These Stories of Valor are part of an ongoing oral history program of the Honor Project to ensure the experiences of our combat wounded and those who gave their all in the service of America are remembered for generations to come.
Herman D. Gentry was born on March 20th, 1896, in Gurley, Alabama to John Morgan Gentry and Cynthia Anna Echols Gentry. Mr. Gentry enlisted in Company C, 4th Alabama Infantry, Alabama National Guard on 26 July 1917 as a Private. His unit was mustered into service for World War I at Camp Albert L. Mills, New York, and was designated as Company C, 167th Infantry, as part of the 42d “Rainbow” Division, American Expeditionary Force.
Read MoreGervais Raoul Victor Lufbery (March 14, 1885 – May 19, 1918) was a French-American pilot of World War I. Lufbery served in both the Aéronautique Militaire and later the United States Army Air Force, and he is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the modern day United States Air Force.
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