Profiles in Courage: Lorraine Diehl

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Posted On: August 25, 2023

As part of the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam, Lorraine Diehl was instrumental to the war effort, treating US military and Vietnamese civilians from 1968-69.

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Profiles in Courage: Captain Larry Chesley

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Posted On: June 26, 2023

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”.

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Profiles in Courage: Eugene Zimmerman— A Vietnam Diary

Profiles in Courage: Eugene Zimmerman

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Posted On: June 18, 2020

Christian Zimmerman, son of Maj Eugene Zimmerman, shares selected excerpts from his father’s Vietnam diary, providing insights and sketches from his service at the Da Nang Airbase.

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Profiles in Courage: William “Bill” Gornik

Profiles in Courage: William Gornik

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Posted On: May 22, 2020

Many months of rigorous training and years of dedicated service to the Air Force positioned William Gornik well for a SR-71 Blackbird “special project”.

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Profiles in Courage: Curtis “Curt” Bowers

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Posted On: April 25, 2020

Feeling a call to re-enlist in the Army, Curt Bowers became a “pistol-packing” Chaplain dedicated to preaching, and living, his beliefs during the Vietnam war.

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Profiles in Courage: Tom Schornak

Profiles in Courage: Tom Schornak

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Posted On: April 15, 2020

After a napalm drop turned sideways and facing imminent capture, Tom Schornak, with the help of his fellow Air Force and Army pilots, fought his way back to base.

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