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MSgt Bernie Oder, USAF, Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm
Bernie Oder joined the U.S. Air Force in 1972 when his number came up among the final names in the military draft. While serving as a supply clerk in…
3 years ago
LCDR Mike Saraille. USMC, U.S. Navy SEAL, Iraq, Afghanistan
When college wasn't working out, Mike Sarraille decided to become a U.S. Marine when he became friends with a recon Marine and was impressed by his h…
3 years ago
T/5 Donald Banks, U.S. Army, WWII, 82nd Airborne
Donald Banks enlisted through the Draft Board to join the U.S. Army and then jumped at the chance to serve in the 82nd Airborne Division. After very …
3 years, 1 month ago
Col. George Ferkes, USAF, Vietnam, Operation Eagle Claw
George Ferkes could not pass up the opportunity to fly in the U.S. Air Force. After finishing flight school in 1970, he soon found himself in the ski…
3 years, 1 month ago
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 Theate…
3 years, 1 month 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 finis…
3 years, 1 month 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…
3 years, 2 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 mil…
3 years, 2 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 wa…
3 years, 2 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 t…
3 years, 2 months ago