Holland McTyeire “Howlin’ Mad” Smith was born in April 1882 and grew up in Alabama. He graduated from high school in…
Grace F. Thorpe was born in Oklahoma in December 1921 to Iva Miller and Jim Thorpe. Her mother was Cherokee…
Gil Hodges was born in April 1924, in Princeton, Ind. He was the middle of three children and had a…
Roberto Clemente was born in August 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was the youngest of seven children. In 1954, the Pittsburgh…
Luis R. Visot grew up in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and went to college in Wisconsin at Marquette University, where he…
William E. Vicars was born in Paris, Ill., in May 1940 and, a year later, his family moved to Texas….
To a generation of young Americans, the flying aces of World War I inspired many to follow in their footsteps…
Ralph Parr loved to fly. At five years old, his father, a Navy squadron commander, took him flying on his…
Franklin Douglas “Doug” Miller was born in Elizabeth City, N.C., in January 1945 and lived in Albuquerque, N.M. He joined the…
Eugene “Gene” Gerrard wanted to begin his military career at age 17 during the summer of 1941. He worked as a…
Ming Chang was born in Shanghai in 1932. His father was in the U.S. Navy. At the age of 14,…
Don A. Jones was born in Waldron, Mich., in September 1912. He attended Michigan State University, where he studied engineering….
Robert “Boots” Chouinard was born in 1923. He enlisted in the Army in 1943, and a year later he was…