David W. Brown

Feb 11, 2018 | Army

Enlisted Soldier David W. Brown was born on August 26, 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1943, four years after completing high school, and three days after he and his wife were married, Brown was drafted into the United States Army. In 1944, Brown was deployed during...

1LT Isabelle V. Cedar Cook

Feb 10, 2018 | Army

Isabelle Cedar had just graduated from The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in 1940 when the U.S. Surgeon General proposed that Mount Sinai establish a 1000 bed hospital to treat soldiers overseas who had been wounded in the war. When the call was made for...

MSG Lawrence T. Kimble

Feb 4, 2018 | Army

Kimble served in the United States Army from 1942-1945 as a tank mechanic with the 6th Armored Division. He served in Europe under General Patton. He joined the Army National Guard of NJ, Co. D, 113th Tank Bn. and served from April 1949 until Dec. 1952. He was...

Joe Adame

Feb 2, 2018 | Navy

At the age of 19, Joe enlisted in the United States Navy to serve his country during World War II. He was assigned to the Battleship, USS Idaho, which was involved in almost every major battle in the Pacific Theater including the battles at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and...

1stLt Baldomero Lopez

Jan 28, 2018 | Marines, Navy

One of the Korean War’s most recognized images is that of a young Marine scaling a wall during the invasion of Inchon on Sept. 15, 1950. Stepping over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez is the picture of courage. Lopez,...