During a low altitude night bombing mission Clarence “Press” Pressgrove and his crew were shot down and became P.O.W.’s in Japan’s Omori prison camp. Press was liberated on Aug 29, 1945 just days before the official end of WWII, Sep 2, 1945.
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Sylvester McIntosh served with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines, better known as the Walking Dead. During his tour of duty in Vietnam, McIntosh threw himself on three grenades, which were luckily duds.
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Jim recalls being tossed in a body bag after being mistaken for dead, “When they opened the door and it was my time for the embalming the mortician had just made his incision and I bled a little, that was unusual and so he began to check my vital signs then they were able to get a slight pulse”
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Winston Elliott Scott served as a Naval pilot and flew helicopters and navy planes. Scott was selected by NASA in March 1992, and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997, and logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space.
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William "Bill" Pickens III (1936-2021)
In 1958, he joined the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. Pickens’s position as Personnel Officer in the Air Force sent him across the world to Japan.
Telly Antona joined the U.S. Army while she was still in High School on the Army's delayed entry program and served 6 years and an additional year in the reserves. Telly served in the motor pool at Camp Kyle Korea and with central issues, supplying all the personnel at Fort Campbell KY for the 101st Airborne. Telly currently is involved with Habitat for Humanity and also a group of younger Veterans Net Gen in Vero Beach FL.
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SPC. Donna Zephrine joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1996 and became Full Active Duty in October 2002. Donna served with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division (260 QM) and served 2 tours in Iraq from 2003-2005 as a 63 Bravo Light Weight Vehicle Mechanic.
Donna is active in many organizations including Wounded Warrior Project, World T.E.A.M Sports, Team Red White and Blue and Project 9 Line. She recently graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work and hoped to give back to help other Veterans or people who are in need.
In her spare time, Donna enjoys writing and has been published in multiple anthologies. These publications include Radvocate Literary Magazine, the “Afterwords” anthology, the “9 lives” New York University’s Veteran’s Writers Workshop anthology, Bards Annual 2017, The Local Gem Press, War Writer’s Campaign, Poets and Writers, Blogground, Oberon Magazine 2017 and CA/T Magazine of Columbia University.
Jemille R. Charlton is currently a Technical Sergeant serving in the U.S. Air Force at the 106th Rescue Wing. Jemille has served in Afghanistan as well as being deployed state side supporting rescue missions during such emergencies as Hurricane Harvey.
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Honoring Black History Month. Lt. Lee A. Hayes (1922-2013) was a member of the legendary all-black Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a B-25 Mitchell bomber pilot with the 477th Bombardment Group. During their service, the pilots faced racism both from inside and outside the military, which was racially segregated at the time.
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