Robert Fischman was born in April 1925 in Del Ray, Va., and spent most of his life in Alexandria, Va….
Marine Corps 1st Lt. William Deane Hawkins gave everything he had to help the Allies wrestle control of the strategic…
Originally from Medicine Park, Okla., Charles Chibitty was a member of the Comanche tribe and descended from the Comanche Chief…
The Rev. Dr. Arthur Whitaker served in the military to fulfill an Army draft but later found his service to…
Leon Day was born in October 1916 in Alexandria, Va., and moved to Baltimore, Md., with his family when he was…
Walter “Wally” M. Schirra Jr. was born in New Jersey in 1923. He graduated from high school in 1940 and enrolled in…
World War II Navy Rear Adm. Bruce McCandless lost most of his ship’s senior officers during an intense fight during…
Born in 1896 in Madison Barracks, N.Y., Mark Clark, a third-generation soldier and the son of a colonel, was destined for…
A new strategy during World War I involving the air and sky drastically altered the concept of warfare and allowed…
Army Pfc. Joe Nishimoto faced discrimination during World War II because of his Japanese lineage, but that didn’t stop him…
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month more than one hundred years ago, the guns…
Edward Chan is a World War II Veteran who initially enlisted in the Army at 18 years old. He joined…
Marine Corps and the rest of the region’s military family circle turned out to celebrate the City of Palmdale’s work…
