Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, they say. And as one instance showed, they come in all ages, too. In many ways, Calvin Graham’s story was typical of many young men of his generation. His ...

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, they say. And as one instance showed, they come in all ages, too. In many ways, Calvin Graham’s story was typical of many young men of his generation. His ...

Calvin Leon Graham had to grow up fast. As the youngest of six kids from Crockett, Texas, he spent his childhood trying to get away from his stepfather. By age 11, he and his older brother moved into ...

Seaman 1st Class Calvin Graham shortly after enlistment in 1942, when he was 12 years old, and the ship on which he was stationed, the USS South Dakota, in August 1943 near the Norfolk Naval Shipyard ...