When World War II began, Japanese Americans like James Kazuo Okubo weren’t allowed to join the fight because of fears…
At 100 years old, World War II and Korean War airpower legend Lt. Col. James H. Harvey III., one of…
The headline “What Veterans Day Means to Me” sounds like a class assignment, and I have no doubt that is…
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Milton Lefkowitz dropped out of high school to work in the textile business. He was drafted…
It is four in the morning and already they are lined up at Chicago’s Midway airport, ready to go. It’s…
Vernon Baker was born in Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1919. At four, he lived with his grandparents after the death of his…
When a torpedo came toward Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Osmond Kelly Ingram’s ship in World War I, he knew…
Mihiel Gilormini-Pacheco was born Aug. 3, 1918, in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He was among many Puerto Ricans at the time…
LaSalle R. Vaughn was born in Baton Rouge, La., on Nov. 5, 1923, as one of five children to Roger…
Jose Antonio Muniz was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 16, 1919. Like many young aviation enthusiasts, he entered…
Julia Helen Nashannay Reeves was born July 1, 1919, in Crandon, Wisc., and was a member of the Potawatomie Tribe….
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Joseph Novosel Sr. served in three wars, including a stint in which he flew…
John A. Rinehart was born on April 18, 1924, in Baltimore, Md. At the time America entered World War II,…