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Lt. Col. Ken Corigliano, USAF, Afghanistan, Iraq
By his own admission, Ken Corigliano was a troubled teenager who probably had jail in his future. That all changed the day a U.S. Air Force recruiter…
1 year, 3 months ago
LCDR Mike Saraille, USMC, U.S. Navy SEAL, Iraq, Afghanistan
When college wasn't working out, Mike Sarraille decided to become a U.S. Marine when he became friends with a recon Marine and was impressed by his h…
1 year, 3 months ago
Frank DeVita, USCG, WWII, Omaha Beach, Okinawa
Frank DeVita joined the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II thinking his job would be to protect the American coast. But his war service would be much d…
1 year, 4 months ago
SSG Jack Moran, U.S. Army, WWII, Fighting and Freezing at the Bulge
Jack Moran joined us nearly two years ago to discuss his extensive combat as an infantryman in Europe during World War II. Today, he returns for anot…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pfc. John 'Bill' Kongable, U.S. Army, World War II
John "Bill" Kongable was drafted into the U.S. Army just a couple of days after graduating from high school in 1944. From there it was on to basic tr…
1 year, 4 months ago
Sgt. Robert Day, USMC, Iraq, Battle of Fallujah
Robert Day joined the U.S. Marine Corps just a few months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Soon he was being transformed into a Marine at Parris Isl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Col. Sean Corrigan, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan, Desert Storm, Panama
Sean Corrigan was commissioned as a second lieutenant when he graduated from West Point in 1988. Within just a couple of years, he saw action in both…
1 year, 5 months ago
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 deplo…
1 year, 5 months 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…
1 year, 5 months 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, E…
1 year, 5 months ago