World War II Veteran James C. Cady passed away on November 17th at the age of 105. Jim was one of the 1st Veterans USA Warrior Stories interviewed for our project. Please honor his memory by taking a moment to watch his story.
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Happy 100th Birthday to Frazer Dougherty! Frazer joined the National Guard in the summer of 1940. When World War II was declared, Frazer transferred to the Army Air Corps where he was trained as a pilot and served in the 345th Bomb Group as First Pilot and survived sixty-three missions.
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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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Martin Sylvester and his son Paul recently traveled to France for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. While recording Martin's original story we were just about to turn the camera off when we asked Martin if there was anything else he would like to talk about. Martin replied, "Did I tell you about when the put me in front a firing squad?" That day we decided to never turn the cameras off. Thank you for continuing to be our inspiration.
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