HM2 (E-5) Karen T. Meter

Feb 5, 2018 | Navy

Karen Thompson Meter served as a US Navy Corpsman during the Viet Nam War in hospitals on both the East Coast and in the Midwest.  Her love of her job and of veterans is a testament of her commitment to her country and her fellow service members. Always an...

Joe Adame

Feb 2, 2018 | Navy

At the age of 19, Joe enlisted in the United States Navy to serve his country during World War II. He was assigned to the Battleship, USS Idaho, which was involved in almost every major battle in the Pacific Theater including the battles at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and...

1stLt Baldomero Lopez

Jan 28, 2018 | Marines, Navy

One of the Korean War’s most recognized images is that of a young Marine scaling a wall during the invasion of Inchon on Sept. 15, 1950. Stepping over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez is the picture of courage. Lopez,...

LCDR Carlos Al Miller

Jan 25, 2018 | Navy

My late husband, LCDR Carlos Al Miller was fiercely loving and loyal to God, family, and country, and took pride in his heritage. Born into a military family, he dreamed of space and flying from his young childhood. He became and Eagle Boy Scout, and after graduating...

CPO Russel T. Winsett

Jan 21, 2018 | Navy

Winsett graduated from Hamilton High School prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1940 and was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the attack in 1941 and fought in several engagements in the Pacific. He witnessed the raising of...

CAPT Gregory Bautista Bambo Jr.

Jan 9, 2018 | Navy

A child of the Great Depression and victim of California’s 1933 revision to the racial miscegenation law, his custody in a mixed marriage divorce was awarded to the parent the child resembled the most in appearance and color! As a result, at the age of six...