1st Lt. Mary L. Hawkins

Nov 2, 2018 | Air Force

On Sept. 24, 1944, 1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was evacuating 24 patients from the fighting at Palau to Guadalcanal when the C-47 ran low on fuel. The pilot made a forced landing in a small clearing on Bellona Island. During the landing, a propeller tore through the...

PFC Dalton C. Rogers

Nov 1, 2018 | Army

Private First Class Rogers was wounded by a sniper bullet, which was shot through his left shoulder, ribs and lung. He was part of G Company, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division in WWII in the Battle of Okinawa during the Spring of 1945. We honor you,...

Donald Nathan “Don” Aldrich

Oct 30, 2018 | Marines

Born 24 October 1917 in Moline Illinois. His father taught him to fly before he was 12 years old. When he tried to enlist for pilot training in the American military before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was rejected because he was married. He joined the RCAF in...

Harvey Jacobs

Oct 26, 2018 | Air Force

We were assigned to the 497th Bombardment Squadron of the 344th Bombardment Group located at Stansted, Bishops Stortford. Towards April and May, we were instrumental in creating havoc in German transportation system by hitting more and more marshalling yards plus...

SPAR Dolores (Denfeld) Schubilske

Oct 24, 2018 | Coast Guard

When Dolores (Denfeld) Schubilske enlisted in the Coast Guard, the United States was already into its third year of World War II. Bloody battles were being fought throughout Europe and the Pacific while hundreds of thousands of men were giving their lives in different...