Lieutenant Colonel David Kerr Claude dedicated more than two decades of his life to the United States Marine Corps, serving everywhere from Nicaragua to the Pacific during World War II.…
When the United States called upon a generation of young men to fight in World War II, Wiley Sullins Munsey, Jr. answered without hesitation. Serving as a United States Marine…
Few men from Orange County exemplified courage and dedication to duty like Major Robert W. Raup. A Virginia Tech graduate, accomplished fighter pilot, and recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross,…
U.S. Army · 217th Infantry · 1944 Born in the Rapidan country in 1922, James enlisted in the spring of 1942. He landed on Omaha Beach on the morning of…
Sergeant Tyrus Heber “Ty” Tisdale was raised in the Eheart area of Orange County Virginia and attend James Barbour High School and Fork Union Military Academy. He couldn’t wait to…
Major Robert W. Raup attended Orange County Virginia High School and graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech. He had his entire life planned for himself with…
LT Severn M. Nottingham, Jr., was locally educated, had a law degree from UVA, and was serving with Naval Reserve. He was sitting on easy street positioned in his father’s…