“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.” —George Washington
Spotlight on Maryland Hero’s
1st. Lt. John Royden Forsythe – U.S. Army WWII, POW/MIA 7 Sep 1944. Lost off Mindanao, Philippines.
Lt. Elizabeth Catherine (Riggs) Isely – U.S. Coast Guard Reserve WWII
CWO2 Robert James Watkins – U.S. Army Vietnam, KIA 8 Oct 1969
Sgt. Henry Nicholas John Gunther – Last Soldier Killed in WWI
Maj. David Henry Wainwright Houck – U.S. Army Air Forces WWII, Executed by Japanese
1st. Lt. Robert Ober – American Expeditionary Force WWI, KIA during Muese-Argonne Offensive
Spotlight on American Hero’s From Around the Country
SSgt. Lester Irwin Tenney – U.S. Army WWII, Survivor of the Bataan Death March and Japanese POW Camps
