Police Officer Moira Ann Reddy-Smith

May 6, 2019 | Police

New York City Police Department, New York End of Watch Tuesday, September 11, 2001 Officer Moira Reddy-Smith was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center. Officer Reddy-Smith was the...

Major Roger Thomas (Ret)

May 5, 2019 | Air Force, Navy

Three days after his 18th birthday, a young Roger Thomas enlisted in the US Navy and served as a Machinist Mate and Nuclear Engineer, sailing aboard the USS Enterprise for 8 years. After a brief break in service to complete college, Roger realized his duty to country...

Corporal Keith Davis

May 4, 2019 | Army

“We were fortunate to record Keith Davis’s Oral History before he passed away, for the Library of Congress. This short Bio reflects on who this brave patriot was.”  Steven Henline, FB Post (4/19/19) Corporal Keith Davis Springville, Utah US Army 1943 to 1945...

Col Katherine Amelia Towle

May 3, 2019 | Marines

Colonel Katherine Amelia Towle (April 30, 1898 – March 1, 1986) was the second Director of the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve (USMCWR) and the first Director of Women Marines. Towle was born in Towle, California on April 30, 1898. (The town was named...

Battalion Chief Linda Long

May 2, 2019 | EMT/Paramedic, Fire

There weren’t many women firefighters when Linda Long, now 54, was a kid, but the first time she sat in a fire truck she knew she wanted to be a firefighter. So, when Long turned 18, she tried to join Fort Washington Volunteer Fire Company. She began going to training...