John Deer

Dec 8, 2018 | Army

Abilene native John Deer grew up flying with his dad, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. As a teenager on a car trip to Dallas, John passed by Fort Wolters near Mineral Wells, Texas, and took notice of the many helicopters populating the area’s big skies. How cool...

Brig Gen Harold Huston George

Dec 6, 2018 | Air Force, Army

World War I fighter ace, for whom George Air Force Base, Victorville, Calif., is named. He was born in 1892 in Lockport, N.Y., and was killed in action April 29, 1942 near Darwin, Australia. Harold George graduated from high school at Niagara Falls, N.Y., and enlisted...

Cpl Michael D. Jankiewicz

Dec 5, 2018 | Army

Cpl. Michael D. Jankiewicz was a machine gun team leader assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga. He was born on Jan. 23, 1987, in Ridgewood, N.J. Jankiewicz was killed during a combat operation in Zabul Province, Afghanistan...

COL Roger Knight

Dec 3, 2018 | Army

As a member of an Army construction battalion serving in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, Colonel Roger Knight took part in a critical element of the war effort, though one that is often overlooked in contemporary accounts: the building of roads, bridges, and buildings...

William E. D’Huyvetters

Dec 2, 2018 | Army

William E. D’Huyvetters’ family moved to Easton from Fair Lawn, N.J., when he was about 7.  After graduating from Easton High School in 1942, he worked at his father’s tannery until the following spring. Uncle Sam said he needed me. I was drafted...

SSG Shilo Harris

Dec 1, 2018 | Army

Shilo Harris came from a family with deep roots in military service. As a son of a Vietnam veteran, Shilo always knew he wanted to be a soldier. On September 11th his life changed forever: On his second deployment with the 10th Mountain Division, he was assigned and...