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Veterans Alphabetical List

  • Mildred McDowell

    Women’s Army Corps Corporal (Sep.) Mildred McDowell is the Air Force’s oldest female World War II veteran at the age of 103. A teacher for 14 years, she changed careers once she learned the military began accepting women during World War II. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps. After training,

  • Roland "Hap" Lutz, Jr.

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Roland “Hap” Lutz, Jr. was one of the first Air Commandos in the Air Force special operations history. He served as a combat medic after enlisting in 1958. In Vietnam, Lutz experienced some of the most gruesome days of his medical career. On his first day, he tended to a

  • Miguel DeLeon

    Technical Sergeant (Ret.) Miguel DeLeon was a mobility Non-Commissioned Officer and a Transportation Squadron Superintendent of Combat Readiness.  He served in the Air Force from 1980 to 2001 during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM.  As Superintendent of Combat Readiness, he led trainers

  • Mark Lamb

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Mark Lamb speaks about his career in the Air Force while sitting in the library of the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans home in Ogden, Utah, April 29, 2011. Mr Lamb spent twenty-two years in the Air Force, enlisting in 1975. He spent most of his career in the public health

  • Joseph Brucker

    Staff Sergeant (Separated) Joseph Brucker was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. He was drafted in 1943 and served as a B-25 Mitchell tail gunner until the war's end in 1945. Brucker served with the 11th Bomb Squadron and was forward stationed in China where B-25 crews flew

  • Billee Hennington

    Staff Sergeant (Separated) Billee Hennington is a 10 year Air Force veteran who served as a Visual Information Specialist during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.  Her most memorable experiences in the Air Force came from her 20 months spent at Osan Air Base, Republic of

  • James Kirk

    James Kirk, Army Air Corps (Ret.) is a U.S. Air Force and World War II veteran assigned to the 2d Bomb Group in Foggia, Italy, where his B-17 Flying Fortress aircrew flew missions over oil fields in Romania. On their 29th mission, they were shot down over Hungary. The crew bailed out and captured by

  • Adrienne Jackson

    Staff Sergeant (Separated) Adrienne Jackson is an eight year Air Force veteran who served as an Information Manager.  “While working alongside senior non-commissioned officers in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, I learned leadership traits, the importance of a college degree and a profound

  • Richard Armstrong

    Sergeant (Separated) Richard Armstrong served for 10 years as an F-16 Jet Simulator Specialist. “My most memorable moment in the Air Force was while I was stationed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during Operation DESERT STORM.   We were working 12-hour shifts taking turns sleeping under the desk. Then we

  • Jim Byers

    Sergeant (Separated) Jim Byers is a seven year Air Force veteran who didn't fly a sleek F-86 Sabre jet into "MiG Alley" to shoot down enemy planes during the Korean War. He was a statistical draftsman; one of more than 5.7 million "average Joes" who served there.  "There was no glamour in what I

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