Donald McCune wanted to be a fighter. He named his pets after characters in the fighter-pilot movie “Top Gun,” and when the time came, he asked to transfer to a unit that would go to Iraq. “He felt this was something he needed to do, and I’m very proud of what he...
When his Marine Force Recon team leader was shot in the thigh, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Anzac Merrithew sliced open the wound large enough to fit his hand inside, then placed a clamp on the severed femoral artery up inside the Marine’s pelvis. He kept his hand...
For the first time in its 75-year history, the Vulcan Society of black firefighters has elected a female president. Regina Wilson’s new role is the latest achievement for the pioneering firefighter from Brooklyn who joined the FDNY in 1999. “Being named...
Lt. Hamilton “Mac” McWhorter III was the first F6F Hellcat ace of the US Navy. He attended the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, before entering the Navy’s flight program in August, 1941 and was commissioned at Pensacola in Feb., 1942. He flew...
Los Angeles Police Department, California End of Watch Saturday, July 27, 2019 Police Officer Juan Diaz was shot and killed shortly after midnight in the area of Avenue 26 and Humboldt Street after taking law enforcement action when he observed several men vandalizing...
