Quote by James Stockdale

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

— James Stockdale

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

— Scott Raab

My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman. He flew with the 100th Fighter Squadron.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I was a lieutenant in World War II.

— John Eisenhower

In 2001, I was an Air Force lieutenant colonel and A-10 fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, in charge of rescue operations for no-fly…

— Martha McSally

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

— Yogi Berra

My Dad, Sgt. Howard Scott, from tiny Washington, Vermont landed in Normandy and fought with his unit inland to St. Lo France where his…

— Phil Scott

My grandfather served as a gunner aboard the U.S.S. Alabama in the Pacific theater during WWII.

— Dana Loesch

I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in…

— Roald Dahl

I was in World War Two at the battle of Okinawa.

— Harry Dean Stanton

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot.

— Mikie Sherrill