Jun 12, 2018 | Navy
Fred Faulkner Lester was born in Downers Grove, Illinois on April 29, 1926. He joined the United States Naval Reserve on November 1, 1943 when he was just 17 years old. He was placed on active service with the United States Navy, trained as a medical corpsman, and...
Jun 10, 2018 | Navy
War: World War II, 1939-1945 Branch: Navy Unit: VP-22 (Patrol Squadron), Pacific Fleet Service Location: Pacific Theater; Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Rank: Aviation Chief Machinist’s Mate By the end of World War II, Donald Patrick Finn, who served in the...
Jun 9, 2018 | Air Force
One of the last of the Greatest Generation, 97-year-old Pete Lambert is one of the few veterans still alive who flew and fought in WWII, and he lives in Shasta County. “I’m 97 going to heaven,” said Lambert jokingly. Lambert flew B-17 bomber planes...
Jun 5, 2018 | Marines
Thurman joined the Fifth Marine division, 27th Regiment, and was a private first class with the Marine Corps when he landed with the first waves on Feb. 19 at Iwo Jima. He left the Marine Corps as a sergeant. He and his squad disembarked from a ship offshore in...
Jun 3, 2018 | Navy
US Navy Nurse Corps, Jan. 1941-Oct. 1947 Nona (Hambright) Vay joined the Navy in Jan. 1941 and was discharged as a lieutenant commander in Oct. 1947 because she married. She was first assigned to the US Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Vay’s naval nursing career...
