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An Airman's Story: Major General Jeanne M. Holm - Career Airman

Major General Jeanne Marjorie Holm was born on June 23, 1921, in Portland Oregon. She loved to ski (both water and snow) and would remain active in both sports throughout her life She also worked as a professional silversmith prior to her enlistment.

On May 14, 1942, Congress approved the creation of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and by July, Major General Holm had enlisted. She completed Officers Candidate School in 1943.

During WWII, Major General Holm was assigned to the Women's Army Training Center where she first commanded a basic training company and then a training regiment. After the war, she commanded the 106th WAC Hospital company. She briefly left active duty to complete her education at Lewis and Clark College but returned to active duty in 1948 to command a Woman's Auxilary Corps company at Fort Lee.

In 1949 she was transferred to the US Air Force and was sent to the Erding Air Depot in Germany where she served first as the Assistant Director of Plans a…

An Airman's Story: Staff Sergeant Charlton Heston - WWII, Cold War - Veteran

Born on October 4, 1923, in the sleepy suburbs outside Chicago, Charlton Heston spent his childhood in the woods of Northern Michigan, returning to the Chicago area later, graduating from New Trier High School and Northwestern University on a drama scholarship.

Sergeant Charlton Heston joined the U.S. Army Air Force in 1944, spending his enlistment as a radio operator and machine gunner for the 77th Bombardment squadron's B-25 Mitchells in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

After his enlistment ended, Sergeant Heston worked as a highly prolific actor, starring in more than 80 productions, including The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, and Planet of the Apes (1968 version). During his career, he was known for his support of the Civil Rights Movement, joining a picket line outside of a segregated Oklahoma City Theater showing El Cid. He was also spotted picketing segregated Oklahoma City restaurants during the same trip. Sergeant Heston was also a vocal Second Amendment supporter.

He died…

A Marine's Story: Corporal Joseph N. Gifford - WWII - Killed in Action

The Californian, Corporal Joseph N. Gifford was one of the Marine Raiders.

Created during WWII, they are considered to be one of the first "Special Operations" military units developed.

Assigned to the 2nd Raider Battalion, also known as "Carson's Raiders", Corporal Gifford took part in the raid of Makin Island and was captured by the Japanese. He was executed October 16, 1942, and is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing, at the Honolulu Memorial.

*Also see Private Alden Curtis Mattison

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