Chief Warrant Officer Jared Kimber U.S. Army (active) His primary duty as part of the 82nd Medical Company in Iraq was flying a Blackhawk helicopter into combat zones, then transporting injured soldiers to safety. One day in April 2004 he and his crew were flying...
Lance Corporal Jason Johnson USMC (discharged) He is from Long Beach, California. He served a full-time mission in Texas. While serving with a counter-terrorism unit providing security to US citizens in Bahrain in 1999, he met and fell in love with Meriam Al-Khalifa,...
Captain Bill Jacobsen U.S. Army (1973-2004) Recently serving in Iraq as part of the Army’s 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment. While helping to secure the city of Mosul, one of his roles was to stand a top an armored vehicle and dispense seemingly random...
Captain Jefferson Hunt Mormon Battalion (1800-1900) He lead the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego, California in 1846. In 1848, he lead a group of settlers from Salt Lake City to established a Mormon colony in San Bernardino. In 1853, he was...
Paul Holton Chief Wiggles Paul Holton, better known as “Chief Wiggles,” is the founder of Operation Give, a humanitarian organization that ships toys, medicine, and educational supplies to children in war-torn and devastated nations throughout the world. President...
Colonel Gail Halvorsen USAF (retired) He was perhaps the most famous pilot of the Berlin airlift. While delivering supplies to the Templehof airport during 1948 and 1949, Halvorsen began parachuting packages of chewing gum and chocolates to Berlin children, earning...
