Terry the son of Harold I. Curtis and Martha L. Curtis of Flint MI enlisted in the US Marine Corps on January 17, 1967 in Detroit MI. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

A squad sized ambush patrol divided itself into ...

Jae Sik Moon was the staff sergeant in the Army who was born in South Korea but grew up in America. He made friends, did lots of activities, go to school and even graduate in America. He was a loving son, family, brother and friend. He had a great life in America, until he graduated from high...

He has given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We are thankful for the time we had with Scotty. Our family will never be the same without him and our love for him will never die.

Jeremy was my 3rd child as well as my 3rd son. Because my son Jason before him had died at just 48 hours old, I was worried and scared during my early pregnancy with Jeremy. While driving home from my 5 month prenatal appt.,I saw a full rainbow that stretched clear across the freeway in Honolul...

21, of Villa Rica, Ga.; assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, New River, N.C.; deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa; killed Feb. 17 when two CH-53 helicopters crashed ...

Darin and I went to high school together in Murray, Kentucky. I graduated in 1985 and he graduated in 1986. I was watching CBS News when I saw that he had been killed. I simply could not believe it. Even when we were in high school, he was very kind and polite, so that he could be taken by violen...

A Glenolden (PA) soldier who crawled through heavy enemy fire to drag two wounded companions to safety during fighting in the A Shau Valley in Vietnam has been awarded the Silver Star, posthumously. The award was presented to the family of SP4 William F. Baggs Jr. last week in ceremonies at Pe...

USS Arizona Whale Boat Team Standing left to right:
Lawrence J. Griffin, Herbert A. Dreesbach, Marvin A. Hughes, John McRay Baker, Eugene Brickley, Gordon E. Shive, and Burnis L. Bond.

Kneeling left to right:
Francis J. Pedrotti, Robert C. Erskine, Robert W. Dunnam, Donald E...

I am writng this for your dad. As the anniversary of your sacrifice approaches it all becomes front and center. That pain never leaves but the love I have for you shines beyond it. I am so proud to have called you my son, my hero. I miss you JW

Only hours after Lt. Ellen Ainsworth succumbed to shrapnel wounds, a few dozen mourners gathered on the beachhead of Anzio, Italy, to honor the Army nurse who would be the only woman from Wisconsin to die from enemy fire in World War II.

A German bomb had exploded outside her tent four...

Erik, I did not know you that well. I abserved your Love for your wife an children. My daughter and son in law Loved you very much. I saw you laugh and smile. I was lucky enough to meet you briefly. I feel blessed. I know that you are in a wonderful place. Thank you so much for your service to t...

My brother, George L. Winkler, and the crew of their B25 went down over the Philippine Island of Cebu, 3 April 1945. It took 2 years for remains to be recovered. In 1949 the crew was buried as a group in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. My research led me to find additional re...

Alan was my son-in-law. His birth and death dates will always be marked in my life. Alan gave his life in pursuit of the freedoms we have as Americans. He fought for strangers to have that same freedom. He is a hero and I was blessed to have known him. He remains an inspiration as it is in his ho...