Derek Holland was born in April 1988 and attended Pen Argyl High School in Pen Argyl, Penn. During his senior year, he…
“I saw a 37mm shell the size of a white softball,” recalled Lt. Col. Henry Buttelmann. “The forward and aft warning lights…
Although she “didn’t think she’d make it [for] four years” in the Air Force, Roberta “Bobi” Pike-Oates has successfully pursued a…
Army Sgt. James William Robinson Jr. was surrounded by the enemy deep in the Vietnam jungle when he gave his…
Dale Dye was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in October 1944. As a child, Dye often joined his father, a liquor salesman,…
Nathan Elrod was born in April 1986 in Salisbury, N.C., and is the son of Timothy and Teresa Elrod. In 2004,…
Kyle Gilbert was born in January 1983 to Robert and Regina Gilbert. He was raised in Brattleboro, Vt., and graduated from Brattleboro…
Melissa Harcrow didn’t see herself as having very much ambition while growing up in El Paso, Texas. She described herself…
Mary “Missy” Cummings had originally been advised to join the Air Force growing up, often being told it was a better environment…
Frederick Pokorney Jr. was born in August 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. He spent most of his life in Nevada and…
Army Sgt. 1st Class Edward Allen Carter Jr. dealt with a lot of discrimination during World War II, but his…
Col. Ruth Cheney Streeter served in the Marine Corps as the first director of the U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve. She…
Leland Chandler enlisted in the Army in 1941 at just 18 years old, leaving home in central Illinois to serve…
