A member of Underwater Demolition Team No. 11, a predecessor of the Navy SEALs, who performed beach reconnaissance on fortified Pacific islands

A member of Underwater Demolition Team No. 11, a predecessor of the Navy SEALs, who performed beach reconnaissance on fortified Pacific islands
A black soldier in an airbase security battalion who served in the southwest Pacific
A crewmember on a U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber who died on a mission against a Japanese-held atoll in the Caroline Islands
A sailor who became the victim of a tragic accident while supporting the liberation of the Philippines
A paratrooper who died retaking Corregidor during one of the most celebrated airborne operations in history
An antitank gunner posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during the Battle of Leyte
A career sailor who served aboard a famed American cruiser lost in the dark opening months of the Pacific War
A career soldier with over two decades' service in the segregated U.S. Army who boarded an ill-fated flight when he was rotated home from the Pacific
A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims
A West Point graduate and infantry company commander who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the Philippines