Peter Thomas

Jun 18, 2018 | Army

Famed voice-over actor and World War II veteran, Peter Thomas received five battle stars including the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the French Croix de Guerre for his military service with the First Infantry Division in Europe.  After graduating from high school...

Grace Chicken

Jun 17, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Grace Chicken wanted to see the world.  As a young woman, her ambition was to be a nurse in the war, so she joined the Red Cross and was stationed in Joplin, Missouri.  When she heard that the Air Force was looking for nurses, she enlisted to train as an Army Air...

Maj Gen Jeanne M. Holm

Jun 15, 2018 | Air Force, Army

Jeanne M. Holm was the first woman in the armed forces to be promoted to the rank of Major General (1973), and this was only one of her many firsts. She served in the Army from 1942-1945 and transferred to the Air Force in 1948, when a new law integrated women in the...

PFC Howard P Perry

Jun 14, 2018 | Marines

Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting African Americans in 1942. The first man to enlist was Howard P. Perry. With 119 other recruits, he began the grueling process of becoming a Marine at Montford Point near Camp Lejeune, North...

PH1c Paul J Madden

Jun 13, 2018 | Navy

Paul J Madden was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1920. He graduated from mechanical Arts High School in Boston, where he first became interested in photography. Madden enlisted in the US Navy in July 1940. After working for a time as a mechanic, he...