Col Burnell William Adams

Feb 11, 2020 | Air Force

Burt Adams was born on February 10, 1918, in Chester, Illinois. He enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Army Air Forces on September 4, 1941, and was commissioned a 2d Lt and awarded his pilot wings on June 23, 1942. Lt Adams next went to Orlando AAF,...

Specialist 5 Steve Gerber

May 25, 2019 | Army

Steve Gerber was born in Portland Oregon, in 1947. As a young man, Steve had been interested in joining the Navy or the Coast Guard, but was rejected from the Navy for being red/green colorblind and the Coast Guard wasn’t accepting at the time. Steve had taken...

Brig Gen Charles “Chuck” Elwood Yeager

May 23, 2019 | Air Force

Chuck Yeager, byname of Charles Elwood Yeager, (born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia, U.S.), American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight. Yeager enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1941, shortly...

Ivan Robert Prokop

Feb 2, 2019 | Army

Army Reservist August 1958 – January 1966 (8 years) Service Details: Fort Knox Kentucky August 1958 – January 1959 (6 months) Basic Training, 8 weeks Cooking School, 8 weeks On-the-job training, 8 weeks Hazleton, Pennsylvania, January 1959 – May 1959...

Maj Wintford “Dick” Bazzell

Nov 15, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Dick Bazzell was born on December 6, 1925, in Delta, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines from September 1943 to July 1944, and then enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 7, 1944. After completing basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, he was assigned...