Growing up in a small town in northern California, Clint Romesha was always encouraged to continue his family’s legacy of…
Bradford Freeman was born in 1925 in Artesia, Miss., to a family of eight children. Growing up, the young Freeman worked on his…
Robert Riggle Jr. was born in 1970 in Louisville, Ky., before moving to Kansas when he was two years old….
Second Lt. William McGowan served with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Originally from Minnesota, McGowan worked…
Octaviano Gallegos Jr. was born in May 1967 to Mexican immigrant parents. One of six children, Gallegos grew up working in cotton…
Bruce A. Wilber Jr. was born in June 1957 on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshana, Wisc., as the oldest…
Alvin York was born in 1887 in a log cabin in the Indian Creek area of Fentress County, Tenn. The…
Frank A. Tobey joined the military because of a passion for country and a heart for ministry. He was born…
Alan B. Shepard Jr. was destined for a career in the military. His father, Alan Shepard Sr., became a member…
Stephen W. Pless was born in Newnan, Ga., in September 1939. His original name was Stephen Pollard, but after his mother remarried,…
In this episode of theSITREP, Paul Corbett discusses the new, 2023 VA Disability Compensation rates and based on Social Security’s…
Spiros Nicholas “Steve” Pisanos was born in Athens, Greece, in November 1919. One morning, as he headed to school, a…
Born in May 1916 in Los Angeles, California, to missionary parents, Edward Allen Carter Jr.’s early childhood was spent in…