Lt. Col. Asa Herring, a Tuskegee Airman, passed away May 27, 2022. The following article first appeared in the Luke…
Army Staff Sgt. George John Hall had been near Anzio, Italy for about two months in 1944 when he faced…
Retired Air Force 1st Lt. John A. Clark, 98, says his generation was as captivated by air travel as the…
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the WASP WWII Museum is hosting a fly-in 9…
Most people know the name Jimmy Doolittle for his famous World War II raid on Tokyo that earned him the…
When doing some research on women in the military, I happened onto a story about a woman with an inspirational…
At 18 years old, Diane Barker was planning her future, but her family didn’t have enough money to send her…
Dan Bankhead was the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Before that, he played in Negro League baseball…
Singer, songwriter, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte was in the Navy during World War II, dropping out of high…
For most of his childhood growing up in Sun Village, Calif., Ray Wilson thought his father’s service in World War…
Before his death on Oct. 4 at age 100, Eddie Robinson was the last living person to have won the…
The “Rosie the Riveters” of World War II are an inspiration to all generations for their courage and commitment and…
It was March 1942 and college student Charles McGee was studying engineering at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Less…
