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PFC Vincent Speranza, U.S. Army Airborne, WWII, Battle of the Bulge
Vincent Speranza was born to immigrant Italian parents in New York City. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Speranza's father stressed to his b…
2 years, 5 months ago
SSgt Lester Schrenk, U.S. Army Air Forces, WWII, POW
Lester Schrenk joined the U.S. Army Air Forces on his 19th birthday in November 1942. Even though he still sees perfectly today, he was told he could…
2 years, 6 months ago
Roy Gleason, U.S. Army, Vietnam, World Series Champion
Roy Gleason grew up near Chicago and fell in love with baseball while watching Cubs games with his grandfather. As a young teenager, he learned he ha…
2 years, 6 months ago
Louis Bourgault, USMC, WWII, Bougainville, Iwo Jima
Louis Bourgault was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor - too young to formally join the military. After his father rejected a teena…
2 years, 6 months ago
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 p…
2 years, 6 months 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 …
2 years, 7 months 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…
2 years, 7 months 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 …
2 years, 7 months 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 Pea…
2 years, 7 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 …
2 years, 7 months ago