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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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months ago
Lt. Col. Daniel Gade, U.S. Army, Iraq, 'Wounding Warriors'
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Gade graduated from West Point and eventually served as a tank company commander as part of the Second Infantry Div…
4 years, 6 months ago
Col. Frank Athanason, U.S. Army, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Frank Athanason wanted to join the Navy in 1945, but when the two men in front of him passed out from receiving shots in the arm and he didn't, he wa…
4 years, 6 months ago
Carole Engle Avriett, 'Marine Raiders'
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the U.S. Marine Corps set out to create the first two battalions of Marine Raiders. These …
4 years, 6 months ago
Lt. Col. Scott Mann, U.S. Army, Green Beret, Part 2 'Pineapple Express'
Last week, we presented our first interview with retired U.S. Army Green Beret Lt. Col. Scott Mann to discuss his military service, including several…
4 years, 6 months ago