I think of retired U.S. Army Major General John Raaen, a WWII veteran and resident of Winter Park who ... For actions in ...
A high point for the Sealion and the US Navy would occur about about two months later ... The Sealion would become the only submarine to sink a military ship in World War II, he said. The war ended ...
Morton Katz of Hartford, a 105-year-old WWII veteran, tells of indelible sights he saw from N. Africa to Italy, France, and ...
Levi Oakes was one of 17 known code talkers from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory who served in the Second World War and the only ...
Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.
At 104 years old, the names, times and places are sometimes hard to recall. Often the names of friends he served with and the places he saw while serving come with ease, like a laugh with those ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WWII veteran Roscoe Joyner, 105, has been bestowed the French Legion of Honor for ...
Boasting a 51-year career, the U.S.S. Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in 1944.
Jeff Joyce, a retired Air Force major and son of an Air Force pilot, written more than 100 vignettes on the men and women fighting forces in hallowed ground.
Wilbur Rupke of Lexington served in the U.S. Army’s 75th Infantry Division, enduring grueling combat in Belgium, France and Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge. LEXINGTON — At 98 years old, ...
Bishop was killed in World War II in Okinawa. She was 3 1/2 years old. Her sisters, Ona and Billie, were 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. The sisters visit Bishop’s grave in Kossuth Cemetery and speak of him often.
Bouquet: U.S. Army Corp. Joseph F. “Brook” Dapoz proudly served his country in uniform from his enlistment (at age 24) on Oct. 11, 1940, until his honorable discharge on July 29, 1944, suffering PTSD ...