Jan 20, 2018 | Army
John was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, and was raised in NYC. After his military service he earned a degree in marketing. He was “drafted” into the U.S. Army and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash. while serving in Vietnam, he...
Jan 19, 2018 | Army
As a boy, Russell Nelson had many interests, but in college he decided to study medicine. By the time he received his degree in June 1945, he was already well into his first year of medical school, and he completed the four-year course in three years. In August 1947,...
Jan 18, 2018 | Army
On 22 June 2004 Sergeant First Class Hand was the Convoy Security Team Leader in a logistical convoy traveling north on Main Supply Route Tampa from Al Taqaddum, Iraq to Camp Anaconda at Balad, Iraq. At approximately 0200, the transfer truck he was traveling in was...
Jan 14, 2018 | Army
CW3 Doris “Lucki” Allen served as a WAC during the Vietnam War. Early in her military career, she asked for a transfer out of a dead end job in public relations at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, and went to the Army Language School in California because “it was the only place they...
Jan 12, 2018 | Army
Albert Podlaski was serving with Battery B of the 51st Field Artillery Battalion during World War II. On December 1, 1944, he was wounded in action. Sergeant Podlaski was wounded when his cannon had to be repaired during a fierce battle . At the risk of his own life...
Jan 11, 2018 | Army
Serving in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam in 1968, and treating Vietnamese civilians and prisoners of war in addition to American wounded, Colonel Lola Olsmith’s experiences in country quickly transformed her from hawk to dove. Despite her feelings on the war, she...
