By Deborah Larsen Albert Faulconer Albert Faulconer was born in Kansas on October 24, 1911, the son of Albert and Grace McMillen Faulconer. He received his college education at the University of Kansas, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1932 and his medical degree in...

By Deborah Larsen Joseph Artimus “Joe” McCulloch Jr. Joseph Artimus “Joe” McCulloch Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 2, 1926, the son of Joseph and Clara Daniels McCulloch. The McCulloch family moved to Avon Township when Joe was a boy and lived in the...

By Karen Lemon John Arthur Armstrong John Arthur Armstrong was born in Birmingham, Michigan, on March 19, 1926, the son of John Armstrong Sr. and Helen Maria Armstrong. John enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 1943 and was trained as an electrician’s mate first class....