Ronald Allen served in the Air Force from 1970 to 1974. He enlisted in the Air Force to avoid getting drafted into the Army and had a deeper interest in serving with the Air Force and working with aircraft. After travelling from Kalamazoo, Michigan…

Michael Alioto was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. Despite having a college deferment, he received a draft notice in 1969, and rather than argue the issue, he decided to go into the Army anyway. Despite his high test scores, he was trained as an…

Floyd Alexander was born in 1949 in Jerseyville, Illinois. He grew up in that area and joined the Army in February 1969. He trained at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and Fort Sill, Oklahoma to be a part of the artillery. He was deployed to Vietnam in…

Charles Aldrich was born in 1925 in Hastings, Michigan, and enlisted in the US Navy after Pearl Harbor at the age of 17. He trained for 5 weeks at Great Lakes, and then went to gunnery school in Little Creek, Virginia to train as an Armed Guard for…

Lester Alcumbrack was drafted into the army in 1942. Les became very sick during basic training, and became a truck driver. He trained as a fuel truck driver and received amphibious training. He began duty in Scotland and Wales prior to the Normandy…

Michael Adams was a marine who served in Operation: Iraqi Freedom in 2003. He served as a security forces specialist who would be one of the first team of Marines to enter Baghdad. He reports observing the destruction of the statue of Saddam…

James Abrams was born in Sparta, Michigan, in 1923, and eventually grew up in Montana. After moving to Grand Haven, Michigan, he joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor. After boot camp in San Diego, he was shipped to the Solomon Islands and joined the…

Marvin Abbott was born in June 1938 in Decatur, Michigan and after graduating from high school, attending Michigan State University. While at Michigan State, Abbott went through the ROTC program, which included a six-week basic training course at…

Binding of On the We-A Trail: A Story of the Great Wilderness, by Caroline Brown, published by Macmillan Company, 1903.

Binding of Uncle Jed's Country Letters, by Hilda Brenton, published by Henry A. Dickerman & Son, 1902.

Binding of Mary Cary, by Kate Langley Bosher, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1910.

Binding of At the Sign of the Three Birches, by Amy Brooks, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1916.

Binding of The Supplanter, by Grace Duffie Boylan, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1913.

Binding of The Gang: A Tale of the Middle West, by Fred Brasted, published by The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1910.

Binding of The Corner in Coffee, by Cyrus Townsend Brady, published by G.W. Dillingham Co., 1904.

Binding of Wolfville Nights, by Alfred Henry Lewis, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902.

Binding of Wolfville Days, by Alfred Henry Lewis, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902.

Binding of Lost Borders, by Mary Austin, published by Harper & Brothers, 1909.

Binding of Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, by Lafcadio Hearn, published by Macmillan Company, 1904.

Binding of Langford of the Three Bars, by Kate and Virgil D. Boyles, published by A.C. McClurg & Co., 1907.

Binding of Under the Rose, by Frederic S. Isham, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903.

Binding of Blitzen the Conjurer, by Frank M. Bicknell, published by Henry Altemus Company, 1906.

Binding of The Fifth String, by John Philip Sousa, published by The Bowen Merrill Company, 1902.

Binding of The Puppet Crown, by Harold MacGrath, published by The Bowen Merrill Company, 1901.