Technical Sergeant William Mashaw was serving aboard the B 24 Liberator J, #42-109871 when it disappeared on a mission in Chichi Jima on the morning of January 22, 1945. Mashaw was listed as Missing in Action and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, and a ...

SP6 was awarded the Bronze Star (merit)

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.

S/SGT Xon Connett FLYING AS A RADAR OPERATOR IN DOUGLAS C-47 AIRCRAFT WITH THE 50TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 314TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP BASED NEAR SALTBY, ENGLAND. KILLED IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1944 IN AERIAL SUPPORT OF OPERATION MARKET GARDEN IN BELGIUM. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HE...

SSGT Thompson and his crew took off to bomb a railroad bridge at Griegliano, Italy. Weather prevented an attack on the primary target so they diverted to the bridge at Vernio, Franc de Sooty and the bridge at Cecina. During this mission SSGT Thompson's plane was shot down by heavy accurate enemy ...

Daniel was the most kind, caring, talented, and curious young man you would ever meet in this world. His eyes were always filled with wonder, and he was always on the move. He loved his family, and friends in ways that can never be described. His devotion to them all was unwavering, and never f...

Purple Heart

Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, of San Diego, Calif., assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA died Oct. 22, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Domeij died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. <...