Ray Brendel
. . Ray Brendel Ray Brendel served with the US Army during the Vietnam War. missing video
John Bozek
. . John Bozek On Sunday, December 7, 1941, John Bozek, then a high school senior in Detroit, heard the famous radio announcement of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The next day he and some buddies headed straight for the federal building in downtown Detroit, intent on enlisting in the
Eugene Bowser
. . Eugene Bowser Gene Bowser served in the Navy in the Pacific on the U.S.S. Bremerton (CA-130). He supplied the 1,800 men on board with their food, allotted just sixty-two cents a day to feed each man. Carrying on a peculiar, but time-honored navy tradition, Gene’s commander gave him
John Bowen
. . John Bowen During WW II, Sergeant John Bowen served with the Army’s 5th Armored “Victory” Division. Deep into the German winter of 1944, four days from Christmas, John’s unit lost radio contact with its field commanders. Combat was fierce and heavy. Without control, the men were fighting chaos.
Ray Book
. . Ray Book Standing 5”10” tall and weighing just 119 pounds at age 18, Ray Book was considered too thin by the Marines, so he enlisted in the Army in March 1943 and chose artillery training. Ironically, it wouldn’t be long before he was shouldering a 50-caliber machine gun
Dan Bonner
. . Dan Bonner Dan M. Bonner joined the Marine Corps out of high school in 1965. After twelve weeks of basic training in Parris Island and four weeks of Infantry Training at Camp Geiger, NC, Dan attended Aircraft Maintenance School in Memphis, Tennessee. Dan was assigned to the III
