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S1C Willie Clemons, Jr., U.S. Navy, WWII, Korea
In February 1945, Willie Clemons, Jr. joined the U.S. Navy while still 17 years old. Within just a couple of months, he was off to the Pacific Theater. Within a few more months, the Japanese surrende…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
PFC Vern Staley, U.S. Army, WWII, Combat Medic
Vern Staley wanted to join the military at age 17 following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His father refused to sign off, telling him to finish high school and accurately predicting "there'll …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
S1C Ken 'Gunner' Guyer, U.S. Navy, Vietnam
Ken Guyer joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17 years old. It was 1967, and he was eager to join the fight in Vietnam. Once he turned 18, he was on his way there and was soon serving as a gunner on a f…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Major Dewayne Rudd, USAF, U-2 Reconnaissance Pilot, B-2 Test Pilot
Dewayne Rudd joined the U.S. Air Force with a dream of one day becoming an astronaut and flying to space. Instead he became a versatile pilot the military and NASA would turn to on some of their most…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
PFC Lockered 'Bud' Gahs, U.S. Army, World War II
Lockered "Bud" Gahs was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. In late 1944, he deployed to France with the 42nd Infantry Division, which was dubbed "The Rainbow." Over the next several mont…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Henry Greenbaum, Holocaust Survivor
Henry Greenbaum was born in Poland in 1928. He was one of nine children. Even before the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, Greenbaum's family sensed that trouble was coming. One of his sisters had mar…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Staff Sgt. Matt Cable, Montana Air National Guard, Invictus Games Champion
Matt Cable joined the Montana National Guard shortly after graduating from high school because he just wanted to move on with his life. Little did he know at the time that saving his own life would b…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
TSgt Richard Hamilton, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII, POW
Richard Hamilton was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He was trained as a radio man on a B-17 bomber crew. After arriving in England, he took part in eight successful bombing missions, b…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
PO2 John Cahill, U.S. Navy, Vietnam
When John Cahill graduated from high school, college was not an option for him. He knew that meant he would soon be drafted. So he decided to enlist, and his U.S. Army veteran father convinced him to…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
AD3 Al Hansen, U.S. Navy, World War II
Al Hansen joined the U.S. Navy when he was 16 years old, both to serve his country and to help his mother keep a roof over her head. Initially trained as a dive bomber, Hansen was later shifted to a …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago