. . Thomas Franus Thomas Franus of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania was almost out of the Army. One month to go and he’d be home for Christmas 1963, closing out an exhausting tour of duty with the Army’s elite Honor Guard in Washington DC. One month on an easy down slope.
. . Kevin Farkas During the Cold War, which officially lasted between 1945-1991, Kevin Farkas served as an avionics technician in the US Navy from 1983-1987. He was attached to an F-14 squadron (VF-74, “The Bedevilers”) that deployed with the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV 60). “When people ask me
. . Rick Erisman Rick Erisman of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania joined the navy, serving as a radioman from 1969 to 1973. As to why he enlisted in the service after graduating college in North Carolina he admits, “I really didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I did want to
. . 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
written by Todd DePastino US Navy Submarine Veteran Rick Elster attended our National Submarine Day event at the Carnegie Science Center on April 11 and told me about Tommy Cox, a folk hero in the submarine community. Tommy Cox touched the hearts of submarine veterans through his remarkable career and his passion for music.
