Serving in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam in 1968, and treating Vietnamese civilians and prisoners of war in addition to American wounded, Colonel Lola Olsmith’s experiences in country quickly transformed her from hawk to dove. Despite her feelings on the war, she...
Leonard A. Priel, the fourth child of seven siblings, was born in 1933 on a dairy farm situated on the southwest corner of the state of New York. He and his family were responsible for milking 60 head of cattle, twice a day. Leonard attended elementary school in a one...
A child of the Great Depression and victim of California’s 1933 revision to the racial miscegenation law, his custody in a mixed marriage divorce was awarded to the parent the child resembled the most in appearance and color! As a result, at the age of six...
Sergeant Damien Thai Ficek, 26, an infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry, a part of the 81st Brigade Combat Team, died December 30th, 2004 as a result of hostile action near Baghdad. Washington Governor Gary Locke issued this statement; “I...
“Join the Marines to release a Marine to fight,” read the billboard down the street from where Marjorie Tredway worked as a secretary in 1943. Excited to show her patriotism, she joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, two months after...
