A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France

A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France
An undocumented immigrant whose U.S. Army service allowed him the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen just before he entered combat
An airplane mechanic-gunner whose detachment calibrated ground radar installations in the Aleutian Islands
A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe
A machinist who served in the U.S. Army as a teenager during World War I and then volunteered for the Seabees during World War II
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
An Army Air Forces pilot who lost his life in a mysterious plane crash during crew training
A photographer’s mate stricken by cancer during his training
The story of a patent attorney who became an officer assigned to the Manhattan Engineer District
Wounded and captured before he was rescued during combat at the Gustav Line in Italy, this young officer returned to duty just in time to join the breakout from Anzio