Yoshio Nakamura was 16 when he was forced to report to the Gila River Camp in Arizona. From the internment camp, Nakamura enlisted in the Army at 19, joining the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team of “Go for Broke!” fame.

Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return from captivity during the Vietnam War was captured in an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph in 1973, has reportedly died at age 92.

His son David Ignatius, a Washington Post journalist and novelist, confirmed the death but did not cite a specific cause.

WWII veteran Marshall Allen Webster died eight weeks before his 102nd birthday. He played in a local senior hockey league until he was 95.

After nearly 30 years of service, Lt. Col. (Ret.) George Hardy continued to share the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen with people across the nation.

Maj. John H. “Lucky” Luckadoo has died at the age of 103. He completed 25 combat missions in a B-17 Flying Fortress over a nearly eight-month period.

Randy “Duke” Cunningham died Wednesday at age 83. He served eight terms in Congress before pleading guilty to corruption charges in 2005. The scandal overshadowed a decorated military career as an ace pilot in the Vietnam War.

Frank Caprio, a TV judge with a particular fondness for the military veterans who appeared in his Rhode Island courtroom, died of pancreatic cancer. He was 88.

David Mazzarella, 87, served as both editorial director and ombudsman for Stars and Stripes from 2000-2009. Prior to that, he spent five years as the editor of USA Today.

Maj. Gen. Gerald G. Watson was given the title of The Modern Father of the Chemical Corps and advocated for the Chemical Corps throughout his life.