Marine Corps Col. Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. barely had time to adjust to Vietnam as a young lieutenant before…
Meals have always been an important part of military life — for sustainment as well as enjoyment. On holidays, the…
Noble Lee Sissle was born in July 1889 in Indianapolis, Ind. He moved to Cleveland in 1909, graduated from Central…
Lewis Millett was born in December 1920 in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and was raised in South Dartmouth, Mass. Enlisting in the Massachusetts…
Army Tech. Sgt. Ralph George Neppel suffered devastating injuries after being blown up by a tank in Germany toward…
Growing up, Keith M. Little was discouraged from speaking Navajo in school. Having only been taught Navajo growing up in…
LANCASTER, Calif. — If there was one thing the World War II veteran was looking forward to, it was his…
More than 1,100 sailors died on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Those…
Born in June 1950 to a family in which “everyone had [served] in the past,” Gordon Roberts was destined to join the military. He…
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk was born in February 1921 in Northumberland, Penn. Growing up, he helped his father with his coal business, moving…
World War II Army Veteran Gladys Blount grew up in East Orange, N.J., working as a beautician. However, due to…
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presided over a ceremony for retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, promoting him…
Arthur J. Hubbard Sr. was born in Topawa, Ariz., in January 1912, shortly before Arizona was officially recognized as a state. Hubbard…
