Honorees

Carl Robert Arvin was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on 19 January 1943. At Ypsilanti High School, “Bob” was valedictorian of his graduating class, and Read More

Robert Bryan was born on October 18, 1949, in Colon. He graduated from Colon High School in 1967, and entered the Army on January 3, 1968, serving Read More

Roger B. Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 15, 1935. Young Roger’s life-long passion for flight and aerospace began when his Read More

Jarion Halbisen-Gibbs was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and moved to Michigan as a young boy. He enlisted in the Army in October 2002, attended Read More

William Henderson was born in 1943 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1964 to 1977 and the in Michigan Air Read More

Essie Dell O’Bryant Woods was born on January 4, 1915 and was a life-long resident of Detroit. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps and served with Read More

Mel Bauman was born in 1945 in Detroit. He served in the United States Army and Army Reserve from 1965 to 2005, thus completing a forty-year military Read More

Jack Bergman was born February 2, 1947, in Shakopee, Minnesota. He went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to 2009, completing a Read More

Evelyn Kennedy was born on January 23, 1939, in Tennessee and moved to Detroit with her family. She joined the Women’s Army Corps in January 1961 and Read More

Jennifer Smith was born on November 27th, 1971, in Lansing. She Joined the United States Army, serving honorably from November 1990 to August 1992 as Read More

G. Mennen “Soapy” Williams was born on February 23, 1911, in Detroit, to Henry Williams and Elma Mennen. As a child, Williams earned the nickname Read More