Mar 2, 2018 | Air Force
During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Corps pioneered military medical care through the development of air evacuations of wounded personnel. Contributing to this was 2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, a flight nurse on the first intercontinental air evacuation flight that...
Feb 28, 2018 | Navy
Brooklyn-born Robert Huttemeyer followed the advice of his father, a veteran of World War I, by choosing the Navy (“they feed you and you sleep in a clean dry bed”) over the Army when he enlisted to serve in World War II. He got into an officers’...
Feb 27, 2018 | Army
Millie Bailey grew up in the Deep South. During World War II, she joined the Army. She ended up the Commander of a women’s unit. Now, she lives in a Senior Apartment complex in Columbia, Howard County. It’s been a memorable journey for this accomplished Senior...
Feb 26, 2018 | Air Force
Born in Hawaii while it was still a territory, Betty spent her early years reading books about aviation. When she was 14, she met Amelia Earhart who encouraged her wanting to learn to fly and invited the teenager to watch her take off when she flew solo to Oakland,...
Feb 24, 2018 | Marines
Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee is the first Chinese-American officer in the history of the United States Marine Corps. Honored for his heroic performance during the Korean War, Lee is a recipient of the Navy Cross, the second highest honor a marine can receive for valor....
