Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. He is known for his resistance work during World War II and his post-war war information work. He is also the last veteran of the legendary WW2 'Heroes of the Telemark' raid. He is now 96
Lt. Colonel, Christian, husband, father of 5 girls, Founder of Folds of Honor Foundation, USAFR Fighter Pilot, Washington Speakers Bureau, PGA professional and author
CM Sgt. Ronald Roos 'Air Force Honor Guard/ Death Watch/'I was there when the presidents body was taken off Air Force one, I saw Mrs. Kennedy, still in the blood stained dress, standing in the doorway,' Roos said
US WWII Navy WAVE, born 1923. Too young for service, she began as a munitions worker Rosie in 1941. Joined the WAVES a couple years later, and worked as a mechanic in the Navy's Blimp program
Explorer/Byrd: geographic, air reconnaissance and photogrammetric officer to Admiral Byrd on two antarctic expeditions and served as Byrd's scientific advisor
Centenarian (1900-2003). One of the last living women to vote in the 1920 election, and one of the last to have visited the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
JFK - Doctor at Parkland Hospital who would have been part of the autopsy team if it would have been done in Texas; conducted Oswald's autopsy, as well as those for J.D Tippit and later Jack Ruby
Former United States Army officer and a Vietnam War veteran. For his actions during the war, Rose is scheduled to be presented the Medal of Honor on 23 October 2017 by United States President Donald Trump
Writer/Anti-abortion activist founder & president of anti-abortion organization Live Action. Conducted undercover, investigative exposés of abortion facilities in the US, including affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation
WW2 Battle of Britain pilot. Born in 1920, he claimed three victories during the Battle of Britain and flew three or four sorties each day. He is now 96 and lives in the UK
British born TV presenter and Antarctic explorer. He is also an experienced and popular public speaker, science support and field logistics expert, polar guide, professional diver and instructor, mountaineer and yacht skipper
1961 left college to join the Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) as Freedom Rider, traveled on buses throughout South to protest segregation and challenge the lack of enforcement of laws that made segregation on buses illegal/born 1940
President & CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution. Professor of law at George Washington University Law School
Scientist in the space programs Apollo and NASA. Key to development of Vanguard and Viking Rocket Programs which led to success of landing on the moon. Born 07/25/1915
1950s Army Veteran and gay husband of Hubert Spires. He helped fight for a honorable discharge for Spires and they succeeded in 2017 when Spires got a honorable discharge from the US Military after over 60 years
Former Senior Vice President of Products at Google and current advisor to Alphabet Inc. management team and board. Featured in an Academy Award-winning documentary about espionage in the digital age. Coauthor of How Google Works
American fighter pilot (Ret.)/As captain in the US Air Force, flew 30 missions in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the Persian Gulf War. His book about his experiences in the war, titled Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot
1896-1973 U.S. lawyer, judge, Democratic political figure, and presidential speechwriter/Was FDR Special Counsel upon FDR's death Truman asked him to stay on, initially through V-E Day, then through V-J Day, and finally into 1946
WWII - D-Day, 2nd Battalion, The Glostershire Regiment. Frank's regiment was tasked to take the French town of Bayeux, 12 miles from Gold Beach, and fought in the Battle of Tilly-sur-Seulles, where some of the toughest combat took place
1921-2000 co-inventor zeolite catalyst that was commercially useful in petroleum industry for catalytic cracking of petroleum into products like gas. Inventor or co-inventor of 76 US patents & was inducted into the National Inventors HOF
US WWII Merchant Marines (1928-2024). Joined the MM in 1942 at 14 years old, served in the S. Pacific and Atlantic. One of the last MM to attend the official Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for Merchant Marines in 2022
American diplomat, speaker and author. Served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush and the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton
Officer of the United States Navy who received the first Medal of Honor of World War II. This award was made for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
WWII: Highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Brigadier General. He is most noted for his service with the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Okinawa. He placed the American flag at Mt. Shuri
WWII: Survivor of the Port Chicago disaster (largest US mainland munitions explosion 1944, 320 dead; mutiny that changed segregation in the Navy.) Later on the USS Ancon where he rejected an order and was given right by the white Captain
WWII: Survivor of the failed Operation Jubilee ('Dieppe Raid') on 19 August 1942, when 60% of the mostly Canadian landing force were either killed, wounded or captured
Was one of the last surviving French marine commandos who stormed ashore on Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day to initiate the liberation of their homeland
American economist. In 2012, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley 'for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design'
Professor of Biomedical Sciences. Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on vesicle trafficking (shared with Randy Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof)
Holocaust survivor, born 1932. Mother, sister killed in a train wreck by saboteurs, father gassed at Auschwitz. He and a brother hid with various people throughout the war. Saw Hitler in Vienna, and Churchill in a victory parade in Belgium
Darlie Lynn Peck Routier (born January 4, 1970) is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted of murdering her son, five-year-old Damon. She was never charged with the murder of her other son, six-year-old Devon.
