“The privileges of being an American belong to those brave enough to fight for them.” Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Tuskegee Airman Born on December 18, 1912, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. – the son of an Army officer who would become the first African-American brigadier general in US history – grew up in Washington, DC, excelled […]
Born on this day in 1942, Patrick “Tad” Tadina enlisted in the US Army, served as a Ranger in Vietnam from 1965-1970, and was awarded two Silver Stars, ten Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts. Only 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing just 130 pounds, the Hawaii native spent five years in Vietnam leading […]
Just months after winning his 1941 Academy Award for best actor in “The Philadelphia Story,” Jimmy Stewart, one of the best-known actors of the day, left Hollywood and joined the US Army. He was the first big-name movie star to enlist in World War II. An accomplished private pilot, the 33-year-old Hollywood icon became a […]