Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia was born, Nov. 10, 1975, in Buffalo, New York. The son of a successful dentist and the youngest of four boys, Bellavia grew up in western New York and attended ...

Sergeant Tyler Webber enlisted in the Army on July 31, 2003. At the time, he was living in Yamhill, Oregon. His dream was always to become a war hero and he accomplished nothing less. Webber’s ...

In May of 1861, 9-year-old John Lincoln “Johnny” Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the Union Army, but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9-year-old ...

Chief Warrant Officer (CW4) Bruce Alan Smith of West Liberty, Iowa was killed in combat on 02 November 2003 while proudly serving America in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of Fox Company, ...

Second Lieutenant Walthour was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 21, 1950. Virginia Military ...

Floyd Sims was born in Michigan during the Depression in 1929. During World War Two, his family moved to Saginaw to work in the war factories. At 16 Floyd graduated first in his class as an ...

A lifelong adventurer, Lee Lane joined the military to become a helicopter pilot. The first female helicopter pilot in her Illinois National Guard unit, she spent her time overseas zooming across ...

On 30 May 1991, while on duty providing care for Kurdish civilians and Coalition soldiers, LTC Gerald D Griffin’s clinic was captured by Shiite Fundamental Rebels. They threatened the lives of ...

Commander of the 6th Port HQ Company under General Patton. As sub-port commander, he led the landings at Casablanca in 1942, and again at Salerno in 1942, and finally at Cavaliere in Southern ...