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BM3 Vaughn Collicott, U.S. Navy, World War II, D-Day
Vaughn Collicott spent the first year of his life traveling in a covered wagon. Before he was 21 years old, he was helping to fire the guns of a Navy destroyer at German positions on the coast of Nor…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
TSgt Joe 'Peppy' Sciarra, U.S. Army, World War II, Battle of Luzon
Joe "Peppy" Sciarra was drafted into the U.S. Army the day after he graduated from high school. All four boys in his family served during World War II. After basic training, Sciarra was assigned to t…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Joseph Picard, U.S. Army Artillery, World War II, Battle of the Bulge
Joseph Picard was a teenager when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Unlike some of his peers, Picard was neither excited to join the service nor dreading it. He just accepted that …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Don Graves, USMC, World War II, Iwo Jima
Don Graves tried to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps the day after President Franklin Roosevelt declared the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor a day of infamy. Since he was only 16 years old, Graves had…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
LCDR Ed Hiner, U.S. Navy SEAL, Iraq, Afghanistan
Ed Hiner had no intention of joining the military until a friend's father forced him to help a military family in need. During that experience, Hiner met a Navy SEAL, learned about what the SEALs do,…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Lieutenant (J.G.) Patrick Zilliacus, U.S. Navy, World War II
Patrick Zilliacus was born in Finland and came to the U.S. when his father became the Finnish military attache in Washington, primarily to procure weapons for Finland's war with Russia. Left on his o…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lt Gen. Marc Sasseville, USAF, Air National Guard, 9/11, Iraq
Ltt Gen. Marc Sasseville was born into an Air Force family and that played a significant role in his decision to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy and become an Air Force officer. After 14 years on a…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Andrew Card, Chief of Staff for Pres. George W. Bush, 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Andrew Card served more than five years as White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush. Less than eight months into Bush's first term, Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners. Tw…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Timothy Brown, FDNY, 9/11, South Tower World Trade Center
Timothy Brown was serving as supervisor of field operations in New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's office of emergency management on September 11, 2001. He was already at work near the World Trade Ce…
Published on 4 months ago
MAJ Christopher Brewer, U.S. Army Special Forces, Colombia, Panama
Christopher Brewer grew up as an Army brat and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1973 because he wanted to be a Ranger. Even though he had never jumped out of a plane prior to joining the Army, Brewer lea…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago