TSgt John “Chappy” Chapman

Aug 29, 2018 | Air Force

John A. Chapman was born on July 14, 1965 in Massachusetts but spent most of his young life in Connecticut, graduating from Windsor Locks High School in 1983. At the age of 20, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, as an Information Systems Operator. He later volunteered...

George H. Horton

Aug 27, 2018 | Air Force, Army, Navy

Branches of Military Service I Served In: U.S. Navy Serial Number 202-04-66, U.S. Army & Massachusetts National Guard Serial Number 21295699, U.S. Air Force Serial Number AF21295699.  Also sailed ships in Merchant Marines. My Naval service ships I served on:  USS...

WASP Elizabeth “Betty Wall” Strohfus

Aug 15, 2018 | Air Force

Strohfus, known as Betty (or sometimes Liz) Wall when she joined the WASPs — Women’s Air Force Service Pilots — died March 6, [2016] in Faribault, Minn., after a lifetime devoted to ensuring a legacy for the women once entrusted with the military’s newest planes. She...

SSgt Daniel Acosta

Jul 30, 2018 | Air Force

Staff Sergeant Daniel Acosta (USAF, Ret.) is one of the relatively few wounded veterans who did not serve in the Army or Marine Corps. A native Chicagoan, Dan joined the Air Force right out of high school in 2002 where a combination of natural skills and opportunity...

WASP Betty Pfister

Jul 26, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Betty started flying while a freshman at Bennington College in Vermont. She graduated with a degree in Marine Biology and immediately went to Texas to enter Class 43?4. While there, her brother, a Navy pilot, was killed due to a catapult failure on take?off. She went...

SSgt Doane Hage Jr.

Jul 24, 2018 | Air Force

Determined to serve in the Army Air Corps during World War II, 20-year-old Doane Hage enlisted and set out to be a fighter pilot. He wound up an armament man with a bomber squadron and then caught a break when a vacancy opened up on one plane’s crew. Shot down over...