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Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.
A Ho-Chunk soldier from Hatfield, Wisconsin, Red Cloud served with the Marine Raiders in World War II and later joined the Army. Near Chonghyon, Korea, on 5 November 1950, he warned his…
Read the example report ▸Capt. Lance P. Sijan
An Air Force Academy graduate and F-4C pilot, Sijan was shot down over Laos on 9 November 1967. Badly injured, he evaded capture for about six weeks, escaped once after he was caught, and…
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An F/A-18 pilot flying from USS Saratoga, Lt. Cmdr. Speicher was shot down over Iraq on the first night of Operation Desert Storm, 17 January 1991, the first American loss of the war. His…
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