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Kathleen Faircloth, Gold Star Mother of USMC LCpl. Bradley Faircloth
Kathleen Faircloth received the news that no parent wants to get. In late November 2004, she learned that her son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal B…
11 months, 1 week ago
1LT Doug Greenlaw, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Silver Star
Doug Greenlaw sees his life as a series of "lightning strikes." He was literally struck by lightning when he was 13 years old, thankfully making an i…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
S/Sgt Melvin Hurwitz, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Melvin Hurwirz was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Within just a few years, all four boys in his family wer…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Col. Anthony Wood, USMC, Vietnam, Evacuation of Saigon
Anthony "Tony" Wood grew up in a Marine Corps family and enlisted to begin his own service in 1964. Before long he was commissioned as a USMC officer…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Capt. Sarah Spradlin, USMC, Special Operations Command
Sarah Spradlin knew she wanted to serve her nation in uniform, and to her the only option was the U.S. Marine Corps. She was commissioned as an offic…
1 year ago
SFC James Thompson, U.S. Army Buffalo Soldiers, Korea
James Thompson joined the U.S. Army in 1948, in part to avoid the consequences for his troubled behavior. Soon he was off to segregated training at F…
1 year ago
Lt. Col. Bruce McKenty, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Bruce McKenty was born into an Army family, as his father was a career officer. By the time he finished high school, McKenty knew he wanted to follow…
1 year ago
LCDR Kaj Larsen, U.S. Navy SEAL, BUD/s Training, War on Terrorism
Kaj Larsen did not follow the typical route to becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. He was admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy but left after two years to focus…
1 year ago
Carole Engle Avriett, 'Midnight in Ironbottom Sound,' Guadalcanal
Military historian and author Carole Engle Avriett joins us to tell the powerful story of U.S. Navy Mess Attendant Charles Jackson French, which is t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Delmar Beard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, World War II, Korea, Vietnam
Delmar Beard grew up near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. But when it was time to join the military during World War II, he chose the Navy. Serving as a g…
1 year, 1 month ago