Carol Stegall: Helping People and Animals with the Same Passion
marc.zarefsky2021-09-29T20:17:50-05:00Carol Stegall wanted to be a vet but knew she couldn’t afford the extra years of school, so her second choice became her lifelong work.
Edward O’Connell: Cushy Job, Not for Long
marc.zarefsky2021-09-10T12:15:42-05:00Faith and Family. No two words better describe what sent Ted O’Connell to Vietnam in 1965, and what brought him home again.
Jerry Warren: Protecting Building Engineers By Day, Providing Fire Support By Night
marc.zarefsky2021-08-09T22:42:57-05:00Jerry Warren passed up an opportunity to return to the states in 1968 and stuck it out in the Central Highlands of Vietnam until his tour of duty was over.
Gary Nelson: Gunner’s Mate On An Icebreaker
Doug Meffley2019-08-02T21:27:11-05:00Three times Gary Nelson has traveled to Washington D.C. with Honor Flight Chicago, each time accompanying a World War II veteran on this journey of thanks. The next HFC flight on August 7th, 2019, will be Nelson’s fourth, but this time it will be different. This time, he’s the veteran being thanked.
Clyde Wilson: How Delivering Paychecks Earns The Silver Star
Doug Meffley2021-01-25T13:25:21-06:00“Welcome to Tan Son Nhut. We are under attack, everybody prepare for a crash landing.” Those were the first words Capt. Clyde Wilson and his fellow officers heard from their pilot as they arrived in Vietnam in 1968.
Matthias Burger, Jr.: German Immigrant From WWII Era Fights For His Country in Korea
Doug Meffley2019-05-03T22:44:45-05:00U.S. Army Korean War Park Ridge, IL [...]
Howard J. Adolph: From Normandy to Berchtesgaden, Diving into Foxholes
MicheleZander2018-09-02T20:11:47-05:00From Normandy to Berchtesgaden, Diving into Foxholes
Edward Kasan: Playing a Different Kind of Music on the USS Missouri
MicheleZander2018-07-01T19:34:46-05:00Playing a Different Kind of Music on the USS Missouri
Alvin P. (Bud) Izbicky: Demolitions Expert
MicheleZander2018-06-01T21:10:22-05:00“There was an unexploded Japanese torpedo on the beach in Saipan, and they wanted a volunteer. All the other guys were much older than I was and nobody wanted to volunteer, so they volunteered me,”
Lowell “Greg” McDonnell: A tank commander … finally
MicheleZander2018-05-08T08:28:02-05:00Armistice talks were already underway, but it would be a few months before the fighting came to an end. For those few months, McDonnell found himself on the front lines at White Horse Mountain as a Tank Platoon Leader.