COL Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson

Aug 17, 2017 | Army

When the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAC) was organized, the Army received over 30,000 applications for the first class. The women chosen were amongst the best of the best: college educated, unmarried, capable, strong and willing to serve their country. Mary Louise...

2d Lt Robert Caughey

Aug 16, 2017 | Army

Robert was born on June 24, 1933 in Wenatchee, WA. Robert served in the U.S. Air Force as a Russian linguist, with work in the Intelligence Service, receiving training as a paratrooper and achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant. Upon discharge from the military he...

MSgt Ted Kampf (Ret.)

Aug 15, 2017 | Air Force, Army

Ted Kampf enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940 at the age of 19. After completing his training he was sent to the Philippine Islands and served on watch duty. In January of 1942 he was captured by the Japanese Army  and thrown aboard an old freighter ship with about...

Pvt. Everett A. “Smitty”; or “Pops”; Smith

Aug 14, 2017 | Army

U.S. Army Air Corps/HQ Co/187th/11th Airborne Division 1942-1946 WWII Pacific Theater Paratrooper/Gliderman/ Expert in 37mm Tank Destroyer cannon; General Joseph Swing’s HQ Service Staff. He grew up on Broad Channel, New York and first retired in Hallandale and...

John Bennett

Aug 13, 2017 | Army

John was drafted by the Spanish Fork Draft Board into the Vietnam War. Fort Ord in Marina, California and Fort Benning in Georgia is where he did his training as part of the 11th B Infantry. In Vietnam, John was a soldier in the 173rd Airborne and this unit was one of...

PFC Mario Cian DaRosso

Aug 9, 2017 | Army

My father shipped out on the USS Mariposa on July 14, 1943, and arrived in Casablanca, N. Africa on July 21, 1943 as part of a replacement unit with the 34th Infantry Division. By the time he arrived, along with 2,000 other soldiers on his ship, the British and...