Sep 18, 2018 | Navy
Doris Miller is credited with shooting down several Japanese planes with a machine gun from the deck of the U.S.S. West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor. When news of his actions reached the public, the African-American community saw him as their symbol of...
Sep 16, 2018 | Army
“The things that you’ll have to take care of in the Army are things that you will never see any place else.” (Video Interview, 6:52) War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: 97th Evacuation Hospital, 1st Army At 41, Hubert Amstutz was older than...
Sep 15, 2018 | Army
War or Conflict: WWII, 1939-1945 Dates of Service: 1941-1945 Entrance into Service: Enlisted Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service: 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 5th Infantry Division and 26th Infantry Division Location of Service: Texas; Normandy, France;...
Sep 14, 2018 | Army
Violet Cowden served with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a stateside program that enlisted female pilots to ferry supplies cross-country, thus freeing up male pilots for combat roles. For Cowden, serving as a WASP gave her the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream...
Sep 13, 2018 | Army
From Bunker Hill to Baghdad, the citizen soldier has played a vital role in our military history. These patriots laid down their plow shares and took up the sword when our nation called. Many gave their lives on foreign soil to preserve our freedom here at home. One...
