
Staff Sergeant Aaser was awarded the Purple Heart.

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...

Hubert Aaron is memorialized at the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

We are honored to announce that on July 4th, 2015 the St. Johns "Mint City VFW Post 4113" will become the "Andrew H. Nelson VFW Post 4113". Thank you very much to ALL our Veterans for honoring Andrew in this way. You don't know how much this means to our family! God bless you and God bless Ame...

I met Melford the day he died. He talk about how much he missed his wife and kids while fueling up my humble. Later that night I received orders to drive to a mine field to help with a wounded soilder. To my shock it was PFC Collins and we tried to revive but he passed. I transported his body to ...

My names Justin Borders and I knew Rich since Cross timbers intermediate 5th and 6th grade. Back then we used to smoke weed together and would drop him off at his moms in Arlington. Rich really did not finish high school at Summit High. You see back then Summit High and Mansfield High were the tw...

Such a great person who made the ultmate sacrafice. We know she watches over us all, always. CPL Ellis not a day goes by that you are not in my thoughts.

My belated thank you for how you kept us safe through your service in Iraq. I now recognize my ignorance of the importance of your mission during that time. Your bravery and self-sacrifice enabled the rest of us to live in relative peace. For that, I thank you. Hopefully, I will remember you ...




Purple Heart



I was leading Jonathan to relieve an Afghan Border Police post, which was under attack by around 100 Taliban, when he was wounded in Afghanistan. In the short time I served with him, I was deeply impressed by his maturity and compassion. He was completely dedicated to the safety of his fellow s...