Birth: May 10, 1921
St. Clair County
Michigan, USA
Death: Apr. 4, 1944

2LT Edward O'Rourke was the copilot on a B-24, on mission #40 he was KIA over Bucharest Romania.

The crew members:
Pilot F/O WILLIAM M THIEME KIA
Co pilot 2ND LT...

As can best be determined, Fred progressed through boot camp, and flight school, eventually becoming a Lockheed P-38 fighter pilot in the US Army Air Forces, 459th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, ultimately stationed at Chittigong, Burma.

There were so many memories that flooded my mind when I first got the news of Reid's passing. The many sleepovers we had at the Kailua house, staying up late playing wrestling, war, building shelters, playing board games, playing video games, etc. Spending time with Reid and his brothers was one ...

The photo is of Robert A. Klinger and his mother Lottie Klinger shortly before leavinf for San Diego California where he departed from in route to Iwo Jima.

SP4 Baggs was awarded the Purple Heart.

Purple Heart

SSG. Michael A. Dickinson II entered the Army under the delayed entry program when he was 17 and had to wait until 18 and Graduation before he could leave....which he did one week after his Graduation. Michael knew he wanted to be a Soldier from the time he was a little fella...sitting by his Gra...

2Lt. Charles A. Gross was listed as Missing in Action. He is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

SSG Alex was one of my Troopers in Iraq. I define him as a resilient and determined Soldier who even in the face of a significant amount of adversity always kept moving forward never resigning himself to any level of self-pity. SSG Alex was recovering from the effects of an IED explosion and as a...