H.J. Burley Smith, U.S. Merchant Marine, Korea, USS Meredith Victory Evacuation
H.J. Burley Smith was 12 years old when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II. He followed the far closely, especial...
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20 of 552 episodes1LT Leonard Ganz, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Silver Star
Leonard Ganz knew he was going to be drafted, so he studied all of the branches and enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic and other trainin...
Floyd Brantley, U.S. Navy, USAF, World War II, Korea
Floyd Brantley was born in Texas in 1925. He was 16 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Unlike many Ameri...
SGT Vince Makela, U.S. Army Green Beret, Afghanistan 'Horse Soldiers'
Vince Makela enlisted in the U.S. Army while he was still in high school. After basic training, he specialized in communications and dreamed...
LCDR Kaj Larsen, U.S. Navy, SEAL Training, War on Terrorism
Kaj Larsen did not follow the typical route to becoming a U.S. Navy SEAL. He was admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy but left after two years...
Col. Allison Black, U.S. Air Force, Afghanistan, 'The Angel of Death'
Allison Black surprised her family by deciding to enlist in the U.S. Air Force after high school. She did it to be part of a mission bigger...
SSgt. Rudy Meekins, USMC. Korea, Chosin Reservoir
Rudy Meekins grew up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Most young men from that area joined the U.S. Merchant Marine or the U.S. Coast G...
COL Michael Gilpin, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Michael Gilpin had an interest aviation at a young age but had never pursued flying. He joined the Army with an option to pursue Officer Can...
Lt. Col. Derek Jones, U.S. Air Force
Derek Jones was following in his father's footsteps when he pursued military service after high school. His father had been a prominent and...
Cpl. Esteban Valenzuela, USMC, Vietnam
Esteban Valenzuela was a talented high school football player and could have continued playing in college. Instead, he joined the U.S. Marin...
MAJ James Taylor, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
James Taylor enlisted in the Army in 1956. Several years later, he successfully completed Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissione...
COL Richard Coachys, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Richard Coachys went to Indiana University on a football scholarship but also joined the Army ROTC on campus. After commissioning, he expect...
Lt Col Robert Jeffrey, USAF, Vietnam, POW Part 2
In our previous episode, we learned how U.S. Air Force pilot Robert Jefffrey was shot down over North Vietnam during his first mission of th...
Lt Col Robert Jeffrey, USAF, Vietnam, POW Part 1
Robert Jeffrey became fascinated with aviation at a young age after his father got a pilot's license. By the time he was preparing to gradua...
Col. Harvey 'Barney' Barnum, USMC, Vietnam, Medal of Honor
Harvey C, "Barney" Barnum, Jr. arrived in Vietnam in late 1965 with 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines in the 3rd Infantry Division. In the final d...
GySgt Luke Focer, USMC Special Operations, Iraq, Afghanistan
Luke Focer was not sure what he wanted to do after high school but after reading many books on the military and being impressed by a teacher...
SSG Roderick Pugh, U.S. Army Sniper, Iraq
Roderick Pugh enlisted in the U.S. Army less than three months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Eighteen months later, he was partr of 1st...
Lt. Jason Redman, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan, Iraq
Jason Redman learned love of country and the importance of service at a young age. His grandfather was a decorated World War II veteran and...
Richard 'Dick' Ramsey, U.S. Navy, D-Day, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
Dick Ramsey's family had it tough lduring the Great Depression. He quit school when he was 15 years old and started working at the Brooklyn...
Maj. Geoffrey Ball, USMC, Afghanistan, Abbey Gate Terrorist Attack
On August 26, 2021, an ISIS-K terrorist attack killed 13 American service members and wounded many others at Abbey Gate outside Kabul Intern...