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CPL Herbert Kingsley Harvey

During the Korean War, my brother Corporal Herbert K. Harvey survived a sniper attack while on patrol near Kaesong, Korea on November 10, 1949. As one of thirty men, Cpl Harvey was severely wounded and of only two survivors of the onslaught. Cpl Harvey was saved by...

Cpl John M. Kmetz Sr.

John Kmetz enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1943 serving under Chesty Puller in the First Marine Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He was the recipient of the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for outstanding heroism and a Purple Heart. Upon...

SFC Daniel H. Petithory

SFC Daniel H. Petithory, 32, was a Communications Sergeant assigned to ODA 574, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom. Dan was born in Massachusetts on June 30, 1969. He graduated from...

SGT Rafael Q. Torres

Ninety-year-old Rafael Torres doesn’t have the mind he had back when he was growing up in El Paso, Texas, nor when he began penning his memories of World War II, but he still seems to remember quite clearly the torture of the head injury that eventually brought him...

SGT Rafael Q. Torres

Ninety-year-old Rafael Torres doesn’t have the mind he had back when he was growing up in El Paso, Texas, nor when he began penning his memories of World War II, but he still seems to remember quite clearly the torture of the head injury that eventually brought him...