Noble Lee Sissle was born in July 1889 in Indianapolis, Ind. He moved to Cleveland in 1909, graduated from Central…
Donald “Doc” Ballard was born in Kansas City, Mo., in December 1945. Growing up, he helped his family in house construction and entrepreneurial…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
From serving at the highest levels of the U.S. Air Force to working at various prestigious corporations in the private…
Army Tech. Sgt. Ralph George Neppel suffered devastating injuries after being blown up by a tank in Germany toward…
Known as Kentucky’s last World War I Veteran, Robley Rex was born in May 1901 in a rural town in…
Born in December 1939 in Garland, Texas, Lee Buck Trevino was raised in a Mexican family by his mother, Juanita…
Robert Neller was born in February 1953 at Camp Pork, La. He attended East Lansing High School in Lansing, Mich., and graduated in 1971….
David Sage dedicated his life not only to serving our country, but also to a lifelong passion for music. His…
Growing up, Keith M. Little was discouraged from speaking Navajo in school. Having only been taught Navajo growing up in…
More than 1,100 sailors died on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Those…
Born in June 1950 to a family in which “everyone had [served] in the past,” Gordon Roberts was destined to join the military. He…
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk was born in February 1921 in Northumberland, Penn. Growing up, he helped his father with his coal business, moving…
