Eugene Sledge was born in November 1923 in Mobile, Ala. He attended Murphy High School, from which he graduated in the spring 1942…
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced March 3 it has relaxed the masking requirement at VA medical facilities. This update…
In 1969, Army Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris waded through a blistering firefight in Vietnam to rescue a fallen comrade…
Israel Fuentes was born in July 1945 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to “Mr. and Mrs. Guadalupe V. Fuentes.” They raised 16 children in a…
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. joined the military in 1898 as a volunteer in the Spanish-American War and later became the first black…
Donald Foster knew from a young age he wanted to join the military. He grew up in the suburbs of…
David Goldfein was born in 1961. He began his military journey by joining the U.S. Air Force Academy, from which he received…
Beginning March 1, the Veterans Administration is increasing the maximum amount of life insurance coverage available to veterans and service…
Gabriel Kinney was born in Stouts Mountain, a rural Alabama town, in February 1921 to an Irish father and Scottish mother. He…
Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was born in December 1879 in Nice, France, to Harriet Danforth and John Mitchell, who served in…
One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Brig. Gen. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division…
Navy Veteran Michael McCarten was born in Rhode Island and grew up in Kittery Point, Maine. After being accepted into…
Navy Chief Commissary Stewart Daniel John Atkins was serving on a ship near Cuba during the Spanish-American War when a…