Russell M. “Rusty” Roth

Oct 23, 2019 | Air Force, Army

Russell M. “Rusty” Roth entered aviation history on Dec. 9, 1952, over Edwards Air Force Base, flying Republic Aviation Corp.’s XF-91 Thunderceptor rocket-boosted jet fighter prototype, making it the first combat-type airplane to exceed the speed of...

MAJ Kurt Chew-Een Lee

Oct 20, 2019 | Marines

War: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Branch: Marine Corps Unit: Headquarters and Service Battalion Schools Regiment; Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment; G-2 Section, 3rd Marine...

Private First Class Franklin E. Kameny

Oct 19, 2019 | Army

War: World War II, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: 58th Armored Infantry Battalion, 8th Armored Division, 9th Army Service Location:  Fort Benning, Georgia; Camp Polk, Louisiana; Tidworth Barracks, England; Normandy, France; Roermond, Netherlands;...

Lt. Col. Nancy Harkness Love

Oct 18, 2019 | Air Force

Lt. Col. Nancy Harkness Love’s pilot career began in 1930 when she earned her private pilot’s license at the age of 16. In 1932, she earned a limited commercial license at Poughkeepsie Airport at the end of her freshman year in college. In 1934, she landed...

COL Mitchell Paige

Oct 16, 2019 | Marines

A Pennsylvania boy, born in Charleroi, PA, Mitch grew up as the typical small-town American boy. His family had immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century and instilled in him a great love for God and his country, America. Mitch wrote, “I will never...