Feb 11, 2018 | Army
Enlisted Soldier David W. Brown was born on August 26, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1943, four years after completing high school, and three days after he and his wife were married, Brown was drafted into the United States Army. In 1944, Brown was deployed during...
Feb 10, 2018 | Army
Isabelle Cedar had just graduated from The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in 1940 when the U.S. Surgeon General proposed that Mount Sinai establish a 1000 bed hospital to treat soldiers overseas who had been wounded in the war. When the call was made for...
Feb 9, 2018 | Army
Retired U.S. Army Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg was born in Poissy, France, May 8, 1983. Groberg became a naturalized U.S. citizen, Feb. 27, 2001, and graduated from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Md., in June of the same year. In May 2006, Groberg...
Feb 8, 2018 | Army
During Reconnaissance the night of April 25th 1967, Rhoads’ unit was ambushed near the DMZ in Tay Ninh Providence, South Vietnam. During the firefight, several members of the armored unit, including Rhoads, were struck by small arms fire from enemy combatants....
Feb 6, 2018 | Army
Born in Maryland, Sergeant Major Mary Aurtrey was an eighteen-year-old living in small-town South Carolina, craving travel and adventure, when she made the decision in 1969 to join the Army. In her roles as typist, stenographer, and administrator, her service during...
Feb 4, 2018 | Army
Kimble served in the United States Army from 1942-1945 as a tank mechanic with the 6th Armored Division. He served in Europe under General Patton. He joined the Army National Guard of NJ, Co. D, 113th Tank Bn. and served from April 1949 until Dec. 1952. He was...
