Jesse Joseph Peña was born on Jan. 9, 1949, the son of Alvino Henry Peña and Jane Marie Peña of…
When World War II began, Japanese Americans like James Kazuo Okubo weren’t allowed to join the fight because of fears…
Victor Antoine Moitoret was a Naval Academy graduate in the class of 1941. He was aboard the USS Hornet for…
Michael J. Ybarra was born May 7, 1925, in Milan, Ill., the son Pedro and Margarita Ybarra. He attended St….
Frederick Pokorney Jr. was born in August 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. He spent most of his life in Nevada and…
Michael Monsoor came from a military family and enlisted in the Navy in March 2001. After basic training, quartermaster training…
Larry Richard Dewey was born in Weedsport, N.Y., in February 1946. He attended Jordan-Elbridge High School, where he played basketball…
Jay R. Vargas was born to immigrants from Italy and Spain in 1938 in Winslow, Ariz. He grew up with…
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded the Navy Cross to retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams for his exploits…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
