Paul Boyer flew Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers with the 672nd Bomber Squadron, 417th Bomber Group in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945.
Diane Ahrens joined the Marines in the late 1970s and served as a military police officer at Parris Island, South Carolina.
On March 3, 1945, Robert Martin and 23 other Tuskegee Airmen conducted a mission in Slovenia and Austria. Robert’s plane was hit by antiaircraft fire.
Juiseppe Copeland served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee. He spent the majority of his enlistment deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.
Gregory Settles was drafted into the Air Force in 1969 as a Refrigerator and Air Conditioning Specialist and earned the Missile Master Technician Award.
Charles Farrell served on the Commission of Veteran Affairs after his service and became president of the Purple Heart Association.
Juan Meave enlisted in the Army in 2006 and was posted at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He soon deployed to Iraq where he continued his work as an Army mechanic.
Navy Veteran Frank Cucci served from 1983 to 1994 with SEAL Team 2 and Special Warfare Development Group, more commonly known as SEAL Team 6.
His grandfather was a first lieutenant in Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Kenneth Hill joined the Army in November 1943 to serve in WWII.
Mahlon Marin joined the Air Force when he was 17. He began as a high-speed radio intercept operator using international Morse code and cryptographics.
Michelle Mantooth graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2010 and served for five years as a surface warfare officer.
Kilemon Foster served as a mechanic and maintenance officer with the Marines for over 20 years, deploying to Iraq twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom.