Army Pvt. 1st Class Garfield McConnell Langhorn was only 20 years old when he lost his life fighting in Vietnam….
Frederick “Fred” G. Holden was born in January 1923 in Bluejacket, Okla., to a Cherokee mother and a World War…
Kathy Spangler knew from a young age that she wanted to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps to become a nurse and enter…
Marion Bench was one of the first women activated for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program in World War II for…
On his way to becoming one of the U.S. Air Force’s most legendary — as well as courageous and inspirational…
Born in 1916, Norman Kleiss grew up in Coffeyville, Kansas. He joined the Kansas National Guard in 1931 and served…
Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Nash was a radio operator with the 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group. He…
Army Tech. Sgt. Russell Everett Dunham had been shot in the back and was a clear target for the Germans…
Margaret A. Brewer was born in Durand, Mich., in 1930, and desired to join the Marine Corps at a young…
Alejandro Villanueva was born at Meridian Naval Air Station in Mississippi in September 1988. The son of a Spanish naval officer, Villanueva…
Originally from Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada, Lenah S. Higbee came to the U.S. to study nursing. She completed training at…
Frank Frederick Borman II was born in March 1928 in Gary, Ind. He attended the United States Military Academy at…
Lawrence G. Kaseff was born in Indiana in November 1941. When Kaseff was in college, it was required that all…
