John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant who received the nation's highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. He was the only Marine enlisted man to receive both the Me...

Captain Willibald Bianchi

LT(jg)Robert Scott Evarts veteran of Guadacanal and other Pacific battles, was awarde the Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and Purple Heart. Always the "hard luck" of Torpedo Eight Squadron, was shot down by AA fire during the air battle over Saipan on 20 June 1944. He ad his TBF-1C Avenger...

Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/43; Kearney 12/7/43; Dow Field 16/7/43; Assigned 550BS/385BG [SG-K] Great Ashfield 21/7/43; detailed Bordeaux 16/9/43 with John Schley, Co-pilot: John Baum, Navigator: John Ellingsen, Bombardier: Earl Bates, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter Roth, Radio Operator: J...

Purple Heart

I honor the memory of my uncle, Luis Felipe Velez, every day that I think of my middle name. My biological father named me after his father, Felipe, and his brother Luis. I was a year old when Luis sacrificed his life in the Vietnam Conflict. His spirit lives on today in the memory of all of his ...

THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO MY UNCLE WHO I WAS NEVER PRIVILEGED TO MEET BUT HIS MEMORY IS A PART OF OUR FAMILY HISTORY. HE DIED YOUNG AND HAD NO CHILDREN OR SPOUSE. I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAYBE KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS IN OUR FAMILY.

Airmen Missing From WWII Accounted For
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air ...

Staff Sergeant Baggett was awarded the Purple Heart.

Army
2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas

Sgt Michael Seeley, 27, died from injuries suffered when a bomb went off near his vehicle while on patrol south of Baghdad, just a few days before he was...