George Bachman was born in Williamston, Mich., in January 1919. He was drafted into the military in January 1941 at the age of…
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Telesforo Trinidad rescued some of his shipmates when a boiler exploded on their cruiser in…
Andrew Pedersen-Keel was born in Miami, Fla., in June 1984 and was raised in several cities across Connecticut. He attended Avon Old Farms…
Ricardo Sanchez was born in Rio Grande City, Texas. He attended Texas A&I University in Kingsville (presently Texas A&M University), where he studied mathematics…
Army Veteran Doug O’Connell served over 30 years in the United States Army with 15 years of active duty. O’Connell attended college…
Thomas Joseph (T.J.) Dodds Dudley enlisted into the Marine Corps at 18 after graduating high school in 2000. He was…
Army Veteran Rebecca Halstead was a pioneer for women in the military, graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West…
Joseph Rochefort was born in 1900 in Dayton, Ohio. However, hoping to gain eligibility for admission to the Navy’s Steam Engineering School,…
Army Capt. Jose Cabalfin Calugas wasn’t a U.S. citizen during World War II, but he fought valiantly for America when…
“We have tanks in our wire!” sounded the company radio as tracer rounds and mortar blasts illuminated the night sky on Feb….
April 9 is National Former Prisoner of War (POW) Recognition Day. The man most associated with this remembrance is Maj….
Marty David Robinson, known professionally as Marty Robbins, was born in Glendale, Ariz., in September 1925. Robbins was an iconic country and…
Gene Harper was born in Ontario, Calif., on April 7, 1923. He is the only child of Lester Maurice Harper…
