Al Bumbry was a center fielder for two Major League Baseball teams, the Baltimore Orioles from 1972 to 1984 and…
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Elmer C. Bigelow likely knew that rushing into a smoke-filled compartment on a burning ship…
Famed actor and professional wrestler Mr. T once served in the Army for several years. He enlisted in 1975 and…
Dan Bankhead was the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Before that, he played in Negro League baseball…
Navy Cmdr. Howard Walter Gilmore ordered many daring maneuvers while his submarine, USS Growler, prowled the waters of the Pacific…
Army Maj. Carl Henry Dodd hadn’t been an officer for long when he led a platoon of soldiers into a…
Marine Corps Capt. Robert Hanson was a fearless fighter over the skies of the South Pacific during World War II….
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Eddie Rickenbacker was a champion race car driver. He was also an aircraft fighter ace in World War I, who…
Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention…
Before his death on Oct. 4 at age 100, Eddie Robinson was the last living person to have won the…
Patrick Smith, a former Army staff sergeant, was awarded the nation’s oldest military decoration for his service during Operation Iraqi…
Now in his sixth season as president and CEO of the Men’s National Basketball Association Phoenix Suns and the Women’s…