Cornerstone of Peace, Okinawa
Army Private Harold Carson Short, son of Jason Alexander Short and Ada Melvinia Bolling Short of Norton & Pound, Wise County, Va was born in Pound Va October 17, 1928. Entered service on May 7, 1941. Basic training at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Transferred overseas on October 1, 1942. Di...
Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: J...
I didnt get to meet Kyle but feel like i know him through my sons poetry about him and through his mother's beautiful spoken and written words abiut him. He touched many lives in his short life and his death. I believe his comrades feel a strange envy and a bond with him that none of the rest of ...
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!
Michael Cathcart, Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. You will always be my hero
Gone too soon. We were to finally be a family in May of 1983 when your 20 years of service were up. Unfortunately someone had other plans for your life and selfishly murdered you one month before the end of your service. I barely got to know you and then you were snatched away from me before I co...
Tristan Smith: Beyond a Hero
It was a day when hearts ached and tears fell. It was a day when grief stung and pride swelled, and prayers reached out – to seek comfort and to give comfort.
On August 27, 2006, 23-year-old Tristan Caleb Smith (BS '02, BAC) was killed by a roads...
PFC Arnold was awarded the Purple Heart.
Rob will be sorely missed by all his family. As a loving husband to Rebecca and a father to Robby and Aaden, he demonstrated the affection and love he had been given by his parents, sister, relatives and church family. As a soldier, he strove to insure the mission was accomplished with minimal pr...
Nick grew up in Middleville, MI we moved here when he was 3 years old. He was a unique young man who stood out for a couple of different reasons. Number one was his bright red hair that he wore all tall and messy…well it was actually a strategic mess with each hair in a place where only he knew...