GEN Lucian Truscott

Sep 6, 2018 | Army

Some men are born to serve in the Armed Forces. Sometimes it’s familial tradition for sons to follow in a father’s footsteps, or a grandfather’s. In other cases, young men, at a very early age, dream of doing nothing else. And some men are drawn to service not by...

PVT Sabatino Abilio

Sep 5, 2018 | Army

I am writing this narrative in behalf of my father who served his country in World War One. At this point and time, I can only relate the story that he told me as a child. He told me that he fought in World War One, in France, in the Campaign of Chateau Thierry. He...

CPT Isaac Camacho

Sep 4, 2018 | Army

The First American POW to escape captivity during the war in Vietnam. Green Beret Army Capt. Isaac Camacho vividly recalled the terrible night when he was captured by Viet Cong. It was the night of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas. He was...

PVT Satsuki “Fred” Tanakatsubo

Aug 31, 2018 | Army

Mr. Tanakatsubo was born on April 26th, 1920, in Sacramento, California. In his interview, he shares what is was like to grow up in the face of discrimination as a Japanese-American. Growing up as a Japanese-American, money was always tight. Mr. Tanakatsubo explains...

SSG Kenneth Bentz

Aug 30, 2018 | Army

For someone who modestly admits he did “nothing special” while serving in Korea, Kenneth Bentz offers an informative and entertaining look at the life of an Army clerk in wartime. Drafted six months after the start of the war, Bentz did not ship out with...

George H. Horton

Aug 27, 2018 | Air Force, Army, Navy

Branches of Military Service I Served In: U.S. Navy Serial Number 202-04-66, U.S. Army & Massachusetts National Guard Serial Number 21295699, U.S. Air Force Serial Number AF21295699.  Also sailed ships in Merchant Marines. My Naval service ships I served on:  USS...