Fort McKinley’s Relentless Storm: Manuel Pérez Jr.’s Heroism in World War II
Fort McKinley’s Relentless Storm: Manuel Pérez Jr.’s Heroism in World War II. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
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Francis X. Burke – Heroism in the Final Battles of World War II
Francis X. Burke – Heroism in the Final Battles of World War II. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
33rd Infantry Division in World War II
The Illinois division’s wartime service led through Hawaii, New Guinea and Morotai to northern Luzon, where difficult terrain, combined operations and widely separated small-unit actions defined its contribution.
Selective Service Act signed into law
On May 18th, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signs the Selective Service Act, creating a national mechanism to draft men into military service. The law requires eligible males to register for possible induction, and it lays out how local boards will classify and call individuals. For the United States, whose small prewar Army cannot sustain large operations in Europe, the act is essential to raising a mass citizen for
Polikarpov Po-2
A basic biplane originally designed for training and utility work that became a sustained operational night-harassment bomber in World War II and Korea.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore — Landsman U.S. Navy Civil War Off Legareville, Stono River, John's Island, South Carolina, USA
Daniel C Harrington
Daniel C Harrington — Landsman U.S. Navy U.S. Civil War near Brunswick, Georgia, USA
James Harper McDonald
James Harper McDonald — Chief Metalsmith U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 Portsmouth, southeast off the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA
John Mihalowski
John Mihalowski — Torpedoman First Class U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 Portsmouth, southeast off the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA
Michael P Murphy
Michael P Murphy — Lieutenant U.S. Navy War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) near Asadabad, Afghanistan
Orson Leon Crandall
Orson Leon Crandall — Chief Boatswain's Mate U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 Portsmouth, southeast off the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA
Robert J Miller
Robert J Miller — Staff Sergeant U.S. Army War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) Konar Province, Afghanistan
William Badders
William Badders — Chief Machinist's Mate U.S. Navy Interim 1920 - 1940 Portsmouth, southeast off the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA
Dirk John Cornelius Vlug
The jungle pressed in on both sides of the Ormoc Road, a narrow ribbon of mud and broken pavement cutting through the hills near Limon on the island of Leyte. December rain had turned the ditches into brown pools. American infantrymen crouched behind a hasty roadblock of felled trees, sandbags, and wrecked vehicles, listening to the grinding approach of steel.
Albert Leroy David
Albert Leroy David — Lieutenant (junior grade) U.S. Navy World War II Off the coast of French West Africa
Alexander Peters
Alexander Peters — Boatswain's Mate First Class U.S. Navy Interim 1899 - 1910 off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
Alphonse Girandy
Alphonse Girandy — Seaman U.S. Navy Interim 1899 - 1910 Cavite, Manila Bay, on board U.S.S. Petrel, Luzon, Philippine Islands
Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller — Staff Sergeant U.S. Army World War II Woippy, France, through Metz to Kerprich Hemmersdorf, Germany