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Navy Quartermaster John Cooper wasn't born in the United States, but once he immigrated here at age 17, he chose…
During Army 2nd Lt. Lloyd Herbert Hughes' last mission over the skies of Europe in World War II, he had a…
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Army Staff Sgt. Gerald L. Endl spent more than two years serving in the South Pacific before he lost his…
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