by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
Tech 5 Gibson was born in Nysund, Sweden, grew up in Chicago, and was a Quartermaster Soldier serving as a Company Cook with the 30th Infantry Regiment in World War II. He participated in the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Anzio Beach landing, and subsequent drive up...
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
Private Watson served in the United States Army and was killed in action during World War II. He was one of seven African American soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during World War II, and the only one of the seven to earn his medal while...
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
General Kendall graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1933, and was commissioned through ROTC as a Second Lieutenant with the Infantry-Reserve. For the next seven and a half years he served with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and at 22-years-old was the...
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
General Wheeler enlisted in the West Virginia National Guard in 1953 and entered active duty in 1959 as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. He received his commission through ROTC at Marshall University in Huntington, where he earned a...
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
Dr. Siu was born on 24 February 1917, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Hawaii (in 1939 and 1941, respectively) and a Ph.D. degree as a biochemist from the California Institute of Technology in 1943. During the...
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022
Colonel Tucker served for six months as an Enlisted Soldier at the start of World War II before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1943. Upon graduation in 1946, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. While on...
