MAJ Katherine Mary Doody

Mar 18, 2018 | Army, Navy

Katherine was raised on a rural Maryland farm, went to nursing school and landed a job at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. She had hopes of joining the Army to see the world, but was one inch too short for Army standards, so she joined the Navy. Soon...

LTC Rutherford “Jack” Brice, II

Mar 13, 2018 | Army

Brice went to Korea as a commissioned officer after serving as an aviation machinist in World War II. Brice saw action in three of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War as a company commander and platoon leader. One of his starkest moments came during the Battle of...

WASP Marion Hodgson

Mar 8, 2018 | Air Force

A truly remarkable Georgia “peach”. Marion’s father was the Athletic Director at the University of Georgia, so she and her sister never lacked for male companions. Her main interest in high school, other than boys, was playing basketball, and she was...

LTC Lambros D. Callimahos

Mar 6, 2018 | Army

Born to Greek parents in Cairo, Egypt, he came to this country at the age of 4. He was a renowned concert flutist who became a cryptologist for the National Security Agency. After studying the flute at the Julliard School of Music in New York City and further study in...

COL Margaret Bailey

Mar 5, 2018 | Army

Colonel Bailey was born in Selma, AL.  She graduated from Dunbar High School, Fraternal Hospital, School of Nursing, Montgomery, AL in 1938 and in 1959 from San Francisco State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Colonel Bailey’s civilian nursing career began at...