Emory Scott West was born on Sept. 12, 1874, in Troy, W.Va. He attended several schools there and would go…
Floyd Henry Crumbly was born on May 10, 1859, to Robert and Mariah Crumbly. His father was a slave and…
Anne Eloise Sweeney was born into a famous military family on Sept. 19, 1912, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Her father…
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Telesforo Trinidad rescued some of his shipmates when a boiler exploded on their cruiser in…
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. joined the military in 1898 as a volunteer in the Spanish-American War and later became the first black…
Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was born in December 1879 in Nice, France, to Harriet Danforth and John Mitchell, who served in…
Navy Chief Commissary Stewart Daniel John Atkins was serving on a ship near Cuba during the Spanish-American War when a…
Army Col. Gordon Johnston had a remarkable career that spanned multiple continents and conflicts and led to a lifelong friendship…