Specialist Kara Ann Kittrell

Apr 20, 2019 | Army

War: Iraq War, 2003-2011 Branch: Army Unit: Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, 1138th Engineer Battalion; Missouri Army National Guard Service Location: Missouri; Kuwait; Iraq; Germany Rank: Specialist Specialist Kara Ann Kittrell enlisted in the Army two months...

LT John White (Ret.)

Apr 19, 2019 | Police

The first African-American police officer in Georgia was sworn in [72] years ago. A total of nine black police officers joined the Savannah Police Department on May 3, 1947. They became known, collectively, as the “Original Nine.” Retired Lieutenant John White was the...

1st Lt Stephen A. Wayne

Apr 18, 2019 | Air Force

First Lieutenant Stephen A. Wayne distinguished himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force over North Vietnam on 10 March 1967. On that date, Lieutenant Wayne was flying as the copilot of the lead element on the return...

SFC Merideth L. Howard

Apr 17, 2019 | Army, Fire

U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Merideth L. Howard was killed September 8, 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee. Howard was assigned to the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade in support of the 10th Mountain Division at...

MAJ Elizabeth A. Allen

Apr 16, 2019 | Air Force

In 1965, Elizabeth Allen was a nurse on a mission. Inspired by her brothers’ service in the Vietnam War, having earned a Masters degree in Psychiatric Nursing and graduated from Officer Candidate School, she enlisted in the Air Force, insisting that she be...