J.D. Salinger was born and raised in the hustle of New York City. Born in January 1919, he grew up going…
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…
Elwood “Pete” Quesada was born in Washington, D.C., in 1904 to a Spanish father and an Irish-American mother. He attended the Wyoming Seminary,…
Army Tech. Sgt. Ralph George Neppel suffered devastating injuries after being blown up by a tank in Germany toward…
Robert Fischman was born in April 1925 in Del Ray, Va., and spent most of his life in Alexandria, Va….
Leon Day was born in October 1916 in Alexandria, Va., and moved to Baltimore, Md., with his family when he was…
Bradford Freeman was born in 1925 in Artesia, Miss., to a family of eight children. Growing up, the young Freeman worked on his…
After 77 years, U.S. Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division touched down on European soil in a continued effort to…
U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan went missing in action on June 6, 1944, just inland…
