[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....
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...
Sammy Davis took some ribbing in the Army because he shared a name with the famous entertainer. Much later, long after his military days were over, he would again gain some acclaim among his old comrades, this time as the “real” Forrest Gump. Davis enlisted in the...
First Lieutenant Stephen A. Wayne distinguished himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force over North Vietnam on 10 March 1967. On that date, Lieutenant Wayne was flying as the copilot of the lead element on the return...
In 1965, Elizabeth Allen was a nurse on a mission. Inspired by her brothers’ service in the Vietnam War, having earned a Masters degree in Psychiatric Nursing and graduated from Officer Candidate School, she enlisted in the Air Force, insisting that she be...
