James David Watkins was born in March 1927, in Alhambra, Calif. The son of a successful entrepreneurial family, Watkins’s life…
Luis R. Visot grew up in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and went to college in Wisconsin at Marquette University, where he…
In 1971, Army Spec. 5 Dennis M. Fujii spent five grueling days fending off enemy fighters after his medevac helicopter…
William E. Vicars was born in Paris, Ill., in May 1940 and, a year later, his family moved to Texas….
To a generation of young Americans, the flying aces of World War I inspired many to follow in their footsteps…
Ralph Parr loved to fly. At five years old, his father, a Navy squadron commander, took him flying on his…
Franklin Douglas “Doug” Miller was born in Elizabeth City, N.C., in January 1945 and lived in Albuquerque, N.M. He joined the…
Eugene “Gene” Gerrard wanted to begin his military career at age 17 during the summer of 1941. He worked as a…
Ming Chang was born in Shanghai in 1932. His father was in the U.S. Navy. At the age of 14,…
Don A. Jones was born in Waldron, Mich., in September 1912. He attended Michigan State University, where he studied engineering….
Robert “Boots” Chouinard was born in 1923. He enlisted in the Army in 1943, and a year later he was…
Frederick Weyand was born in September 1916, in Arbuckle, Calif. While attending college at the University of California, Berkeley, he…
George B. McMillan was born in 1916 in Winter Garden, Fla. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army…
