The Everyday Patriot Project

Brigadier General Robin Olds was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 14, 1922. His family moved to Hampton, Virginia, and he attended Hampton High school, where he was the class president and member of the 1937 state champion varsity football team. Brigadier General Robin Olds graduated in 1939 and turned down scholarships to both the Virginia Military Institute and Dartmouth University to attend West Point's Millard Prep School. He was accepted into the West Point military academy in July 1940 and played for the West Point football team. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the beginning of World War II his academy education was interrupted so he could attend the Spartan School of Aeronautics. Unfortunately, his entire class graduated a year early, in June of 1943, because of World War II. General Robin Olds would receive his pilot wings and head to Williamsfield, Arizona, to complete pilot training. General Olds was assigned to the 434th Squadron and deployed to...

  Sergeant Guillermo Esteban Perez was born on February 10, 1940, in San Antonio, Texas.  Although he was a student at San Antonio College, he enlisted in the US Army on July 17, 1963, and deployed to Vietnam for the Vietnam War. After returning to San Antonio in 1965, Sergeant Guillermo Perez completed his education and raised his family in the San Antonio area, dying on July 7, 2010.   He rests at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* ****** ********************************* a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to her travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you can also read her book reviews at  www.riteoffancy.com  and US military biographies at  www.everydaypatriot.com Her online photography gallery can be found at  shop.takethebackroads.com #TaketheBackRoads Like my page? Please consider supporting my work...

Technical Sergeant Daniel Guillermo Perez was born on June 26, 1940, in San Antonio, Texas.   He enlisted in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and would later re-enlist in the US Air Force Reserves, serving as a loadmaster in the 433rd Military Aircraft Wing. Technical Sergeant Perez deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm / Desert Shield and the Gulf War.  On August 29, 1990, while carrying medical supplies from Ramstein, Germany, his plane crashed. Technical Sergeant Daniel Guillermo Perez rests at the Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* ****** ********************************* a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to her travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you can also read her book reviews at  www.riteoffancy.com  and US military biographies at  www.everydaypatriot.com He...

Specialist Leonard Luis Alvarado was born on February 13, 1947, in Bakersfield, California.  He graduated from East Bakersfield High School and enlisted in the US Army shortly after graduation in 1968. He deployed to Vietnam for the Vietnam War with the 12th Calvary and would earn a Congressional Medal of Honor on August 12, 1969, while his unit was on route to aid another platoon in the Phuoc Long Province.  His unit came under attack, and Specialist Leonard Alvarado returned fire and kept up a steady rate of suppressive fire, despite receiving wounds that would prove fatal and allowed his unit to withdraw. Specialist Leonard Alvarado rests at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Bakersfield, California. * Read about a.d. elliott's Everyday Patriot Project here* ****** ********************************* a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller living in Salem, Virginia.  In addition to her travel writings at  www.takethebackroads.com , you can also read her boo...