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In Their Own Words: Phil Shriver, Defender of Port Moresby, New Guinea 1942
The Day They Became Veterans Born in 1920, Phil Shriver became interested in flying while attending Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where he received his pilot’s license through the...
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Escape to Midway
Harry Ferrier grew up in Massachusetts and Connecticut. At age sixteen, he lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Navy. Harry became an aviation radioman and joined his first squadron, Torpedo...
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Our Forgotten Casualties
On April 22, 1934, a 39-year old man died of pneumonia outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To his neighbors who watched as the family house fell into disrepair, was finally boarded up and abandoned in...
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David Bellavia’s Medal of Honor Moment
In the spring of 2006, literary agent, author and historian Jim Hornfischer introduced me to David Bellavia. David had recently left the Army and was settling into civilian life–sort of. Two months...
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