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Capt. John Harris, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII
John Harris jumped at the chance to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II as soon as the demand was lifted that required two years of college. Soon Harris was in Florida, proving himself i…
Published on 3 years ago
Lt. Jim Downing, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor
Jim Downing joined the U.S. Navy in 1931 because the pay was very attractive at the depths of the Great Depression. After training he would be assigned to the brand new USS West Virginia, serving on …
Published on 3 years ago
Col. Walter 'Joe' Marm, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
Walter "Joe" Marm joined the Army to avoid being drafted. Before long he was assigned to a brand new division training for a new type of warfare. It was called the 1st Cavalry Air Mobile Division. A…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
LtCol Rob Riggle, USMC, Liberia, Kosovo, Afghanistan
You may know Rob Riggle best as a very successful actor and comedian, but he is also a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps with three significant overseas deployments under his belt.
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Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
CDR Frank Weisser, U.S. Navy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Blue Angels, 'Top Gun'
Frank Weisser entered the U.S. Naval Academy focused on becoming a Navy SEAL. But his superior officers informed hum he would be of greater value as an aviator. Working his way up to flying F/A 18 H…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Capt. Richard Halferty, U.S. Navy, Korea
Richard Halferty was at college in Missouri when he learned that his brother had been killed while serving with the U.S. Army in Korea. As his parents' last surviving son, Halferty could be excused f…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
SCPO Michael Peyton, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan, Iraq
Michael Peyton grew up in a family with a legacy of military service. As a young man he joined the Navy for one simple reason: he wanted to be a SEAL. In more than two decades that followed, Peyton a…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Pete Cannon, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Pete Cannon joined the U.S. Army shortly after graduating from high school in 1965. Soon he was training to fly a variety of helicopters and two years later he was flying missions in Vietnam.
In this …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Lt. Col. Tom Harper, U.S. Army National Guard, Afghanistan
Both of Tom Harper's grandfathers served in the military and one of them later made a career out of repairing military helicopters in Florida. After seeing that world up close, Harper knew he wanted …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Y1C Gloria Harnett Kerzner, U.S. Navy WAVES, World War II
Gloria Harnett Kerzner was just weeks shy of her 18th birthday when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Like most other Americans, she wanted to help the war effort. The U.S. Navy created the Women A…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago