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…
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…
Growing up in a small town in northern California, Clint Romesha was always encouraged to continue his family’s legacy of…
Navy Capt. David McCampbell wasn’t just the top naval ace of World War II — he’s considered the service’s…
Alvin York was born in 1887 in a log cabin in the Indian Creek area of Fentress County, Tenn. The…
When his unit was overwhelmed in Vietnam, Army 2nd Lt. Harold Bascom Durham Jr. didn’t hesitate to unleash a barrage…