What was to be a routine trip with little risk of danger lead to 7 years as a POW for Captain Larry Chesley in the deadly “Hanoi Hilton”.

From a Basque sheep farming family in Idaho to England as part of the U.S. Army Air Corps, read Manuel Aldecoa’s heroic story.

Herbert “Bud” Milligan joined the Royal Canadian Air Force for free flying lessons but was soon thrust into the middle of the dangerous WWII “Siege of Malta”.

Longing to fly, but lacking the education to join the USAAF, Duane Beeson joined the Canadian RAF Eagle Squadron in WWII.

After a bombing mission in Italy took a bad turn, William Torske spent months in Stalag Luft 1, emerging a changed man.

A supporter of the Warhawk Air Museum since its founding, Joe Oberst was instrumental in introducing the Veterans History Project to the Museum.