James Edwin Woods

Jun 4, 2018 | Air Force

James Edwin Woods, son of Walter R. and Elizabeth [Cogar] Woods, was born on December 10, 1931, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In 1949, James graduated from Buckhannon-Upshur High School in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He was very popular and well liked, and played...

2LT Vernal J. Bird

Jun 1, 2018 | Air Force, Army

In 1941 he enlisted in the army and attended Field Artillery School. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. His training took him many places in the western U.S. and finally to South Carolina and Georgia. On March 12, 1944 he was on his eighth mission flying his...

Capt Edward A Nachowitz

May 25, 2018 | Air Force

Nachowitz was assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. He completed 4 x combat missions, with 500+ combat hrs. He failed to Return (FTR) on a re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders.He was hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders,...

Lt Col Michael P Anderson

May 22, 2018 | Air Force

Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson, was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on February...

John Richard Noonan

May 15, 2018 | Air Force

John Richard Noonan was a cadet in the Army Air Force for 2 and a half years, from 1943-1946. He completed his pilot training , but did not have any deployments or tours. He received the Good Conduct Medal. He is very grateful for the training and education he...

Joseph K Miner, M.D., M.S.P.H.

May 14, 2018 | Air Force

Governor Gary R. Herbert appointed Dr. Joseph K. Miner as executive director of the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) in August 2015. As director, Dr. Miner oversees nearly 1,000 health department employees with the goal of helping Utah become the healthiest state in...