Through sheer determination, Army Pfc. Henry Svehla may have single-handedly helped his unit beat back an attack by North Korean…
Army Veteran Bryan Luckey was born on Aug. 27, 1980, in Tampa, Fla. He came from a military family. His father,…
Born in December 1918 in Kittrell, N.C., Charity A. Earley was the oldest of four children. Raised in Columbia, S.C.,…
Noble Lee Sissle was born in July 1889 in Indianapolis, Ind. He moved to Cleveland in 1909, graduated from Central…
Lori J. Robinson was born in 1959 in Big Spring, Texas. She attended the University of New Hampshire, where she…
James Robert “Bob” Kalsu was born in April 1945 in Oklahoma City, Okla. From a young age, he was exposed…
Augusto Cespedes Jr. joined the Navy when he was 18, in 2004, after graduating from Cy-Fair High School in Cypress,…
Army Sgt. Maj. Jon Robert Cavaiani fought an overwhelming North Vietnamese force until he couldn’t fight anymore. His actions saved…
Edward Cohota was born near Shanghai, China, in the 1840s. His last name was derived from a ship called “Cohota,” which was…
Army Veteran William Wooldridge served for more than 30 years and became the first Sergeant Major of the Army. Wooldridge was born in…
James “Jimmy” Hauck was born in Austin, Texas, in May, 1945, but moved to New Jersey with his family when…
Army Veteran Charles Long served in the Army from 1943 to 1951, receiving a Bronze Star for Valor as a combat infantryman in…
Ryan Job was born in Washington State in March 1981. He was raised in Issaquah, Wash., and attended Issaquah High School. After graduation,…
