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Petty Officer 2nd Class Bob Ingram, U.S. Navy Corpsman, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
Bob Ingram joined the Navy after graduating high school in 1963 to give himself some direction. He was initially assigned to work in electronics, but after getting a bad case of pneumonia, Ingram was…
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Corporal Nils Mockler, USMC, World War II, Iwo Jima
Nils Mockler joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17, only because they wouldn't let him join when he was 16. Upon enlisting in 1944, Mockler completed boot camp and was soon tapped as a combat…
Published on 1 week ago
Sami Steigmann, Holocaust Survivor
Sami Steigmann was born in Romanian controlled territory in December 1939. Before he turned two years old, he was a prisoner at the Mogilev-Podolski concentration camp. He was five when the war ended…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Maj. Gen. Matt Smith, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan
Matt Smith grew up on Long Island and joined Army ROTC at the University of Delaware in 1989. Four years later, he was commissioned as an officer. Smith was working in the private sector and serving …
Published on 3 weeks ago
MSG Ed Miklavcic, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima
Ed Miklavic was one of 12 children and he ended up joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940 because he tagged along with his brother and a friend to the Army recruiter. But Ed was better qualified tha…
Published on 4 weeks ago
William Keim, U.S. Merchant Marine, World War II
William Keim joined the U.S. Merchant Marine in 1943 at the age of 17. He was called to active duty when he turned 18 years old that same year. For the next two years, he served as an oilerman on Lib…
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Sydney Levit, U.S. Army Airborne, World War II, Battle of the Bulge
Sydney Levit was 17 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Like most kids his age, he was eager to serve. In 1943, Levit was drafted into the U.S. Army and he soon had the opportunity to …
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Sgt. Ralph Gastelum, USMC, Korean War, Inchon, Chosin Reservoir
Ralph Gastelum grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and never experienced much of a winter before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. His first real winter would be spent in Korea in some of the most bitterly cold…
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LT Tim 'Bear' Handlon, U.S. Navy, SEAL Team Two
Handlon Tim "Bear" Handlon wanted to serve in the military after seeing the 9/11 terrorist attacks unfold on television. There was just one problem. He was only in eighth grade. After a football scho…
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MCPO Edward Byers, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan, Iraq, Medal of Honor
Edward Byers became fascinated with the military - and Navy SEALs in particular - through books and movies in his younger years. He joined the U.S. Navy and, just a few months after the 9/11 terroris…
Published on 2 months ago