Robert Epperson

Robert D. Epperson received his commission as 2nd Lt in the Air Force in 1968. After completing graduate work at Washington State University, he entered active duty in 1972 as a 1st Lt conducting research on napalm and other flame weapons at Eglin AFB, FL. Capt...

Arthur William (Bill) Jasper

Arthur William Jasper was born in Philadelphia on June 3, 1925. He lived in Philly for about five months, after which his family moved to the far out (at that time) suburbs, right next to the farming country. With an intense interest in agriculture, he spent every...

Robert M. Frank

I was born in New York City (Manhattan) on August 4, 1925, and was raised some 20 plus miles out on Long Island in Woodmere. I started playing piano at age 5 or 6. I was pretty good too – such that I had been planning to go to Julliard or some music school. WWII...

Richard Manchester

Dick was born August 5, 1925 in Baltimore. He attended schools in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and graduated from Hollidaysburg (PA) High School in June 1943. He entered the Army in September 1943, enrolled in ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program). His basic...

Tom Stafford

Thomas (Tom) Stafford was born in Washington, DC (June 1923) and raised in Petersburg, VA (Colonial Heights) where he lived during all of his early years. Tom was drafted (March 1943) out of college (Virginia Polytechnic Institute) into the Army during World War II....

John E. McAuliffe

John McAuliffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of twelve moved to Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as Private First Class, a squad member of an 81mm mortar section with Company M, 347th Infantry Regiment of the 87th Infantry Division during World War...