CPT Bernadette Agnes Payla Miller

Sep 10, 2017 | Army

Captain Bernadette Miller was just twenty-one years old when she arrived in Vietnam for duty as a post-operative nurse. Considered the baby of the hospital, the other nurses took her under their wing, helping her to cope with the stress of the job. Her first night...

PFC Giles G. McCoy

Sep 9, 2017 | Marines

After surviving three of the Pacific Theater’s most harrowing campaigns and a kamikaze attack, Marine Giles McCoy thought the worst was over when his ship returned to the States for repairs in the summer of 1945. But that ship, the heavy cruiser USS...

MM Vern Peters, Jr.

Sep 8, 2017 | Coast Guard

Vern Peters chose to enlist in the Coast Guard because of an especially persuasive recruiting poster depicting a bare-chested seaman loading a shell into the breech. Peters completed basic training at Government Island, Alameda, California, where many of his fellow...

TSgt Meg Parrish Miner

Sep 7, 2017 | Air Force

Recruited by the Air Force, Meg Parrish Miner joined the military straight out of high school, enticed by the chance to leave her small town, get an education, and hold the impressive-sounding title of “jet engine mechanic”–despite having zero...

SP/5 Bobby E. Padgett

Sep 6, 2017 | Army

The Secretary of the Army of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Army Commendation Medal with Combat “V” to Specialist Fifth Class Bobby E. Padgett, United States Army, for heroism in the Republic of Vietnam on 11 August 1968....