Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ramirez stands with

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ramirez stands with his wife, Christa, outside their home in Killeen, Texas, July 12, 2014. Ramirez, 92, had a 20-year Army career in which he saw combat in World War II and Korea. In WWII, Ramirez fought with a regiment of the Philippine Scouts at Fort Frank, a small rocky island that served as one of four defense forts at the entrance to Manila Bay. When Allied forces were forced to surrender after the fall of Bataan, Ramirez became one of 70,000 prisoners of war who were either carted to Camp O'Donnell, which the Japanese had converted into a prison camp, or forced to walk in the infamous Bataan Death March. After three months, Ramirez was released and promptly joined a group of guerrilla fighters to keep fighting the Japanese. After WWII, he went on to serve for another 16 years, including a stint fighting in the Korean War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)