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Joseph Norcom, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Joseph Norcom served as a waist gunner on 23 U.S. Army Air Corps bombing missions over Europe, primarily on B-17 bombers.
In this interview with Greg …
6 years, 3 months ago
Charles Burgess King, U.S. Army, Iraq
Raised amid the turmoil and danger of a civil war in Liberia, Charles Burgess King came to the U.S. as a child. Upon graduation from high school, he…
6 years, 3 months ago
Tom Rice, U.S. Army Airborne, D-Day World War II
The first Americans to set foot in Europe on D-Day in June 1944 were the paratroopers, including the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division.…
6 years, 3 months ago
Bill Van Scoyoc, World Trade Center, 9/11
Rick Rescorla served as a British paratrooper but after coming to the United States he joined the U.S. Army, and was a veteran of Vietnam. His heroi…
6 years, 3 months ago
Lt. Jason Redman, US Navy SEAL (Ret.), Afghanistan & Iraq
Lt. Jason Redman spent eight years as an enlisted U.S. Navy SEAL, and was commissioned as a SEAL Officer in 2004. He completed combat deployments in …
6 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Durso, U.S. Army, WWII
Daniel Durso served in the U.S. Army during WWII in a Tank Battalion. He served in the European Theater and recounts his experiences fighting with hi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Capt. Kevin Rosenblum, U.S. Army, Iraq War
U.S. Amy veteran Kevin Rosenblum shares his story of joining the ROTC program in college, never thinking he would end up in combat. A short time lat…
6 years, 4 months ago
Col. Joseph Peterburs, U.S. Air Force, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
Joseph Peterburs was in seminary to be a priest, but the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed those plans. After being rejected by the U.S. Navy, …
6 years, 4 months ago
Lena King, 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion U.S. Army, World War II
As World War II in Europe unfolded, the U.S. Army encountered a massive backlog of mail for the troops. Officers knew that no mail for meant low mor…
6 years, 4 months ago
Gene Kranz, U.S. Air Force, NASA Flight Director
Gene Kranz grew up idolizing World War II pilots like Jimmy Doolittle and the Doolittle Raiders. Kranz later joined the U.S. Air Force, which would …
6 years, 5 months ago