While naval aviation was still in its infancy, Navy Chief Aviation Pilot Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. was ready and willing…
George M. Van Sant was born Nov. 20, 1927, in State College, Penn. He attended St. John’s College in Annapolis,…
Diana Beatriz Borrero de Padro was born in Puerto Rico in 1946. She enlisted in the Army in 1978 and…
Cesar Luis Gonzalez, who was born Sep. 25, 1919, in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Prior to the United States’ entry into…
James J. Jacques is one of the last names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall. His name appears on Panel…
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman was a woman who served under the name Lyons Wakeman in the Union Army during the American…
Mary Louise Castro was born on Nov. 26, 1917. She became the first Mexican-American woman from San Antonio to serve…
Marine Corps Capt. Arthur Junior Jackson was a young man in World War II when he singlehandedly blazed a path…
Hiram F. Plummer III, of Md., joined the Army in June 1944. He served in the 377th Infantry Regiment of…
Sydney G. Gumpertz was born October 24th 1879, in San Raphael, Calif. He enlisted into the Army in Chicago, Ill….
Thomas Mantell, Jr. was killed in a stateside crash while piloting a P-51 Mustang for the Kentucky Air National Guard…
Rumsey E. Dodson was a native of Madison County, Va., born in 1894 to Joseph and Elizabeth Dodson. He was…
The Veterans Administration announced Sept. 22 that veterans, and their families, caregivers, and survivors now have access to expanded burial…
