LTG H. Steven Blum

Feb 3, 2018 | Army

Lieutenant General (Ret.) H STEVEN BLUM served over 42 years in uniform, capping a dynamic career as the first National Guardsman to serve as a Deputy Combatant Commander. As Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command, he fundamentally reshaped how Americans and the U.S....

SPC Dane R. Balcon

Jan 31, 2018 | Army

SPC Dane R. Balcon was born on 27 April 1988, at Luke AFB Arizona, Dane Balcon was only 3 years old the day he told his mother he wanted to be a soldier. In 2007, he enlisted in the Army as a Fire Support Specialist, following graduation from Sand Creek High School....

CSM William E. Vicars

Jan 30, 2018 | Army

William Vicars spent 21 years in the Army to learn something about himself—that he was a born teacher. Vicars enlisted a year out of high school and did two tours of Vietnam. On his second tour, at the age of 29, he was called “The Old Man” by the recruits in his...

SGT Robert “Bob” Teichgraeber

Jan 26, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Bob Teichgraeber was held as a prisoner of war for 421 days at various German prisons during World War II. Like many veterans of his era, Teichgraeber rarely spoke about his war experience. Unlike his World War II comrades, however, Teichgraeber stashed an unusual...

SGT Gregory C. Conant

Jan 23, 2018 | Army

Sgt. Conant, a member of the 25th Infantry Division, was killed Feb 12, 1968 on the eve of his 20th birthday. He had enlisted in the Army in March, 1966, and had been in Vietnam for 11 months, during which time he had received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star....

CPL Charles F. Bahde

Jan 22, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Decorated World War II veteran, industrial designer, builder, real estate investor/entrepreneur, world traveler, artist, philanthropist, devoted husband and family man. He became an Eagle Scout and when he was 16. He was an “all-city” running-guard on his Milwaukee...