LTC Carl Cooper

Jan 6, 2020 | Marines

Marine Lt. Col. Carl Cooper, 99 years old in the photo.  Courtesy of Jeffrey Rease Rease photographed Col. Carl Cooper, a lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He enlisted in 1942 and served a total of 38 years in the US Marine Corps, and he was awarded the Legion of...

LTC Carl Cooper

Jan 6, 2020 | Marines

Marine Lt. Col. Carl Cooper, 99 years old in the photo.  Courtesy of Jeffrey Rease Rease photographed Col. Carl Cooper, a lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He enlisted in 1942 and served a total of 38 years in the US Marine Corps, and he was awarded the Legion of...

PFC Hilman Prestridge

Jan 5, 2020 | Army

Army Pfc. Hilman Prestridge, who is 94 years old in the portrait.  Courtesy of Jeffrey Rease Army Amphibious Forces Pfc. Hilman Prestridge survived D-Day. He was among the first soldiers to storm Omaha Beach in Normandy. Rease said he asked Prestridge what his...

William Massey

Jan 4, 2020 | Army Air Corps

Army Air Corps B-17 pilot William Massey.  Courtesy of Jeffrey Rease This is William Massey, who piloted a B-17 plane during World War II.  Massey survived having his plane shot down in 1944. Massey was a pilot of a 10-person crew on a B-17 bomber plane when...

Joseph Andrew Walag

Jan 3, 2020 | Coast Guard

Joseph Andrew Walag was born on February 5, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He excelled in electronics while in high school, so much that when he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard at 18 in 1940, he received the distinction of immediately teaching electronics and...