COL Martin L. Fackler

Aug 26, 2017 | Army, Navy

Life during wartime is often full of unexpected events, and not surprisingly, Colonel Martin Fackler’s career in military medicine during the Vietnam era took many twists and turns. Beginning in the Navy as an intern, he wrangled a coveted residency through an...

SGT Norman S. Ikari

Aug 25, 2017 | Army

On January 20, 1942, 44 days after Pearl Harbor, I was drafted into the Army. I reported to the Reception Center at Ft. McArthur, And Pedro, CA and was shipped east to Camp Grant, Illinois, an MRTC (Medical replacement Training Center) for basic training. Shortly...

Brig Gen Norman C Gaddis

Aug 24, 2017 | Air Force

On 12 May 1967 while on a mission near Hanoi I was hit by anti-aircraft guns. As I attempted to leave the target area, a MIG-17 pilot spotted my disabled aircraft and had little difficulty shooting it down. My pilot, Lt. James Jefferson, a fine young officer and a...

COL Clarence M. Davenport

Aug 23, 2017 | Army

Clarence entered West Point on 1 Jul 1939 along with some 350 classmates. When he entered the Academy, he under­went a system known as “silencing.” This decreed that a white cadet could not speak to or sit next to a black cadet except to con­duct official business....

PFC Raymond Robert Wade

Aug 22, 2017 | Army

Raymond Wade was a 23-year-old farmer in Indiana when he got his draft notice in the mail. Raymond Wade served in many locations in the Pacific Theater, including Australia, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal (twice), the Fijis, Bougainville, and New Hebrides. While overseas,...