Joe Ayres was a student at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College when the United States formally entered World War II. Two years later, he enlisted in the Army and played a role in three critical battles that helped end the war in Europe.
During his service in Vietnam early on during the war, Thomas Zilla had occasion to put his Boy Scout first-aid training to use to help treat a fellow soldier following an attack.
Bill Ziegler remembers when he realized that Vietnam would be an “alternate reality.” In May of 1969, Bill arrived in country as an Artillery Section Chief, and he was being shot at before he could even get off the plane.
Esther Gleaton convinced her parents to let her join the Army so she could see the world, ending up with an extended tour of Vietnam.
A Lumberjack Who Knows How to Dance
Oops, I Joined Without My Buddy
Infantry BAR man and Truck Driver
Master of Repair and Rescue
MIA in Korea, Fortunate to Return
From Medic to Motor Pool Mechanic
From Normandy to Berchtesgaden, Diving into Foxholes
Lucky To Survive, Multiple Times
A Proud Tradition of Service
Italian Born - American Made
From One Firefight to Another
Battalion Clerk Has Its Privileges
Always Up For a Challenge In Thirty Years of Active Duty
GI’s Do More Than Fight in a War Zone
Learning the Language and Ways of the Military