. . John Carter When John Carter was a youngster he used to jump off of garages onto mattresses for fun, so it seems logical that he would want to be in the airborne division when he volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Of course, training to jump out of airplanes
. . Joseph Capone Joseph Capone entered the US Army in January 1943 and served until December 1945. He fought in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany as an infantryman in Company E, 415th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division, also known as the Timberwolf Division. We met Joseph Capone on a
. . Barry Campbell Barry Campbell is from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army in 1965 and sent to Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division. He was in Vietnam together with fellow Beaver Falls native, Ken Thomas. While in-country, the soldiers’ wives wives were pregnant with their
. . Rosetta Burke After 220 years, the New York Army National Guard promoted its first female general—Pittsburgh native Rosetta Y. Burke. But Rosetta didn’t start her military career in 1962 as a soldier. After training at the Harlem School of Nursing (in New York City), she entered the Army
. . Chris Brent Chris Brent’s journey in life began in Berlin where he was born. While his parents were having difficulties and ultimately divorced, Chris was placed in foster care several times and then reunited with his mother and later with his father. His father eventually immigrated to the
. . Andrew Brennan After graduating from West Point, Andrew Brennan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania trained to fly UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and then he deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. When we kicked the door in Afghanistan, Andrew Brennan admits, the army didn’t have a lot figured out. In the field, missions
