War or Conflict: WWII, 1939-1945 Dates of Service: 1941-1945 Entrance into Service: Enlisted Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 5th Infantry Division and 26th Infantry Division Location of Service: Texas; Normandy, France;...
Violet Cowden served with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a stateside program that enlisted female pilots to ferry supplies cross-country, thus freeing up male pilots for combat roles. For Cowden, serving as a WASP gave her the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream...
From Bunker Hill to Baghdad, the citizen soldier has played a vital role in our military history. These patriots laid down their plow shares and took up the sword when our nation called. Many gave their lives on foreign soil to preserve our freedom here at home. One...
This is my grandfather Carl Wicklund during WWII, he served during the war in the United States. I believe he was in administration – Army. He didn’t really talk about his service. Carl Wicklund was the son of Swedish immigrants to Seattle, his family spoke...
Melissa Rose Barnes was the family clown, no doubt about it. When her sister, Jennifer, was sick with lupus, for instance, she dressed up in disco clothes and jumped around the house doing John Travolta imitations — just like a kid, except that she was 25 at the...
