Today, we remember and honor Army Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton, from Greenville, South Carolina, the first female military pilot in United States history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire.
Capt Hampton died on January 2, 2004, while providing cover for ground ...
Miss and love you everyday. I can't believe you've been gone for almost 2 years now. Still feels like yesterday and I think it always will. You are my hero always!
1LT Abernathy was awarded the Purple Heart.
You are being honored in Normal Illinois with a banner which will be on display from Memorial Day to Veterans Day every year. Maybe someday our hometown of Toledo, IL will follow the other towns who are remembering their fallen heroes.
Sylvin J Baker was known as 'Pete' to his friends and family. I never knew this man who was my Great Uncle, but always heard stories of gentle Pete and his Heroism for his military brothers and our Country. Pete was killed in action on June 6, 1944 in Normandy France.
Pete was my ...
Purple Heart
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Silver Star
Awarded for actions during the Global War on Terror
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumo...
Purple Heart
SSG. Robert A. Massarelli
Robert, Bobby, Bob, Rob, and then back to Bobby
As Bob grew up he changed and reinvented himself as he matured.
But some things always stayed the same – he was true to himself,
he was loyal to his friends and family;
he cared about others and was w...
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, unaccounted for since World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Marine Cpl. James D. Otto, 20, of Los Angeles, will...
Keith Edaakie of the Nawetsa Dancers from Zuni Pueblo performs the Eagle Dance at the foot of a memorial bur oak planted in front of the Army enlisted barracks.
A Native American Heritage Month Luncheon followed the tree-dedication ceremony. The Nawetsa Dancers returned to perform agai...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — No one who knew Coast Guard Lt. Thomas J.E. Crotty was surprised to learn he was on the scene during the desperate American stand in the Philippines during the early months of World War II, one of his relatives said Thursday.
The youngest in a large Irish-American famil...
MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. (AFNS) -- Seven decades after his aircraft was shot down during a mission in World War II, an Army Air Forces aviator finally came home to Augusta, Montana. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William D. Bernier was buried with full military honors Sept. 19 at the veteran'...