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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…
3 years, 3 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…
3 years, 3 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,…
3 years, 3 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 traine…
3 years, 3 months ago
TSgt August O'Niell, USAF, Afghanistan, Invictus Games Champion
Both of August O'Niell's parents served in the U.S. Air Force, and he followed suit thinking of a few years of service would pay for his college educ…
3 years, 4 months ago
George Elliott, U.S. Army National Guard, Korea
George Elliott joined the U.S. Army National Guard when he was just sixteen because he told recruiters he was seventeen. Before turning twenty, Ellio…
3 years, 4 months ago
COL Ludwig Faistenhammer, U.S. Army, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Ludwig Faistenhammer was born in Germany but his family moved to the U.S. before the Nazis rose to power. After the U.S. entered World War II, he joi…
3 years, 4 months ago
TSgt Paul 'Bud' Haedike, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Paul "Bud" Haedike was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. Before long he was assigned as a togglier bombardier on a B-17 bomber crew. From…
3 years, 4 months ago
Jim Leavelle, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor, Kennedy Assassination
Jim Leavelle had a front row seat to two of the most shocking moments of the 20th Century, serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Whitney when the J…
3 years, 4 months ago
SSG Jack Moran, U.S. Army, WWII, Battle of the Bulge, Crossing the Rhine
Jack Moran grew up in Wisconsin, joined the Army, and was deployed to France in the autumn of 1944. Over the next several months, Moran his his fello…
3 years, 5 months ago