V. Jack Brown

Jun 16, 2018 | Army

My Dad, V. Jack Brown, served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam as a combat medic, E-5 Specialist.  He was also an E-8 Master Sergeant in the Army National Guard. We honor you, Jack Brown. (Submission by: Melissa Sullivan, daughter)

Maj Gen Jeanne M. Holm

Jun 15, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Jeanne M. Holm was the first woman in the armed forces to be promoted to the rank of Major General (1973), and this was only one of her many firsts. She served in the Army from 1942-1945 and transferred to the Air Force in 1948, when a new law integrated women in the...

MAJ Drew Dennis Dix

Jun 7, 2018 | Army

Drew Dennis Dix is a decorated United States military veteran and retired major in the United States Army. He was the first enlisted U.S. Army Special Forces soldier to receive the highest award, Medal of Honor. During the Tet Offensive, Dix led local Vietnamese...

CPL Joseph E. Tedesco

Jun 6, 2018 | Army

Joseph Tedesco was awarded the silver star during the Korean War. His official citation reads as follows: “The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Joseph...

Leon Johnson Wimer

Jun 2, 2018 | Army

Leon Johnson Wimer’s parents, William C. Wimer and Mary Jane Hedrick Wimer, were married on May 5, 1893, in Pendleton County, West Virginia. Leon was born on January 30, 1895, at Ruddle in Pendleton County. Leon had a younger sister, Bettie Catherine, who...

2LT Vernal J. Bird

Jun 1, 2018 | Air Force, Army

In 1941 he enlisted in the army and attended Field Artillery School. In 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. His training took him many places in the western U.S. and finally to South Carolina and Georgia. On March 12, 1944 he was on his eighth mission flying his...