The actions of Bert and the 442nd proved to the United States that Roosevelt, the man who interned thousands of Japanese Americans, was right. That being American is not a matter of race or creed, but of heart.
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While Dross may have enlisted in support of the Spanish-American War and missed it, the following years saw much more intense fighting in the Philippine-American War, wherein Dross did serve in the 30th United States Infantry regiment.
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Born February 3, 1872, in Nashville, Tennessee, John Calvin Williams would eventually find his way across the continent, and across the world, while fighting in the United States Army.
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Henry W. Mortimer, born in Westminster, Maryland around 1846, was a veteran of storied units from the Civil War and multiple engagements around the Great Plains.
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Beginning his military career, Joe underwent some training in both New York and Illinois. During this time, Joe recalled being assigned to various boats and ships and being utterly confused. Apparently everyone there was just as lost as he was, which was accurately representative of their few months of training.
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Due to his knowledge of engineering and geology, Donald was put in the Army Corps of Engineers and worked on pontoon bridges in Europe.
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At age 17, just after finishing school, Rudy enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves as a Torpedoman’s Mate on February 13, 1943. While he did not enlist in the active duty Navy, almost the entirety of the U.S. Naval Reserve was called up for active duty throughout World War II.
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The Great Lakes Naval Station supplied over one million men to the war effort, this number accounted for nearly a third of all naval recruits. Recruits at GLNS steadily decreased after World War I, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the GLNS experienced a massive influx of funds from the Navy as well as a steady supply of naval recruits.
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Ralph registered for the Civilian Draft on June 5, 1917. He began his service on August 5, 1917. Ralph served as a farrier and cavalryman in General Pershing’s Headquarters Troop of the 1st army corps.
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Dwight Icenhour was born on July 25, 1944 in Gunnison, Colorado, a tiny town of 6,000 residents in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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When a German airfield was captured, John and his team were responsible for rushing in and repairing the plane landing strips quickly, so the Allied forces could continue to gain ground.
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Women who were nurses in Vietnam treated a variety of patients. Aside from tending to soldiers, they also treated Vietnamese prisoners of war and civilians. For the American soldiers, women acted as more than just nurses.
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The military, for Richard Hawkins, was more than just service. It was his life-long career, his home, and his family as well as a comforting sense of stability and security. From his enlistment with his brother, to his military marriage, to his daughter’s enlistment in the Navy, and his use of the GI Bill to get an education, Richard’s life revolved around the military.
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When someone mentions a military career, many think of high-ranking officers and older battle-worn veterans training cadets. However, there is much more to a military career than fighting in combat.
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Robert Leon Moore served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. It is not his service that his family remembers him for most however, but his commitment to his family and his strong work ethic after the war. His love of the outdoors, and his time spent fishing and camping in Colorado with his family were the times most meaningful to his life.
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Lyndon made a career out of his time in the military. He served for thirty years from his enlistment in 1940 to his retirement in 1970. During this time, he experienced three completely different sets of combat: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Eileen Traynor enlisted in the Army at the age of twenty-two as an officer with the starting rank of Second Lieutenant in 1973.
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After serving in the military during World War II, Roger Cisneros became a legal pioneer in Colorado.
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In the wake of World War II, the status of Chinese Americans had reached a new height. Seemingly gone were the days of the Chinese Exclusion Acts and widespread anti-Chinese discrimination, during which Chinese Americans were viewed by most Americans as threatening outcasts who sought to steal jobs and degrade Western values.
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Jane was extremely successful in her military career, but it was not without difficulties. She served as an intelligence officer at the tail-end of the Korean War and all throughout the Vietnam War.
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