with the U.S. Army. Evans grew up in Abilene, Texas, and enlisted…
As an officer in the USS Franklin’s engineering department during World War II, Navy Cmdr. Donald Arthur Gary knew all…
John Paul DeJoria was born in 1944 to Greek and Italian immigrants. He was raised in Los Angeles, Calif., by a single…
Sam Huff was born in July 1986 in Tucson, Ariz. Her father, Robert, was a detective who later became a musician, and…
Nicholas O’Brien was born in Charlotte, N.C., in May 1990 to Marine Veteran Richard O’Brien Jr., and Tammy O’Brien. He attended East Gaston High…
Alexis McCray was attending middle school in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “The…
Annie Scott was one of the first women to commission from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Reserve Officers’…
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Clarke was born in December 1924. After graduating from Rochester West High School, she became a secretary and then…
When it came to tank warfare, Army Staff Sgt. Herbert Hoover Burr seemed fearless. He saved the day twice during…
James Capers Jr. was born during the Jim Crow era to a family of sharecroppers in August 1937. In 1956,…
Tom Skerritt knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue the arts; however, it was service in the Air…
In a 2023 interview, Ron Nussbaum stated that he joined the Marine Corps to fulfill a lifelong dream. His first…