Archibald E. Nevitt was born on August 25th, 1923. Nevitt served in the 29th Infantry Division during WWII. Nevitt participated in the Normandy Invasion, where he was scheduled to hit the beach with the 2nd wave until his landing craft's door wouldn't go down. After finally landing hours later, Nevitt would go on to be promoted in the field to Sergeant, and was recommended for a Silver Star for his actions. Nevitt fought through St. Lo with the 29th, and recalled numerous close encounters with enemy forces, once almost committing suicide to avoid capture. Through all this, Nevitt refused to go home  with a medical discharge. Nevitt ended the war with 2 Purple Hearts, and passed away at the age of 79 of natural causes. 

At 23, Colonel Robert Cockroft served during WWII as one of the youngest Majors in Patton's 3rd Army. Cockroft was the Executive Officer of the 748th Tank Battalion, nicknamed the "Rhinos," which saw extensive action in the European Theater of Operations. Cockroft was a ROTC graduate, and after tank training at Camp Bouse, Arizona, Cockroft was shipped to a training camp in Whales. In August 1944, Cockroft's Battalion came ashore at Utah Beach, where he participated in the Liberation Campaign, from Western France to the Elbe River. 3rd Army liberated numerous Concentration Camps all over Germany, including Mauthausen and Buchenwald, which Cockroft participated in. Cockroft was awarded a Bronze Star, cited for a period when the 748th advanced 500 miles from the Saar River to the Danube. Like many of his fellow 3rd Army soldiers, Cockroft was quite the fan of Patton for his colorful language and big personality. As Cockroft would often say, "Patton was Old Blood And Guts, but he didn't lose many men." Cockroft served in the Army Reserves until 1980, where he retired as a Colonel.