Vietnam

Colonel John Dale had an adventurous 32 year Air Force career including involvement in the very first drone programs. Many of the programs with which he was involved were just recently declassified. John graduated high school during the Korean War and wanted to fly but hadn’t earned a college degree so he joined the Aviation Cadets program. He earned his wings in 1954 and was hoping to become a “hot shot jet pilot” but the end of the Korean War [...]

Roger Staubach is a football legend. You may know he coined the phrase “Hail Mary Pass”, but did you know that he is also a Navy Veteran? Staubach is the last member of the Naval Academy to have won the Heisman Trophy and the first player to win both the Heisman and Super Bowl most valuable player. Diagnosed as color blind, Staubach was prohibited from serving in many Navy line officer commands so he became logistics officer. At a time [...]

Russ Violett was raised on a Montana farm.  Much of his early life was spent with oil burning stoves, gas burning lamps and an outhouse.  He considered the Air Force as a reasonable escape route from the frigid Montana winters. Little did he know that this decision would take him to the much warmer jungles of Southeast Asia and the deserts of Saudi Arabia before he retired at the rank of Major General. Violett’s squadron would be assigned their first combat [...]

The Distinguished Flying Cross is one of the highest medals that can be awarded for aerial combat.  It is awarded for “Heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight.” Martin Lenzini was awarded FOUR DFC’s during a 13 month tour of duty as a Marine pilot in Vietnam. One of these close air support missions epitomized the word “close” when he dropped bombs with pinpoint accuracy within 80 yards of friendly forces. Did you know that actor Clark [...]

It has been called the "largest fraud ever perpetuated upon the American public". Military fakers are not only stealing honor, in some cases they are stealing millions of dollars from the public.  B.G. Burkett is the foremost expert on Stolen Valor and Author of the book "Stolen Valor; How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History" B.G. Burkett served with the 199th Light Brigade infantry in Vietnam. He was first inspired to pursue the issue after [...]

Space Shuttle pilot Frederick Gregory began his career flying Combat Search and Rescue missions in Vietnam and rose to serving at the highest ranks of NASA. He flew 550 combat missions in Vietnam, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.  Retrained as a fixed wing pilot he was selected for test pilot school before being ‘loaned” to NASA. Fred was selected as one of thirty five astronauts by NASA in 1978 and became the first African-American Space Commander when he commanded mission [...]