Jack Delano Armentrout was born on May 8, 1933, at Whitmer, Randolph County, West Virginia. His parents were Orma Rolly Armentrout and Dora Evelyn Bennett Armentrout, who were married at Harman in Randolph County on April 16, 1925. They were the parents of five sons:...
Nachowitz was assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. He completed 4 x combat missions, with 500+ combat hrs. He failed to Return (FTR) on a re-supply mission to Bastogne, towing 2 Waco gliders.He was hit by flak in fuel tanks, broke formation and released gliders,...
When Hazel Johnson, an operating room nurse who graduated from the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing, joined the Army in 1955, she thought it would be an opportunity that would allow her to explore the world and hone her nursing skills. She had no idea she would...
We started out routing the enemy. We overran some of their positions and started taking prisoners with our fixed bayonets. From that point, we were spearheading, advancing our positions, with our artillery behind us and shells going off everywhere. Our unit was doing...
Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson, was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on February...
