George S. Patton was born in November 1885 in San Gabriel, Calif. He grew up an athlete, becoming an accomplished…
When Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Karl Gorman Taylor Sr. was called upon to rescue a trapped platoon in Vietnam, he…
Marine Corps Col. Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. barely had time to adjust to Vietnam as a young lieutenant before…
Donald “Doc” Ballard was born in Kansas City, Mo., in December 1945. Growing up, he helped his family in house construction and entrepreneurial…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
Army Tech. Sgt. Ralph George Neppel suffered devastating injuries after being blown up by a tank in Germany toward…
More than 1,100 sailors died on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Those…
Born in June 1950 to a family in which “everyone had [served] in the past,” Gordon Roberts was destined to join the military. He…
When one of the most vicious battles of the Korean War broke out, Marine Corps Pvt. Hector A. Cafferata…
Marine Corps 1st Lt. William Deane Hawkins gave everything he had to help the Allies wrestle control of the strategic…
World War II Navy Rear Adm. Bruce McCandless lost most of his ship’s senior officers during an intense fight during…
A new strategy during World War I involving the air and sky drastically altered the concept of warfare and allowed…
Army Pfc. Joe Nishimoto faced discrimination during World War II because of his Japanese lineage, but that didn’t stop him…
