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Chris Alvarez, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan
Chris Alvarez grew up knowing he wanted to serve and that he wanted to serve with the best. After being convinced to join the Marines once he was old…
2 years ago
CPT Kelly Elminger, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan, Paralympian
Kelly Elmlinger was a three-sport athlete in high school. She excelled in cross country, basketball, and track. After considering military service, s…
2 years, 1 month ago
Thomas 'Drago' Dzieran, Political Prisoner, U.S. Navy SEAL, Iraq,
Thomas "Drago" Dzieran grew up in Communist Poland. He realized he was being fed lies and propaganda as a boy when he got in big trouble at school fo…
2 years, 1 month ago
SFC Earnie Savage, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Ia Drang
In the early 1960's, the U.S. Army developed a new way of moving troops into and out of strategic locations. It was called Air Cavalry and operated u…
2 years, 1 month ago
CMDCM Leon Walker, Jr., U.S. Navy, Attack on the USS Stark
Leon Walker, Jr. grew up in a family full of Army and Marine Corps veterans. He tried to enlist in the Marines but the recruiter didn't want to be bo…
2 years, 2 months ago
CMSgt Melvin Jenner, USAF, WWII, Berlin Airlift
Melvin Jenner was already in the Michigan Air National Guard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After joining the U.S. Army…
2 years, 2 months ago
Cpl. Patrick Finn, USMC, Korea, Chosin Reservoir
Patrick Finn fibbed about his age in order to join the U.S. Marine Corps a bit earlier than he should have. He served honorably and was ready to end …
2 years, 2 months ago
Col. Joe Peterburs, USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, POW Part 2
In our last edition of "Veterans Chronicles," we learned about the World War II service of U.S. Air Force Col. Joe Peterburs (Ret.). He told us all a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Col. Joe Peterburs, USAF, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Joe Peterburs was on track to become a priest. All of that changed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next year, Peterb…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tom Toski, U.S. Navy, WWII, Okinawa, Leyte Gulf
Tom Toski was drafted into the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was deployed on a destroyer escort to the Pacific theater upon completion of his training. By th…
2 years, 3 months ago