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Harlan Harvey

World War II Navy veteran Harlan Harvey talks with the Times Free Press at his North Shore home in Chattanooga, Tenn. Harvey, 98, still maintains his independence and takes a walk each morning through his neighborhood. (C.B. Schmelter/ Chattanooga Times Free Press via...

Paul Kennedy

Paul Kennedy was expecting to sleep in on the morning of December 7, 1941. He had been on deck duty on board the U.S.S. Sacramento at Pearl Harbor until 4 a.m., then grabbed coffee with a buddy and hadn’t gone to bed until 5:30 a.m. So, when alarms...
William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley served in the U.S. Congress and as governor of Ohio before running for the presidency in 1896. As a longtime champion of protective tariffs, the Republican McKinley ran on a platform of promoting American prosperity and won a landslide victory over...

Arthur Van Haren Jr.

It is with great family pride and honor that I share with you the life of my tata: Arthur Van Haren Jr. Born on April 9, 1920, in Superior, Arizona, my tata belonged to a Mexican-American pioneer Arizona family. His parents were born in Arizona during territorial...

Firefighter Andrew Sterling Ashcraft

Andrew Sterling Ashcraft was born on February 15, 1984, to parents Deborah Pfingston and Thomas Ashcraft in Orange, California. At the age of five, Andrew moved to Prescott with his family, where he spent the next 24 years of his life with his brother, Thomas James...