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Lt. Col. Clif Berry, USAF & U.S. Army, Berlin Airlift, Vietnam
Fred Clifton Berry, Jr. joined the U.S. Force in 1948 due to his interest in radio and airplanes. He soon found himself in Germany and in the middle …
4 years ago
Ned Connor, U.S. Navy, WWII
Ned Connor was planning to join the ground forces of the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. But he soon found out he wasn't going to make that dec…
4 years ago
Andrew Faltum, U.S. Navy, Vietnam Refugee Rescue
Andrew Faltum started as a detective for the Chicago Police Department but by the early 1970's he decided it was time for a change. Faltum joined the…
4 years ago
Michael "Mickey" Ganitch, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor
Michael "Mickey Ganitch" Ganitch grew up in Ohio and joined the U.S. Navy in early 1941, as he puts it, to dodge being drafted into the Army. Less t…
4 years ago
Frank Emond, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor
Frank Emond joined the U.S. Navy in 1938 after learning it was looking for musicians. Three years later, Emond was standing on the deck of the USS P…
4 years, 1 month ago
SgtMaj David Devaney, USMC Sniper, Iraq
David Devaney enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1983. After surviving boot camp, he soon pursued the opportunity to become a U.S. Marine sniper an…
4 years, 1 month ago
Charles Strange, Gold Star Father of U.S. Navy PO1 Michael Strange
Charles Strange didn't initially want his son, Michael, to join the military. But when Michael turned 18, he joined the U.S. Navy and soon became an…
4 years, 1 month ago
Col. Douglas Dillard, U.S. Army, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Douglas Dillard joined the U.S. Army at age 16, determined to help the U.S. win World War II. By the end of his military career decades later, Dilla…
4 years, 1 month ago
SSG Eugene Groves, Montford Point Marines, Korea
Eugene Groves joined the U.S. Marine Corps when he was 17, in part to get out of his racially charged town. Groves then trained at Montford Point at…
4 years, 1 month ago
SSG David Bellavia, U.S. Army, Iraq, Medal of Honor
David Bellavia grew up hearing his grandfather's stories of fighting in Normandy during World War II. Sixty years later, Bellavia would be fighting …
4 years, 2 months ago