Sammie Ingraham was born on September 10, 1922 to the union of Sam and Callie Ingraham in Century, Escambia County, Florida. His father...

Leon A. Barron was born in Walnut Hill on July 7, 1014 to the union of James Calhoun Barron and Margaret "Maggie" E. Mayo. His father was...

2Lt. Robert Minns Robertson, Pensacola High Class of 1941 was the son of Herman Sternberg Robertson and Florence May Pilcher. Born in...

In 1942, the Marine Corps decided to experiment with the use of dogs in combat situations. The new unit on Guam consisted of sixty dogs,...

Thomas Erie "Buddy" Dubuisson, Pensacola High Class of 1942 was the son of Benjamin A. & Mary E. Dubuisson and brother of Gloria of the...

On March 2, 1945, an Army Air Corps Lt. Colonel was acquitted by a military court of the charge of "voluntary manslaughter" in China's...

What is society's view on "public show of affection" is somewhat different today than it was in WWII. One of our US Navy aviation cadets...

Both Milton and Pensacola maintained "off limits" list of establishments throughout WWII. The legislative power to restrict military...

At the beginning of WWII, so many men were needed to fight overseas that it created a vacuum in the military jobs they left behind. That...

Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful operation that was fought in Holland. Sadly, the success of the operation depended on the...

To recapture the city of Manila in the Philippines, the US Sixth Army landed on the beaches of Lingayen Gulf on January 9, 1945. Meeting...

James "Jim" William Harter was born August 24, 1920, the youngest child of Jessie Margaret Jernigan (1874-1954) and John Leonidas Harter...

The Munda airfield on the island of New Georgia was fought over by more Pensacolians that most people knew. Another hometown boy was Cpl....

One of several Pensacolians killed in New Guinea was AMM 2nd Class Joseph Edward Brown Jr. of Route #4, Pensacola. He was the son of...

On July 4, 1929, the Pensacola News Journal ran a photo accompanied by an article about four little cousins playing “war” and waving...

On the morning of May 8, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, the USS Lexington was attacked by a Japanese airstrike. During the...

One of the first land battles in the Pacific was on the banks of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal by the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine...

US Army Sergeant Moody Carlos Godwin was born in Jay, Florida on July 23, 1920 to the union of Moody Sankey Godwin Sr. and Mattie...

After the islands of Guam, Saipan, and Tinian were secured by the Marines, the US Navy Seabees went into a building frenzy to build their...

In 1938, a young man from Deer Lodge, Montana stepped off the train in Pensacola, Florida on his way to NAS Pensacola to enter the Navy's...