Elmer Tarbox once said that when he made his first bombing run in a B-25, “I had a knot in my belly as big as a sweet potato. My hands...

West Texans are friendly folk, quick to smile, eager to help, private with their emotions, strong in their convictions. Robert Elton...

Ed said these were words to live by during combat duty in WWII. He had numerous close calls during his time in France and Germany. He...

Fred Watson saw his body floating and transparent. He felt if his spirit floated through the ceiling he would not come back. He credits...

In the spring of 1945, Lt. Ted Hill and his P-47 squadron were returning from a mission over Germany to their base in Kelz, Germany. The...

It was late November 1944. Bob Kiser and his buddies were in their tents at the end of the runway of the 14th Air Force near Yunnanyi,...

Welby Smith was one of the first to join the newly named United States Air Force. The former Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force on...

Many survivors of war talk about how lucky they were to survive. Here is one such story. During his training during WWII, Wayne Owen’s...

Pfc. R.L. Owens was in water up to his neck in a jungle in New Guinea and the Japanese were laying down heavy fire on his company. It was...

From 1944 to 1945, TSGT Nathan Luger was sent to one of the most remote islands in the world. Attu Island is at the end of the Aleutian...

Heheard and felt the two B-17s collide in mid-air and Sgt. Robbie Gill knew his crew was in trouble. His plane, the Black Cat #13, had...

Jannie Greenway was born during the Great Depression in 1932 in Dalton, Georgia to R.W. and Selma Greenway and was the middle child of...

Seventy years after the battle of Iwo Jima, former Marine Sgt. Bill Pasewark continues to urgently enlighten the public about the cost of...

Don Jones knows about service. Now 89 years old, he can look back on a long distinguished career and say, “I have been blessed.” Don...

Seventy years after the battle of Iwo Jima former Marine Sgt. Bill Pasewark continues to urgently enlighten the public about the cost of...

Wilma was born to William L. and Alberta Green on October 5, 1923, in Minglewood, TN. She moved as an infant to New Orleans where she...

C.B. Martin learned about the bombing of Pearl Harbor watching a movie with a buddy in downtown Lubbock on Sunday Dec. 7th, 1941. As C.B....

Dominic Tartaglione was drafted in the Army in New York City in 1941. He took his basic training in New Jersey and was trained in recon...

Lena “Lyn” Skaggs Duncan (a friend from school didn’t like Lena and said “I think I’ll call you Lyn” and the name stuck) was born on...

WWII was over early for Orville Fleming but he didn’t know it at the time. He enlisted in the Army in 1944 in San Francisco, CA. Jobs...