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Cpl Frank Wright, USMC, World War II, Fighting on Iwo Jima
Frank Wright joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, when he was just 16 years old. Before long, he became one of the famed Marine Raiders. After deploying first to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Y3C Lee Broussard, U.S. Navy, World War II, Witness to Japanese Surrrender
Lee Brousard enlisted in the Navy with the intention of joining the Naval Air Corps. But as he was traveling to Florida for flight training, the Navy changed those plans and sent him to San Diego for…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Sgt. Mike Ergo, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Mike Ergo originally joined the U.S. Marine Corps to play his saxophone in the Marine Corps band. But a short time after joining the Corps in 2001, Ergo changed his mind and asked to be transferred t…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Col. Aaron Cunningham, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Aaron Cunningham started thinking seriously about military service after watching Operation Desert Storm unfold in 1991, the year he graduated from high school. He began college without being sure of…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Cpl Kenneth Wells, USMC, World War II, Okinawa
Kenneth Wells was planning to join the U.S. Navy in World War II but the U.S. Marine Corps recruiter at the office told him he was joining the Marines instead. And so he did. His background as an ath…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Capt. Vincent 'Bill' Purple, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II
Vincent "Bill" Purple joined the U.S. Army Air Corps following the Japense attack on Pearl Harbor. Like most young men interested in joining the Air Corps, he wanted to be a fighter pilot. But the Ar…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Cpl Frank Wright, USMC, World War II, Hand-to-Hand Fighting on Guam
Frank Wright joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, when he was just 16 years old. Before long, he became one of the famed Marine Raiders. After deploying first to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Maj. Gen. Clayton Hutmacher, U.S. Army, USMC, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan
Clayton Hutmacher enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1978. Six years later he jumped at the chance to go to Army flight school and pursue a career in special operations. He would later see action i…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Cmdr. Porter Halyburton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW Part 2
In the first half of our conversation with retired U.S. Navy Commander Porter Halyburton, we learned about the day he was shot down over North Vietnam, how he was captured and tortured, and the bond …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Cmdr. Porter Halyburton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Porter Halyburton was born in Florida and grew up in North Carolina. After college, he got married and joined the U.S. Navy with a clear goal of becoming a naval aviator. He got his wish, flying the …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago