It is four in the morning and already they are lined up at Chicago’s Midway airport, ready to go. It’s…
Rhonda L. Cornum was born in October 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in New York. She came from a…
Born in November 1965 in Jacksonville, Fla., Suzanne Dubberly Speight enlisted in the Navy on Feb. 3, 1986, three years after…
Vernon Baker was born in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1919. At four, he lived with his grandparents after the death of his…
Silas “Si” Robertson was born in Vivian, La., the sixth of seven children. He attended North Caddo High School, where…
When a torpedo came toward Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Osmond Kelly Ingram’s ship in World War I, he knew…
Mihiel Gilormini-Pacheco was born Aug. 3, 1918, in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He was among many Puerto Ricans at the time…
LaSalle R. Vaughn was born in Baton Rouge, La., on Nov. 5, 1923, as one of five children to Roger…
Born in Chelsea, Mass., in 1958, Christine Tron grew up loving her father’s stories of his Army service in the Philippines. At 18,…
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Alexandria, Va., around military families, Ken Falke joined the Navy Ceremonial Guard in 1981 in…
Nehamon Lyons IV was born March 4, 1971, in Pine Bluff, Ark. A graduate of Dollarway High School, he attended…
Rel Ravago was born in January 1982 in Los Angeles, Calif. During his time at Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, he…
Army Cpl. Robert Harley Young was only 22 when he lost his life in Korea, but he did so courageously…
