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Maj. General Mari K. Eder, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief U.S. Army Reserve
Maj. General Mari K. Eder shares her story of joining the U.S. Army in 1977 and embarking on a 36-year career, in which she rose to be Deputy Chief of U.S. Army Public Affairs during U.S. military ac…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Carl Felton, U.S. Navy, WWII, D-Day
Carl Felton joined the U.S.Navy after graduating from high school in 1943, even though he didn't know how to swim. Felton was then trained in communications and sent to England to be part of the pivo…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Col. Douglas MacGregor, U.S. Army, Desert Storm
Douglas MacGregor was commissioned as a U.S. Army officer after graduating from West Point in 1976. He soon developed expertise in armored cavalry and tanks that proved extremely valuable in the shor…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
James Wright, USMC, 'Enduring Vietnam'
James Wright joined the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating high school. His three years of service in the Marines fell during peacetime, but just a few years later American found itself fully immerse…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Steven Fenves, U.S. Army, Holocaust Survivor
Steven Fenves and his family enjoyed a nice middle class life in Hungary for his first ten years. In 1941, Hungarian authorities began discriminating against Jewish families. Within three years, he …
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Col. Mike Dowe, U.S. Army, Korea, POW
From a young age, Mike Dowe knew that he wanted to attend the U.S. Military Academy and serve our nation in uniform. In 1950, he graduated from West Point and was immediately sent to Korea. After mon…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Tom Fitzpatrick, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII
Tom Fitzpatrick grew up in Pennsylvania and had never been on an airplane before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Before long, he was serving as a radio navigator on a B-17 bomber cre…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Maj. General Victor Hugo Jr., U.S. Army, Vietnam
Retired U.S. Army Major General Victor Hugo, Jr. takes us through his distinguished Army career, from West Point through Vietnam to perfecting the Patriot Missiles that served us so well during the G…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Dakota Meyer, USMC, Afghanistan, Iraq, Medal of Honor
Dakota Meyer decided to have some fun with the U.S. Marine recruiter visiting his high school. Within minutes he had a change of heart and signed up to serve. Meyer would serve in Iraq and Afghanista…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Charles Temple, Jr, U.S. Navy, Pacific
Charles Temple Jr. was a skilled craftsman by the time he was a teenager and when he joined the U.S. Navy near the end of World War II his skills were put to immediate use. Temple served aboard a ref…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago