Salute to a Veteran: He Spent 93 Days as an Evadee Behind Enemy Lines
After his plane was shot down in May 1943, Don Wren spent 13 days hiding out in the French countryside.
Beyond the Battlefield: From ‘Christmas Help’ to Tennis Champ – Part 2
William Lentz Jr.'s 76 air combat missions were as an observer in a Piper Cub over hostile territory.
Beyond the Battlefield: A Champ in Seniors Tennis and Directing Artillery Fire – Part 1
As a passenger in a Piper Cub, Lentz, as a field artillery observer, flew low over hostile territory to relay information of German troop locations and other military targets to our artillery units on the ground.
Salute to a Veteran: His Assignment: Move Tons of Nerve Gas to Be Destroyed in the Pacific
In 1988, Dennis Benchoff got the order that was to present him with one of the most monumental challenges of his 36-year military career.
Salute to a Veteran: He Sailed with Admiral Byrd to the South Pole
Conroy was assigned one of eight attack cargo carriers that would be taking Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his last expedition to Antarctica.
Beyond the Battlefield: His Sub’s Battle Flag Recorded Ships Sunk
Designed by Huntington, the original battle flag of the Pargo hangs in the Submarine Museum in Groton, Conn.
Salute to a Veteran: He Had Only His Axe to Slow Down the New 35,000-Ton Battleship
Schlichting was to straddle the beam of the battleship, ready to chop through the hawser with his razor-sharp broad axe, should the river pilot signal him to do so.
Beyond the Battlefield: He Played a Role in Decimating the Japanese Fleet
By the war’s end, the Pargo was credited with sinking more than 100,000 tons of enemy shipping.
Salute to a Veteran: After the Fall of Rome in WWII, He Drove Mussolini’s Auto
The car was an Alfa-Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spyder, but to M/Sgt. Gerald Schmidt, it was just another car.
Beyond the Battlefield: He Was a ‘Lone Wolf’ in Sheepskin Clothing
Walter E. Mattson was one of a very few B-24 bomber pilots to be designated a “Lone Wolf” during World War II.
Salute to a Veteran: The Me-109’s Cannon Blasted a 4-Foot Hole in His B-17’s Wing
Jack Herr knew from the beginning that he wanted to be a pilot.
Beyond the Battlefield: From Death and Devastation to Divine Dedication
Rev. Dwight D. Edwards is a Vietnam veteran who has devoted his life to public service, counseling, and ministry.
Salute to a Veteran: He Witnessed the Explosion of 7 Atomic Bombs
How did Joe Glass come to have seven atomic bombs exploded in front of him?
Beyond the Battlefield: He Served in the Air Transport Command in N. Africa and Iran
Harold Yates was one of those unsung heroes of World War II who served in the Air Transport Command (ATC) of the Army Air Corps.
Salute to a Veteran: The Atomic Bomb Ended His Career as a B-24 Pilot
For some, the end of the war in Japan also meant the end of their ability to distinguish themselves in the aircraft they had learned to fly.
