Army Sgt. 1st Class Edward Allen Carter Jr. dealt with a lot of discrimination during World War II, but his…
Leo Martin “Marty” Schlocker was born in Los Angeles, Calif. He attended Fremont High School and, after graduating, moved to Boulder City,…
Nebraska National Guard Airmen gathered with retired Air Force Lt. Col. Julius “Neal” Clemmer and his family Jan. 28, 2023,…
On Jan. 25, 2023, under cold gray skies and sleet, two World War II U.S. Army veterans returned to Arlington…
J.D. Salinger was born and raised in the hustle of New York City. Born in January 1919, he grew up going…
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in November 1922. He began attending Cornell University in New York in…
George S. Patton was born in November 1885 in San Gabriel, Calif. He grew up an athlete, becoming an accomplished…
George Ciampa, born in 1925, desired to have a career in flying. Following his high school graduation at the age of…
Army Tech. Sgt. Ralph George Neppel suffered devastating injuries after being blown up by a tank in Germany toward…
Lewis Nixon III enlisted in the Army in January 1941 and attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. While…
After 77 years, U.S. Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division touched down on European soil in a continued effort to…
Edward David Shames was born in Norfolk, Va., in June 1922. He was the youngest of four siblings, and were…
In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces’ successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if…
