14 years ago today in Taji Iraq 3 young men gave all for America's freedom Robert, Sean and Jason never forgotten It is said that grief never ends but it changes it is a passage not a place to stay grief is not a sign of weakness it is the price of love
Missing WWII Airman Identified
April 22, 2011
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 334-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and...
Dear Joe,
What I only can imagine is that you are as proud of your parents, brother and extended family as they are of you. You were truly blessed to have come from such an amazing family who have taught us by example how to honor and cherish our loved ones even in the most devastating...
My uncle, my hero, Samuel O Rector, was killed when his ship went down during the Battle of Ormoc Bay in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He was aboard the USS Cooper that was torpedoed by the Japanese ship Take. He is my hero for making such a huge sacrifice fighting for our freedoms. He left behind a w...
Captain William Robert Winters
9th Air Force, 50th Fighter Group, 81st Fighter Squadron
KIA 25 November 1944 near Postroff, France
Dad was born 2 Jul 1917 in Delavan, WI, to Will and Grace Winters. He lost his father in an automobile crash when he was only 8. Along with his s...
A member of of Nawetsa Dancers from Zuni Pueblo performs a buffalo dance at the Native American Heritage Month Luncheon.
For example, while a Tree for Lori Committee Chair Sue Schlegel originated the idea for a memorial tree, garrison Commander Col. Don Gentry offered the suggestion th...
Pfc. George F. Higgins, my daddy for whom I was named, saw service in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany.
Dad's final mission was as driver of a jeep accompanied by an intelligence officer and a gunner on reconnaissance in advance of troop movements during the closing days of the...
2Lt. Charles A. Gross was awarded the Air Medal.
From:
Shores, Christopher. Air War for Burma: The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia, 1942-1945, London: Grub Street, 2005
ISBN 1-904010-95-4
"Sunday, 9 April 1944
Bomb-carrying P-38s of the 459th Squadron were off again, bombing a rail ...
SFC Antonio Rey “ROD” Rodriguez was born on July 26, 1991 in Las Cruces, NM. He was the first-born son of Guadalupe Rodriguez, first grandson of Reymond and Celia Rodriguez, and first nephew of Jaime Rodriguez, Maria Elena Baca, and Anita Rodriguez. Growing up as a child, Antonio enjoyed playing ...
Atkinson entered UNC from New Hanover High School in 1931 and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon while at the University. After graduating with a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1936, he enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Navy. He received his pilot’s wings and h...
