Erin McLyman died March 13 after being wounded by an enemy forces’ mortar attack while walking to dinner from the base dining facility.
Army Veteran “Doc” Dentice planned on a one-and-done holiday party for Veterans at the Milwaukee VA back in 1988. This year, assisted by 85 volunteers, he did it again…party number 31!
Dave Mueller decided that college was not for him and, with a high school friend, volunteered to be drafted into the Army.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Dave Pickerell. Dave was master distiller at Makers Mark and Whistle Pig. He passed away in November.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Charles Rodriguez. Charles served as part of Merrill’s Marauders during World War II.
Nicholas Armstrong joins Borne the Battle to discuss his experience in the Army, his efforts at IVMF, and some key research from the institute.
William Daniels was born in New York in March 1927. He was drafted into the Army in 1945 and was stationed in Italy as a disc jockey.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Thomas C. Smith III. Thomas served from 1982-2005. He also served as director of the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
In April of 1943, Irma Dryden was assigned to the Tuskegee Air Base hospital in Alabama to support the pilots of the Tuskegee Experiment.
Bernard Hubbard earned a Bronze Star for fixing so many communication lines in the middle of the night under heavy artillery and gunfire.
Bendix Peterson initially served in the National Guard at Fort Preble in Portland with an artillery company until his discharge in 1909
William Daniels joined me for a short phone interview to share his experiences as a drafted soldier in World War II and going on to be KITT and Mr. Feeny.