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Lt Col Robert Jeffrey, USAF, Vietnam, POW
Robert Jeffrey became fascinated with aviation at a young age after his father got a pilot's license. By the time he was preparing to graduate high s…
8 hours ago
Col. Harvey 'Barney' Barnum, USMC, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
Harvey C, "Barney" Barnum, Jr. arrived in Vietnam in late 1965 with 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines in the 3rd Infantry Division. In the final days of Op…
1 week ago
GySgt Luke Focer, USMC Special Operations, Iraq, Afghanistan
Luke Focer was not sure what he wanted to do after high school but after reading many books on the military and being impressed by a teacher who had …
2 weeks ago
SSG Roderick Pugh, U.S. Army Sniper, Iraq
Roderick Pugh enlisted in the U.S. Army less than three months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Eighteen months later, he was partr of 1st Brigade …
3 weeks ago
Lt. Jason Redman, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan, Iraq
Jason Redman learned love of country and the importance of service at a young age. His grandfather was a decorated World War II veteran and his fathe…
4 weeks ago
Richard 'Dick' Ramsey, U.S. Navy, D-Day, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
Dick Ramsey's family had it tough lduring the Great Depression. He quit school when he was 15 years old and started working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard…
1 month ago
Maj. Geoffrey Ball, USMC, Afghanistan, Abbey Gate Terrorist Attack
On August 26, 2021, an ISIS-K terrorist attack killed 13 American service members and wounded many others at Abbey Gate outside Kabul International A…
1 month, 1 week ago
SGM Mike Elmore, U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghanistan Horse Soldiers
Mike Elmore was born in Illinois into a family with a legacy of military service. He joined the U.S. Army in 1987 with no immediate intention of purs…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Bob Boeke, U.S. Army, World War II
Bob Boeke was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Nearly two years later, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as part of …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
SFC Michael 'Rod' Rodriguez, U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghanistan
Michael "Rod" Rodriguez was born into a family with a rich legacy of military service. His father and grandfather both served during wartime. Rod dec…
2 months ago