19 year-old SPC Dane Balcon of Colorado Springs, Colo, ; died Sept. 5, 2007 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Dane R. Balcon was the type of student who paid attention to every detail of his uniform, and everyone else’s, to the point that he could distingui...
Wiley met my grandmother during WW2.He was shipped out then went back to find her and she was married.She told me that he was a good man.A man who loved his mother and his country.The fact he loved his country can not be expressed more than the ultimate price he gave defending his country.I wish ...
Loving son, father and husband. The Army was his life and he gave it his all. He fulfilled his mission in Bayji, Iraq
LCpl. Joshua P. Klinger
He was just a kid. 2nd Lt. William Russell Bailey was my mother's little brother, her only sibling. The outbreak of World War II and the chance to serve ignited a flame in him. He terminated an engineering curriculum at the University of Kentucky to volunteer for service shortly after his eighte...
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers' Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
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Taken in late January or early February of 1938 in Olean, NY, this is the last known photo of Robert Kline with his family before leaving for San Pedro, CA to board the U.S.S. Arizona. Robert completed his basic training in December 1937 and was allowed 30 days of vacation before beginning his ne...
A long over due tribute to a Great uncle whom I never had the chance to know/meet. Your sacrifice for your crew mates, fellow soldiers and country will always be honored.
Earl Edward Brines (1919-1944) gave up his job as a produce buyer for his dad's company in Centralia, Washington to serve his country during WWII. He served on the USS NAVAJO when it was attacked by a Japanese Submarine 12 Sep 1944 150 miles east of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu in the pacific ocean. T...
Clifford Scott Lovelace was born 3 June 1908 in Mikado Michigan to Charles Edward Lovelace and Elizabeth Ann Scott. He had recently served in the Michigan Air National Guard and held the rank of Captain prior to being drafted into the Army as a Private. His wife, Helen, was working with the Army ...
Dear Dad,
Although I was a mere 2 1/2 years old when you were taken away from me, there is not a day where my thoughts are of you, on the eve of your 70th anniversary of your falling, if only for a passing moment. I think of what might have been and what we could have done togeth...