Sparky Songer, Danville, today and in uniform. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and is featured on Sept. 30. (Click on photo to download high resolution image.)

Jill Knappenberger, Champaign, above right, drove a "clubmobile" for the Red Cross on the front lines in Europe. (Click on photo to download high resolution image.)

Yuki Llewellyn, Champaign, spent the war interned with her Japanese-American family at Manzanar. National Archives photo. (Click on photo to download high resolution image.)

Theodore Freeman, Rantoul, was on board the USS Missouri when a Japanese kamikaze pilot crashed his plane into the ship. (Click on photo to download high resolution image.)