Mexican Service Medal

John Franklin Shafroth Jr. (March 31, 1887 – September 1, 1967) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. He distinguished himself as Commander of destroye...

Portrait photograph taken of Colonel Charles Young in 1919. He was the third African American graduate of West Point, the first black U.S. National Park Service superintendent, the first African Amer...

Edwin Peary was the famous Arctic Explorer and disputed discoverer of the North Pole. See: Wally Herbert, "Commander Robert E. Peary: Did He Reach the Pole?" (Sept, 1988) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, ...

Update 6/16/2016(CLM):Harry M Peck SR. Served in WWI with General Pershing in Mexico. Served in WWII Philippines where he helped Gen Mac Arthur escape. Bataan Death March survivor. Find A Grave# 640526...

Henry Russell, Jr. (November 14, 1872—March 6, 1947) was a major general and 16th Commandant of the Marine Corps. His only child was Brooke Astor, a noted philanthropist.BiographyRussell was born in Ma...