Jay R. Vargas was born to immigrants from Italy and Spain in 1938 in Winslow, Ariz. He grew up with…
On Jan. 25, 2023, under cold gray skies and sleet, two World War II U.S. Army veterans returned to Arlington…
Frederick “Fred” G. Holden was born in January 1923 in Bluejacket, Okla., to a Cherokee mother and a World War…
Marion Bench was one of the first women activated for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) program in World War II for…
On his way to becoming one of the U.S. Air Force’s most legendary — as well as courageous and inspirational…
Born in 1916, Norman Kleiss grew up in Coffeyville, Kansas. He joined the Kansas National Guard in 1931 and served…
Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Nash was a radio operator with the 506th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group. He…
Army Tech. Sgt. Russell Everett Dunham had been shot in the back and was a clear target for the Germans…
Norman Milton Lear was born in July 1922 in New Haven, Conn., to Herman Lear and Jeannette Seicol, and was…
Korea was a hard place to be in winter, especially during war and over a holiday, and Army Sgt. 1st…
J.D. Salinger was born and raised in the hustle of New York City. Born in January 1919, he grew up going…
Eugene “Gene” Curran Kelly was born in August 1912 in Pittsburgh, Penn., to James Kelly and Harriet Curran. In his…
James “Jim” Warrington was born in September 1926 in Massachusetts. He grew up in several U.S. states, including Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Virginia….
