. . Like many other young men who left Pittsburgh during the steel industry’s final throes of the 1980s, Jesse Mercure enlisted in the US Army and found a career and home there. He spent twenty years on active duty and another four as an active reservist before hanging up his uniform.
. . Bill McLaughlin served two years active duty in the Army, and then four years reserve duty during the Cold War era 1950s. Like many Army soldiers of the time, he served in Germany as part of the frontline defense against a Soviet takeover of Europe. In summer of 2013,
. . During WWII, George Jock and Robert McKnight of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania served aboard the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, USS Pittsburgh (CA-72). The ship saw intense action in the South Pacific and participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The Pittsburgh is most known for towing the USS Franklin (CV-13)
. . Ron McKeon of Ambridge, Pennsylvania served in the United States Marine Corps from 1972 to 1980. He was attached to the 3rd and 1st Marine Divisions, Twentynine Palms, California, and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. Ron also attended the Armed Forces School of Music in
. . In 1942 Jack McGavern was a 34-year-old father of two girls, ages 10 and 5, when he told his wife he wanted to join the Marines. He had a good job and a good life living in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh. But he felt called to serve
. . T. J. McGarvey entered the Marine Corps in 1966 and served in Vietnam from March 1967-April 1968. He fought with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. During his time in Vietnam, his battalion earned the nickname “The Walking Dead” for the casualties they suffered, which were
