Lee Fisher

“I grew up with a tradition of service,” Sandie said. “My father’s family has a military lineage that stretches back to the Civil War. It was a natural thing for me and my brothers to serve.”

Citizen soldiers have been a part of America’s military history in Ohio since the Northwest Territory Militia was formed in Marietta, Ohio in 1788. This group evolved through subsequent centuries to become the Ohio National Guard. National Guard units have proudly served in every conflict from the American Revolution

"When I sat down to talk to Oxford resident and retired Naval Commander Paul Allen, he had a multitude of stories about adventures with anchors all around the globe."

"Don comes from a Hanover Township farm family filled with Navy tradition. His father served in the Navy as one of the original Seabees in World War II."

"Soon, the United States government found that Eshbaugh’s knowledge of seeds would be best suited in the U.S. Army Chemical Corp in Dugway, Utah."

"Once, I sat down with Jordan in his Oxford living room and he shared that his family had relocated from Detroit, Michigan to Liberty, Indiana early in his childhood. He grew up next to a Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) post that was across the street from his home."