Brig Gen James “Jimmy” Stewart

Dec 11, 2019 | Air Force, Army

For all the fans of “It’s A Wonderful Life” and Jimmy Stewart. Just months after winning his 1941 Academy Award for best actor in “The Philadelphia Story,” Jimmy Stewart, one of the best-known actors of the day, left Hollywood and joined the US Army. He was the first...

Harold Stone

Dec 8, 2019 | Army

This Nov. 5, 2019, photo shows WWII veteran Harold Stone in Beckley, W.Va. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP) Harold Stone wakes up every day and walks two miles. For most 95-year-olds this would be a difficult task. But no, not for Stone. Stone remains in...

Lt John “Lucky” Luckadoo

Dec 7, 2019 | Air Force

John Luckadoo was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant assigned to the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group when he manned the controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission as co-pilot of a famed B-17 Flying Fortress. The aeronautical...

PFC John Moon

Dec 6, 2019 | Marines

The Battle for Iwo Jima is legendary in Marine Corps history. It was one of the hardest fought battles of WWII in the Pacific Theater. One of those Marines who fought there was John Moon. Mr. Moon passed away on October 29, 2019. Until then, he was the oldest Marine...

SPAR Mabel Johnson

Nov 22, 2019 | Coast Guard

In 1943 at the age of 28, Mabel Johnson decided to enlist in the armed forces to serve her country. “I lived in New York at the time, and I walked up Broadway to see which one I should join, and it happened to be the Coast Guard,” said WWII veteran Mabel Johnson....