Seventy-two years ago, Soldiers fixed bayonets and charged up Hill 180 through vicious opposing gun fire during the Korean War….
Joe Foss was born in April 1915 in South Dakota. From an early age, he developed a love for flying…
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded the Navy Cross to retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams for his exploits…
Originally from Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada, Lenah S. Higbee came to the U.S. to study nursing. She completed training at…
Born in 1896 in Madison Barracks, N.Y., Mark Clark, a third-generation soldier and the son of a colonel, was destined for…
Richard Edward Cavazos was born in January 1929, in Kingsville, Texas, one of five children to Lauro Cavazos and Thomasa…
https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/1307/DOD_100866342/DOD_100866342.mp4 Marine Corps Maj. George Herman O’Brien Jr. led several “kids,” as he described them, into a lopsided battle to…
On a sunny Friday afternoon, retired Private 2nd Class Warren H. Schuster stepped foot on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, returning to…
Hank Welzel was born in 1926 in Elyria, Ohio, to German immigrant parents. When he was two years old, he and his…
James Hudson grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. His family supported itself by growing their own…
Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles Dec. 13, 2001: President George W. Bush informed Russia that the United States…
Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles Jan. 11, 1981: Boeing delivered the first U.S. Air Force air-launched cruise missiles…
Missiles, missile warning, missile defense, tactical missiles July 23, 1971: Hughes Aircraft Company was awarded a $70 million contract to…
