Veterans Chronicles

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2025-03-05

  Cpl. Wayne Fletcher, U.S. Army, Korea

Wayne Fletcher joined the U.S. Army in September of 1949. In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, and just 16 months after enlisting, Fletcher found himself at war. He operated .50 caliber anti-aircraft guns mounted on half-tracks. With no real ...
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2025-02-26

  Col. Gregory 'Matt' Dillon, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Battle of Ia Drang

Gregory "Matt" Dillon was required to enroll in ROTC at the University of Alabama. Upon graduation, he was required to give two years in the U.S. Army. He ended up serving 24 years, including three tours in Vietnam. He served as operations officer for ...
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2025-02-19

  PHM2 Charles Cram, U.S. Navy Corpsman, World War II, Iwo Jima

Charles Cram was 15 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Before he was old enough to join the military, he worked as a messenger and received word of an alleged Japanese attack on the west coast of the U.S. When he was 17, Cram joined the...
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2025-02-12

  Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, USAF, World War II, Tuskegee Airman, 'Top Gun'

Harry Stewart grew up with a love of flying and dreamed of becoming an airline pilot one day. But shortly after graduating high school, with the nation at war, Stewart found himself in in the U.S. Army Air Corps.The military needed skilled pilots but w...
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2025-02-05

  Col. Allison Black, USAF, Afghanistan, 'Angel of Death'

Allison Black surprised her family by deciding to enlist in the U.S. Air Force after high school. She did it to be part of a mission bigger than herself. After basic training, Black spent the next several years as a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and E...
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2025-01-29

  Lt. Jesse 'Bud' Alley, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Battle of Ia Drang

Jesse "Bud" Alley was born in Florida but grew up in Greenville, South Carolina. He joined Army ROTC while enrolled at Furman University. Not long after commissioning, he was assigned as a radio officer. After one more reassignment, his job was to make...
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2025-01-22

  Capt Jack Hawkins, USMC, Vietnam

Jack Hawkins grew up in Alabama in a community full of military veterans. His family was full of U.S. Marines so joining the corps came naturally to him. Hawkins enlisted in 1963 but immediately began a path towards becoming an officer. That included g...
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2025-01-15

  SN Daniel 'Rudy' Ruettiger, U.S. Navy, Notre Dame Football Walk-On

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger grew up in a house of 14 children and his his connection with his father, a World War II veteran, was watching Notre Dame football. Rudy's dream was to play for the Fighting Irish. But his high school athetic career did not meri...
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2025-01-09

  Miracle Files: The Mystery Boat

If you're a fan of true crime but crave a dose of inspiration instead of tales of darkness, The Miracle Files is your perfect alternative. With the same storytelling intensity as true crime podcasts, The Miracle Files delves into the details of each mi...
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2025-01-08

  Lt. Col. Ken Corigliano, USAF, Afghanistan, Iraq

By his own admission, Ken Corigliano was a troubled teenager who probably had jail in his future. That all changed the day a U.S. Air Force recruiter came to his school and had plenty to say when Corigliano tried to cause trouble during his presentatio...
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