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Kayla Williams, U.S. Army, Iraq
A member of the 101st Airborne Division, Kayla Williams was among the very first American forces to enter Iraq in 2003 and roll from Kuwait to Baghda…
4 years, 2 months ago
CPO Mathias "Matt" Gutman, U.S. Navy, WWII, Peleliu, Okinawa
Mathias "Matt" Gutman came from a military family and joined the U.S. Navy shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He became a coxswain on…
4 years, 2 months ago
Lewis Varvel, U.S. Navy, Doolittle Raid, Midway
Lewis Varvel joined the U.S. Navy because he didn't want to be in the Army, but his service during World War II would still be harrowing and conseque…
4 years, 2 months ago
Jack Holder, U.S. Navy, WWII, Pearl Harbor, Midway
Jack Holder joined the U.S. Navy fresh out of high school in 1940. He arrived in Pearl Harbor in December of that year. Twelve months later he was di…
4 years, 3 months ago
Gen. Charles McGee, Tuskegee Airmen, World War II, Korea, Vietnam
On January 16, 2022, retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Charles McGee died at the age of 102. His story is one of profound courage, excellence…
4 years, 3 months ago
Yoshio Nakamura, U.S. Army, WWII, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Yoshio Nakamura grew up working on his family's farm in California. Despite the Great Depression, it was a good life and Nakamura had many friends as…
4 years, 3 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago