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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 f…
4 years, 11 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…
4 years, 11 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 …
4 years, 11 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…
5 years 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 Pa…
5 years 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 …
5 years 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 wer…
5 years ago
Bill Dawson, U.S. Navy, WWII, Original Navy Frogman
Bill Dawson joined the U.S. Navy shortly after World War II. His first choice was submarine duty but the Navy had other plans. Dawson and other sailo…
5 years ago
R.V. Burgin, USMC, New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa
R.V. Burgin joined the U.S. Marine Corps because "it's the best that Uncle Sam had." Serving in the Pacific, Burgin saw action as a mortar man and as…
5 years, 1 month ago
Wayne "Whitey" Johnson, WWII, Flying Tigers
Whitey Johnson was a farm kid from Minnesota who had the chance to fly a crop duster when he was a teenager. The day after the Japanese attack on Pea…
5 years, 1 month ago