Application for Headstone of Cpl George Oliver Adams

On November 27, 1950, elements of the 1st Marine Division were positioned at Yudam-ni, on the western side of the Chosin Reservoir in northeast North Korea, when Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launched a sudden and massive attack against U.S. forces at the reservoir. The Marines defended their po...

MY DEAR SON, YOUR UNTIMELY DEATH HAS LEFT A PERMANENT HOLE IN MY HEART & TO THOSE WHO KNEW & LOVED YOU. YOU WERE THE BEST SON A MOTHER COULD EVER ASK FOR & THE BEST BROTHER ANYONE COULD HAVE. YOUR LIFE WAS TAKEN TOO SOON HONEY....I MISS YOU SO MUCH. YOU DIED A TRUE AMERICAN HERO & I WILL MAKE SUR...

Purple Heart

Captain Bob Arvin graduated from Ypsilanti High School as Valedictorian in 1961. Bob had captained the wrestling team and quarterbacked the “Braves” football squad. In addition, he had been student council president, president of his class for one year and the 1961 Michigan 154 pound wrestling ch...

USS Arizona Whale Boat Team Standing left to right:
Lawrence J. Griffin, Herbert A. Dreesbach, Marvin A. Hughes, John McRay Baker, Eugene Brickley, Gordon E. Shive, and Burnis L. Bond.

Kneeling left to right:
Francis J. Pedrotti, Robert C. Erskine, Robert W. Dunnam, Donald E...

Remember Me Memorial Day Tribute 2015

Remember Me

Memorial Day Tribute 2015

A soldier gives his life in battle his spirit is set free.
His body finds a grave his soul cries remember me.
Remembering this moment that I first met my doom.
Remember me, ...

AE3 Bobby Joe Brown was my younger brother and we were Sons of the South having been born in Bowling Green, Kentucky! I still miss him today as I did when I first learned of his death! He was such a good brother, son, uncle and we all missed him every year since July 1967!

Purple Heart

Life is not the same without you here. You were the rock that I leaned on and the one who always made me smile. My heart aches knowing your never coming back to me. I miss you each and every day and my love for you will never fade!!! I love you baby!! You are my HERO

Fred was born on January 19, 1922. His siblings included Frank, Mildred, Joanne, and my father, Paul. Fred was 5 years older than my father, but the two were very close. However, no one remains of that generation in my family, so much of the story is lost. I have a scrapbook with the title "Fred ...