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2d Lt Robert Caughey

Robert was born on June 24, 1933 in Wenatchee, WA. Robert served in the U.S. Air Force as a Russian linguist, with work in the Intelligence Service, receiving training as a paratrooper and achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant. Upon discharge from the military he...

MSgt Ted Kampf (Ret.)

Ted Kampf enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940 at the age of 19. After completing his training he was sent to the Philippine Islands and served on watch duty. In January of 1942 he was captured by the Japanese Army  and thrown aboard an old freighter ship with about...

Pvt. Everett A. “Smitty”; or “Pops”; Smith

U.S. Army Air Corps/HQ Co/187th/11th Airborne Division 1942-1946 WWII Pacific Theater Paratrooper/Gliderman/ Expert in 37mm Tank Destroyer cannon; General Joseph Swing’s HQ Service Staff. He grew up on Broad Channel, New York and first retired in Hallandale and...

John Bennett

John was drafted by the Spanish Fork Draft Board into the Vietnam War. Fort Ord in Marina, California and Fort Benning in Georgia is where he did his training as part of the 11th B Infantry. In Vietnam, John was a soldier in the 173rd Airborne and this unit was one of...

GySgt Rose Marie Noel

Rose Marie Noël enlisted in the military in 1988, choosing the Marine Corps because, she said, “they’re the toughest.” Following completion of Avionics School, she served as an Aviation Electrician and Instructor around the United States and in Japan, and served as a...