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WASP Violet Clara Thurn Cowden

Violet Cowden served with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a stateside program that enlisted female pilots to ferry supplies cross-country, thus freeing up male pilots for combat roles. For Cowden, serving as a WASP gave her the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream...

PVT Kenneth Brown Hart

From Bunker Hill to Baghdad, the citizen soldier has played a vital role in our military history. These patriots laid down their plow shares and took up the sword when our nation called. Many gave their lives on foreign soil to preserve our freedom here at home. One...

Carl Wicklund

This is my grandfather Carl Wicklund during WWII, he served during the war in the United States. I believe he was in administration – Army. He didn’t really talk about his service. Carl Wicklund was the son of Swedish immigrants to Seattle, his family spoke...

CWO3 John L. Stensby, Sr.

War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: 60th Coast Artillery Service Location: Fort Mills, and Corregedor (Philippines); Pacific Theater Rank: Chief Warrant Officer 3 POW: Yes We honor you, John Stensby. (#Repost...

CPT Rhona Marie Knox Prescott

War: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Branch: Army Nurse Corps Unit: 3rd Field Hospital; 616th Clearing Company; 85th Evacuation Hospital Service Location: Texas; Virginia; Georgia; Oklahoma; South Korea; Saigon, An Khe, and Qui Nhon, South Vietnam We honor you, Rhona Prescott....

CPL Wendy Marie Wamsley Taines

War: Persian Gulf War, 1991 Branch: Army Unit: 15th Evacuation Hospital Service Location: Fort Dix, New Jersey; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Saudi Arabia In 1989, Wendy Wamsley was a troubled 17-year-old high school student with bad grades and an attitude...