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Sandra Nadine Foster was born on June 10, 1960 in Washington, DC, to Barbara E. Hill and the late Lawrence W. Hill. Sandra grew up in Washington, DC and graduated from Dunbar Senior High School in June 1978.  Sandra started her career with the Federal Government in 1977, working as summer aide for the Federal … Continued

In the picture window of his Newark, Delaware home, he and his wife, Sheila, have hung their son Matthew’s Navy dress blues and his pea coat. There are photos of him in his Little League uniform, and the gold medal from his baseball team’s 1996 championship season.  “We’re just so proud of him, and we’re … Continued

Fourteen-year Booz, Allen & Hamilton consultant Gerald P. Fisher, 57, had such a winning way about him that colleagues refused to give up on him until his death at the Pentagon was confirmed.  “He was a real optimist,” said Joyce Doria, a Booz, Allen senior vice president who supervised Fisher and two other employees who … Continued

Amelia Fields turned 46 that morning. Her husband, who had been her high school sweetheart, slipped out of their Dumfries home during breakfast to place a surprise birthday card in her car. While she headed to work at the Pentagon, where she was a civilian secretary for the Army, he baked a chocolate cake for … Continued

Jamie Lynn was born in Towson, Maryland. She joined the Navy, following in the footsteps of her father, a retired Chief Radioman. In her brief five years as an enlisted Storekeeper, Jamie had the opportunity to fit in an overseas tour in Bahrain and a three-year sea duty tour before being tapped to serve as … Continued

After graduating from the Ohio State University in 1987, Bob received his commission. He was first assigned as a junior officer in engineering on the U.S.S. Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) from May 1988 to October 1989. He then served as the Gunnery Officer on the U.S.S. Donald B. Beary (FF-1085) from November 1989 to June … Continued

Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, was an aerographer’s mate in the Navy. The Morehead, Kentucky native began his military career with basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois, before moving on to the Naval Reserve Center in Lexington, Kentucky, and the Naval Technical Training Unit at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. Earhart … Continued

From her home, Stephanie Ross Dunn could hear when the U.S.S. LaSalle was heading out to sea: three deep blasts of its horn as it left its berth, one more as it turned for the Gulf of Gaeta. She’d grab her big blue-andgold Naval Academy flag and head for the roof of the house in … Continued

I’m Still Here Written in loving memory of William Donovan, CDR, United States Navy by USNA ’86 Classmate Jim Noble  As the fires burned, and people cried, I only can imagine The fear you felt, and now, the void, what seems like endless pain. The answers that we all do seek, will not come very … Continued

Bob Dolan began his military career at the U.S. Naval Academy and, at the age of 40, was commander of the U.S.S. John Hancock, with its motto: “First for Freedom.”  During his 20-year Navy career, he served in Bahrain, the Arabian Gulf, the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean, at various naval stations and on the … Continued