The sound of breaking glass shattered the pre-dawn stillness at the U.S. Army Headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii. Nervously glancing about…
During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force awarded its second-highest award, the Air Force Cross, to nineteen enlisted airmen.…
Brothers are often quickly distinguishable by a common surname. Those who have defended and preserved freedom have such a name…
Lieutenant Colonel Iceal “Gene” Hambleton felt his body exploding away from the crippled EB-66 aircraft. Moments earlier the unarmed, electronic…
Thomas Van Putten, Sr. was one of those boys whose life was shaped by such outside forces. He is a reflection…
First Lieutenant James “Nick” Rowe reviewed the reports that had been coming in about enemy activity near the small outpost…
I never really had the chance to meet my father. I was only 18 months old when he was killed…
It was a heck of a way to fight a war, almost like the children’s game of hide and seek…
The story of Michael J. Novosel, Sr. is not about rank or medals but about the desire to fly and serve. He…
Reprinted with Permission Let’s go back a few years before my initial assignment to Vietnam. I was stationed in Okinawa…