John Bulkeley was a 1933 graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Since Bulkeley could not gain an appointment to the Academy from his hometown in New Jersey, he got one from Texas instead. Bulkeley joined the Army Flying Corps after...
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...
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...
Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe pulled six soldiers from the burning hulk of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, while himself on fire and under fire from insurgents who set the ambush. He willingly sacrificed his life to rescue his fellow soldiers. On October 17, 2005,...
[June 29th] would have been Joe Biber’s 73rd Birthday. A 1964 graduate of Buchser, Joe was best known as a nationally ranked miler on the track team. After a year of junior college Joe enlisted in the Marine Corps and eventually became a member of Marine Force Recon....
