MSG Rosebud Archer

Nov 20, 2017 | Army, Navy

Growing up in New Jersey, Rosebud Archer had a nickname: the “Little Mayor of Plainfield.” She was well known for her community involvement in that city, where she went to the local nursery once a week to read to children and helped plan outdoor youth programs at City...

LTG Ralph J. Canine

Nov 19, 2017 | Army

Lieutenant General Ralph J. Canine, NSA’s first director, is known today as the Great Unifier – the man who, almost single-handedly, forced cryptologic unification on the Services. His term at NSA, from 1952 to 1956, became the crucible for cryptologic...

CPT Winston Paul Lockard Sr.

Nov 17, 2017 | Army

While on a search and destroy mission as a part of “Operation Manhattan” in the Boi Loi Woods, Company B 4/23 (MECH) Infantry, 25th Infantry Division was attacked by a large VC force. The enemy employed small arms, mortars, and rifle grenades. We returned...

MAJ James Mitsuo Furukawa

Nov 16, 2017 | Army

Even though he was a civilian, James Mitsuo Furukawa had an eyewitness view of the war’s mayhem from the beginning. The Hawaiian-born son of Japanese parents, he was 16 years old and working in construction at the time of the attack. Seeing planes flying overhead on...

Mary Lucile Cain

Nov 14, 2017 | Army

Born Sept. 25, 1921 in Quincy, Florida, Cain joined the Army Nurse Corps in July of 1943 and was transported to Camp Robinson in Arkansas after basic training. Cain, who had attended nursing school, said her decision to sign up was made partly because fellow nursing...

1SG John Cecil (JC) Crosby

Nov 13, 2017 | Army

John Cecil Crosby, 67, born June 18, 1950, in Baxley GA to John E. and Arlene W. Crosby, passed away at his home in Mesquite NV, surrounded by his family on November 2, 2017. On September 18, 1971, he married the love of his life, Lois (Lou) Walton. Together they...