Anthony Clement McAuliffe was born in Washington, D.C. in July 1898. He attended West Virginia University in 1916, but when…
Born in Monroe, La., in 1924, John W. Collens III eagerly awaited his 18th birthday when he could finally enlist in the Army….
William Morris Hoge was born in Boonville, Mo., in January 1894 on the campus of the Kemper Military School, where…
Marine Corps Maj. Douglas Thomas Jacobson was one of more than two-dozen men whose valor earned him the Medal of…
David Haskell Hackworth was born in November 1930 in Santa Monica, Calif. He joined the U.S. Merchant Marines in 1945 and then…
In his early years, hardship followed William B. Colgan. The onset of the Great Depression was followed by the death…
The Department of Veterans Affairs submitted to the Federal Register Sept. 1 an interim final rule that will allow VA to provide…
Ployer Peter Hill was born in Newburyport, Mass., in October 1894. He attended Brown University and graduated with a degree…
Thomas Redgate was born in 1926 in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton, Mass. At age 17, he left high school…
Ernest C. Cheatham Jr. was born in July 1929, in Long Beach, Calif. After graduating high school in 1947, he…
Col. Joseph William Kittinger Jr. is a decorated Air Force Veteran whose service career spanned 29 years, during which he…
Navy Machinist Charles H. Willey never expected to have to save the lives of his crewmates during a peacetime…
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Butler, Mo., in July 1907. The arrival of Halley’s Comet in 1910 sparked his…
