BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D Elihu Harlam Mason was one of Indiana’s earliest recorded heroes. He was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and either the second or fourth recipient depending on what version of history you choose to believe, of the new, United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Recently I was privileged to participate in the ANZAC DAY memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery here in Honolulu. The National Memorial Cemetery has been honored to host this service for our Comrades in Arms for several years. Certainly for us veterans, this represents a wonderful recognition of the [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Richard Nott Antrim is a native son of Peru, Indiana. He married his wife in June before graduating from the United States Naval Academy on June 4, 1931. After serving briefly in the 11th Naval District he was ordered to report to the battleship USS New York as fire control [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. It was almost a year ago to the day that I first wrote about Lt. Col. Donald Carlos Faith, Jr. in the Hawaii Reporter. An “R” for recovered will now be placed beside his name on the Wall in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery [...]
By Sgt. Daniel Schroeder for the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs - WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - As the morning sunlight washes over Wheeler Army Airfield, Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade welcome some new additions to their physical training session. This was the first event of [...]
Sgt. Ross F. Gray, USMC, WWII, Medal of Honor BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Ross Franklin Gray was born August 1, 1920 in Marvel Valley, Alabama. He attended the elementary schools of Bibb County and went on to Centerville High School, which he left in 1939 after three years in attendance. He went to work [...]
WAKE ISLAND BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. I now call myself a Kamaina, although my life began as a Hoosier. Maybe it’s days as a Hoosier that has drawn me to write about Dr. Shank. It’s more likely, however, that it was my friend Bonita Gilbert contacting me last week seeking some information on [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. This week I am going to deviate a little from the normal style of these articles. Usually they tell the story of a hero who is no longer with us. Lieutenant General H.C. (Hank) Stackpole III is very much alive and if history teaches us anything will be for quite [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Most Japanese–Americans who fought in World War II were Nisei, Japanese–Americans born in the U.S. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese–American men were initially categorized as 4C (enemy alien) and therefore not subject to the draft. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. [...]
BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Since writing this article in March 2012 much has happened in regards to Father Kapaun. After a 60-year wait, on April 11, 2013, President Obama will present the Medal of Honor posthumously to Father Kapaun’s nephew Ray Kapaun. Father Kapaun will become only the seventh Army Chaplain to receive the [...]
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