MAJ Nathan M. Shippee

Oct 26, 2019 | Army

Commander of the 6th Port HQ Company under General Patton. As sub-port commander, he led the landings at Casablanca in 1942, and again at Salerno in 1942, and finally at Cavaliere in Southern France in 1944, where the French Navy at Toulon threatened the landing...

1stLt Patrick Cleburne “Clebe” McClary

Oct 25, 2019 | Marines

Patrick Cleburne “Clebe” McClary was raised on a 10,000 acre plantation in the South Carolina Low Country. Young Clebe grew up hunting, fishing and excelling at sports. After fulfilling his dream of becoming a college coach, Clebe had plans to marry a...

Fire Chief Christine Uhlhorn

Oct 24, 2019 | Fire

When Christine Uhlhorn was in kindergarten and was asked to draw a picture of what she wanted to do when she grew up, she drew a firetruck. “My family has over 250 years in the fire service,” said Uhlhorn, 50. “I never questioned it. There was nothing else I ever...

Russell M. “Rusty” Roth

Oct 23, 2019 | Air Force, Army

Russell M. “Rusty” Roth entered aviation history on Dec. 9, 1952, over Edwards Air Force Base, flying Republic Aviation Corp.’s XF-91 Thunderceptor rocket-boosted jet fighter prototype, making it the first combat-type airplane to exceed the speed of...

SGT Kenneth R. Thurman

Oct 22, 2019 | Army

1st Purple Heart: On the day I got the Silver Star. In the middle of a HUGE firefight where I was on the point vehicle of a “V” formation that was sweeping through a rubber plantation. Hit in right shoulder by shrapnel from RPG hitting rubber tree limb...