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Maj. John 'Lucky' Luckadoo, U.S. Army Air Corps, Bloody 100th Bomb Group
John 'Lucky" Luckadoo wanted to join the war effort against Nazi Germany even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He and a friend hatched a plan to join the service in Canada until Lucky's fa…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Sgt. Dakota Meyer, USMC, Afghanistan, Iraq, Medal of Honor
Dakota Meyer decided to have some fun with the U.S. Marine recruiter visiting his high school. Within minutes he had a change of heart and signed up to serve. Meyer would serve in Iraq and Afghanista…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Capt. Russell 'Rusty' Schweikart, USAF, Air National Guard, NASA, Apollo 9
Russell "Rusty" Schweikart grew up with a great interest in aviation and watching the planes fly around Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. So it was no surprise when he joined the U.S. Air Fo…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Col. Howard Hill, USAF, Vietnam, POW
Howard Hill attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and went on to flight training, where he became a radio intercept officer (RIO). Deployed to Vietnam as a backseater on an F-4, Hill flew many missions…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Wayne "Whitey" Johnson, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII, Flying Tigers
Whitey Johnson was a farm kid from Minnesota who had the chance to fly a crop duster when he was a teenager. The day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he stood in line to join the U.S. Army …
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Col. Randy Bresnik, USMC, Iraq, NASA
Randy Bresnik was born into a family that already had an aviation legacy. His father was a U.S. Army Air Cavalry helicopter pilot in Vietnam and his grandfather spent five years as the official photo…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
SFC Brendan Quisenberry, U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghanistan, Iraq
Brendan Quisenberry grew up with a deep appreciation for military service, as both his father and grandfather were veterans. As a sophomore in high school when terrorists struck the U.S. on 9/11, he …
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 17
Harrison Schmitt's father was a geologist but it wasn't until college thatSchmitt decided to follow in his dad's footsteps. By the mid-1960's, Schmitt had a Ph.D and was working at the U.S. Geologica…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
SSgt Ray Hildreth, USMC & U.S. Army, Vietnam, Hill 488
Ray Hildreth joined the U.S. Marine Corps in an effort to shape up after a brush with the law as a teenager. He joined during the Vietnam War, never once thinking he would be sent overseas. But after…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
COL Ramon 'Tony' Nadal, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Ia Drang
Ramon "Tony" Nadal continued a proud family legacy when he was accepted into West Point after high school. Nadal's father was one the first Puerto Rican graduates of the U.S. Military Academy back in…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago