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 ...
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.
KIA: KOREA: PFC Dennis William Alward, Born: 11 Nov 1925, Died: 12 Feb 1951, Buried: Highland Cemetery, Gladwin County, Michigan. Dennis William Alward, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alward, of Sage township, left on Jan. 25th for Flint, where he was to be inducted into the U. S. Army. Gladwin Co...
For more than 70 years a tree protected the remains of a World War II fighter pilot from Washington state whose plane crashed in Germany in 1945.
The remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William Gray of Kirkland were returned to his family Friday for a burial at Tahoma National Cemetery ...
Adam was a beautiful young man, on the outside and inside. He wanted to fight for our country's freedom. He did so with great vigor. He was well loved in his company and taught the Way of THE LORD. He gave his life for his country and will be forever missed and always loved and thought about ...
Timothy was a Marine, a Green Beret, a volunteer Firefighter, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend and a hero. We will never forget his sacrifice.
Major Ralph Truitt Amoss is buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England in Plot E, Row 1, Grave 68. At the age of 21 Ralph Amoss joined the US Army from Austin, Texas on November 25, 1940. Sometime after completing basic training as a Private he was accepted for flying school, b...
PFC Herbert Dreesbach was listed as Killed in Action on December 7, 1941 after the ship he was serving on, the USS Arizona, was hit by Japanese bombers at Pearl Harbor.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced that the remains of Air Force pilots Maj. James E. Sizemore of Lawrenceville, Ill., and Maj. Howard V. Andre Jr., of Memphis, Tenn., have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military ho...
"Always in the front of the line, where imminent danger lurked. He never let a fellow marine go, where he had not cleared it first." Hero Stars Honors Our American Hero Corporal Curtis J. Duarte, USMC Hometown: Covina, California Curtis graduated from Covina High School in 2008 where he played ba...
The shirtless Marine is L/Cpl Michael Travis, and he was a Sniper assigned to my Recon Platoon. This photo was taken on a hill we were sat up on in Vietnam 1966. We were assigned to a Radio Relay position,because back in those days our radios ( PRC 25's) were good up to 25 miles line of sight, an...
To all who read this tribute, World War II is the deadliest military conflict in world history. The statistics are staggering. In 1940, the world’s population was around 2.3 billion. By the end of WWII, between 70 and 80 million military personnel and civilians were killed, or up to 3.7% of o...
My grandad to whom I never knew, I was his namesake, so my grandmother, Marion Ells Hadley told me everything about him.
He was appointed to the Naval Academy from Moro,OR. in 1918. Commissioned Ensign 29 MAY 1922, he served on board many ships, including USS Pennsylvsnia, and USS S-27, and ...
Kendell:My beloved son was born on the Island of Trinidad on August 17TH.1984.He was the most beautiful baby I ever saw.He migrated to the U.S.in 1999.Kendell was fun loving outgoing and had and infectious smile,He loved music and was very artistic.he also found joy in spoiling his younger siblin...