Veterans

Medal of Honor – Lt. Donald Gott

Donald Gott joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a private at Hartford, Conn. in September 1942, and reported for active duty the following March. He took flight training at fields in California…

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Medal of Honor – 2Lt. Robert Femoyer

Flying from RAF Rattlesden in Suffolk, England, navigator 2nd Lt. Robert E. Femoyer’s actions on November 2, 1944 on a mission to Merseburg, showed the highest level of dedication to his crew. He…

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On this Day: Operation Tidal Wave

On this day in 1943, the Eighth Air Force took part in the Ploesti Raids The need to cripple the German war machine was always the utmost priority for the Allies. The…

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Paulie Griffin: A Real Rosie

Honoring Paulie Griffin, a real-life “Rosie” Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Robert Griffin, Paulie Griffin’s first husband, came home from work at Lockheed Aircraft and said, “Well, I enlisted in the Air Corps because…

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