(No Kum-Sok) Sept 1953 2 months after Korean War ended with an armistice, a 21-year-old North Korean fighter pilot defected to a South Korean airfield with a state-of-the-art Russian fighter plane
WWII: PTO. Survivor of the massive Kamikaze attack on the USS Lindey on April 12, 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa. The Lindsey was severely damaged by two kamikaze planes that crashed into her killing 57 sailors and wounding another 57
Witness that said he saw another man with a gun in the Sixth Floor Book Depository Building and stuck by the story when questioned by the Warren Commission. He was a high school student and worked for Pizza Inn at the time
Last survivor of the Gresford mine disaster of 1934. It is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters. He was a teenager at the time. Also a WW2 veteran. He recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He lives in the UK
US Army Korean War Veteran. He was a POW from 1951 to 1953 in North Korea. 333 people of his battalion including him were taken as POWs and only 117 made it
Founder, and owner of The Royal Treatment Veterinary Center. Internationally-renowned pioneer in complementary medicine and physical rehabilitation.Author and advocate of common sense and cutting-edge approaches to optimal animal health
WWII WAVES veteran, born 1915. She worked coding and decoding ship movements while based in San Francisco. Later used the GI Bill to get an education and become a teacher
NASA: Worked in communications for NASA during the Apollo 11 mission by relaying information about the spacecraft's location. Royston, pictured, points to the Apollo 11 patch in his collection from working on different Apollo missions
Vietnam 1965 flew into Landing Zone X-Ray Ia Drang Valley on supply helicopter/Was supply officer for 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile during 1st full-scale battle between American & North Vietnamese troops
British Army officer who earned the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre for organising guerrilla resistance in France and Burma; full name is Richard Arthur Rubinstein
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Schofield Barracks. During the attack, Rubien helped burn classified documents, then picked up a gun and ammo and began shooting. Later served at Saipan, Guam, and the Marshall Islands
American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She is famous for uncovering the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. She is now 84 and lives in U.S.A
WWII: PTO. Survivor of the sinking of USS Helena (CL-50) in the Battle of Kula Gulf, July 1943. Also Night Battle of Guadalcanal Nov. 1942 and the Battle of Cape Esperance (Oct. 1942) where he saw the USS Juneau (Sullivan brothers) sink
Female WWII veteran, snuck away from home to join the WAACs in 1942, becoming a WAC in 1943. Ran a night flight simulator for pilot training. Later in life had a nursing career
German nurse (Born: 1929) who was stationed at Hitler's bunker during the final days of WW2. She was 15 at the time and met Joseph Goebbels and his family on the day Hitler committed suicide. She is now 88 and lives in Germany
Businessman and co-Founder of Citizens for Eisenhower which propelled DDE into the presidency. Later a White House aide to Eisenhower. An heir to the Colgate-Palmolive fortune, and first husband of actress Dina Merrill
Murderer responsible for the deadliest shooting inside a private residence in American history. On March 30, 1975, He murdered 11 family members in what is referred to as the Easter Sunday Massacre
WWII: Navy fighter carrier pilot, flying in combat during World War II and the Korean War; including dive-bomber support for the First Marine Division during the battle of Guadalcanal, flying off the USS Saratoga
Captain Elizabeth (Liz) Ruth is an American pilot who is the only woman to fly the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. She works at Armstrong Flight Research Center. She has flown for the United States Air Force, flying Boeing T-43 and North
Marine Guard of Honor, JFK funeral/ enlisted in 1960 Two years after enlisting, they found themselves on separate boats off coast of Cuba, part of a flotilla that was prepared to invade the island if Cuban missile crisis came to a head
Prosecution witness, Police Reporter for the Dallas Morning News in the Jack Ruby Trial for murder of Lee Harvey Oswald who slated to have assassinated JFK/Said he saw Ruby at police headquarters at least 3x night of Nov. 22
WWII: D-Day, landing near Ste. Marie Eglise, captured on D-Day; POW at Stalag 4B near the Czech border. Earlier combat jump in Operation Husky (Sicily, July 1943) and combat in Salerno, Italy. 505th PIR, HQ Company, 82nd Airborne Division
Survived having a frozen turkey (thrown out the window by teens for a thrill) shattering her windshield and smashing her face. Awoke several weeks later with no knowledge of what had happened. Created the Forgiveness Project
A stringer for the Chicago Tribune in '63 , he took photos at Dealey Plaza , at Parkland and Love Field . His image of Air Force One leaving Dallas was published the next day
WWII: Survivor of the failed Operation Jubilee ('Dieppe Raid') on 19 August 1942, when 60% of the mostly Canadian landing force were either killed, wounded or captured
Baby featured in Dorothea Lange's famous photo 'Migrant Mother' with her mother and two of her siblings; taken in 1936 during the Great Depression; sister of Katherine McIntosh