Lt. Robert "Bob" Cookman saved the lives of his crew members while sacrificing his own when his plane had engine trouble and went down.

Bishop was killed in World War II in Okinawa. She was 3 1/2 years old. Her sisters, Ona and Billie, were 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. The sisters visit Bishop’s grave in Kossuth Cemetery and speak of him often.