Pfc Reuben T Brown

Apr 29, 2018 | Air Force

Reuben Brown was born Oct 27, 1923 in Kingsley, Iowa. Dad went into the service January 1943. He served overseas for 2 years, 5 months, 26 days. According to his discharge paperwork, he served 6 months as a rifleman before becoming a cook for the next 9 months. He...

Denise Rohan

Apr 15, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Denise Rohan was elected national commander of the 2 million-member American Legion on Aug. 24, 2017, in Reno, Nev., during the 99th national convention of America’s largest veterans organization. Born in McGregor, Iowa, Denise (Hulbert) Rohan lived in Elkader, Iowa,...

Lt. Col. Jimmy Kilbourne Sr.

Apr 3, 2018 | Air Force

Retired Lt. Col. Jimmy Kilbourne Sr. (pictured bottom right), 84, received two Silver Stars and three Distinguished Flying Crosses as an A-1E Skyraider pilot with the 602nd Fighter Squadron and later the 602nd Special Operations Squadron, in Vietnam and Thailand. His...

WASP Marie “Deanie” Bishop Parrish

Mar 26, 2018 | Air Force

Born and raised in Florida, Marie Deanie Bishop grew up with a determination to prove herself. On her twenty-first birthday Deanie, who had learned to fly, reached the age requirement for admission to the WASP program and applied that day. After acceptance, Deanie...

TSgt Charles Luther Blount

Mar 22, 2018 | Air Force

Charles Blount was often the last person to see a paratrooper as he dove out of the plane over a drop zone. “I counted them as they went out,” Blount says, detailing the events that took place aboard his plane in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944....

Anthony John DiBartolomeo Sr.

Mar 21, 2018 | Air Force

Anthony was drafted into the military on December 2, 1942. He was sent to Camp Kilmer, South Plain Field, N.J. From there he went to Miami, Florida for basic training, then on to Savannah, Georgia and then to Columbia AFB, Columbia, SC. He returned to Camp Kilmer and...