PV2 Al Hays

Nov 20, 2018 | Army

I grew up in central Florida and enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 17 in March 1974 on the delayed entry program. At the entrance processing center in Jacksonville, Fla., I was asked what my MOS preference was. “Journalism,” I responded. The specialist typed a...

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...

MajGen Charles F. Bolden, Jr.

Nov 13, 2018 | Marines

Aerospace engineer and Major General (ret.) Charles F. Bolden, Jr. was born on August 19, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1964. Both of his parents, Charles and Ethel Bolden, were teachers and stressed the importance of...

CPT James A. Taylor

Nov 6, 2018 | Army

First Lt. James A. Taylor was serving in South Vietnam as Executive Officer of B Troop, First Cavalry, American Division on November 8, 1967 when he was notified that his commander had been wounded in action. He was ordered into the combat zone to take command and...

CPT Humbert Roque “Rocky” Versace

Oct 23, 2018 | Army

Many believe that Captain Rocky Versace epitomizes all that the U.S. Military Academy at West Point stands for and lived by the code of “Duty, Honor, Country.” Capt. Versace was a Special Forces officer who was executed by the Viet Cong while being held as a...