WWII: CCC. Pearl Harbor survivor. 21st Inf. Reg., Schofield Barracks. Atop a mountain when the raid began; was catapulted into a canyon when a bomb exploded near him and turned over his car during the first wave of attacks. 3 Bronze Stars
WW II Navy Veteran; Survivor of the USS Indianapolis disaster. Believed to be the basis for the story Robert Shaw as QUINT in JAWS tells about the sinking of the Indianapolis
Douglas TBD Devastator pilot in US Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 operating in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. Of the 30 VT-8 aircrew from Hornet that participated in the pivotal Battle of Midway, Gay was the sole survivor
Served in World War II on the U.S.S. Borie (destroyer) and the U.S.S. Darter (submarine) Machinist in the engine room of this submarine, which played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf involving 32 Japanese warships
WWII: D-Day paratrooper, 101st Airborne, 501 PIR, G Company Trained at Camp Toccoa (Band of Brothers). Mission Albany at D-Day (drop at Sainte-MÚre-Ã-glise). Wounded on June 8, 1944
American (1910-2009), served in the Lincoln Brigade of the Spanish Civil War. Held as a POW from Jan 1938 to April 1939 in Spain. Had joined the Young Communist League in the early 1930s after a student trip to the Soviet Union
US WWII veteran, born 1918, served in the OSS in England, France, and behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany. Helped in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
Last surviving soldier of the '800 Heroes', better known as 'The Battle of Shanghai'. The military defensive took place from October 26 to November 1, 1937. He is now 90 and lives in Sichuan Province
WWII - Pacific Theater; survivor of the sinking of the USS Colhoun (DD-801) after repeated Kamikaze attacks in the early stages of the Battle of Okinawa, 6 May 1945
(Born 1942) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and a Legion of Merit
WWII: CBI Theater. 3rd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit Provisional aka Merrill's Marauders, a long-range penetration special ops warfare unit. Fought in the jungles of Burma, witnessed massive casualties and endured machine gun wounds
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941; USS Pennsylvania, quartermaster; was there for the invasion to Leyte Gulf (when MacArthur returned to the Philippines) as well as when the Pennsylvania was hit by a torpedo which barely missed him
WWII P-51 fighter pilot Dick Gibbs flew 43 combat missions during WWII. Sunday Dick shares the stories of shooting down four German aircraft. He explains that of all the medals and awards he received, he was most pleased to receive the Distinguished
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
WWII: Headquarters Company, 2nd Bn, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles). Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne. Wounded in the chest on Jan. 15, 1945 in the Battle of Noville
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
An American military officer who helped develop strategic bombing theory and practice. Giles was named commanding general of the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Area in April 1945 and was in charge of planning the final B-29 Superfortress air attacks
WWII - D-Day: Crew member of minesweeper YMS-348, reached Normandy at 03:30 AM at D-Day and exploded Gernan shallow-water mines so Allied forces could land on the beachheads
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Gillespie attended Brentwood College School, McGill University and then Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. After receiving a business degree from the University of Toronto, he went on to a senior role in the educati
British WWII Veteran. Royal Engineer, cleared landmines. Served in Egypt, Libya, Burma as part of the Chindits, an Anglo-Indian special operations unit working behind Japanese lines. He fought in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge
WWII - 101st AB, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment; Bronze Star. Operation Market Garden, Bastogne/Battle of the Bulge, Germany, Berchtesgaden, liberated Landsberg Concentration Camp, finished the war in Austria
Staff Sergeant, U.S Army, first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor
Polish fighter ace from WW2, now living in the USA (Seattle, WA area). Fought with the Polish Air Force, the RAF, and the 56th Fighter Group in WW2. 18+ victory 'ace'
Comic book artist, born: 1924, aboard the U.S.S. Stevens during WWII, and so to his 'Savage Tales' comics, plus: Carlton's 'Hercules', 'Flying Saucers', 'Outdoor Life' Magazine, and 'Adirondack Stories' I + II
WWII: USMC fighter pilot in the Pacific (USS Enterprise). Marshall Islands, Wake Island, the battle of the Solomons, battle of Santa Cruz and the battle of Guadalcanal. Distinguished Flying
WWII: USS Breeman (DE-104) a destroyer escort of the USS Block Island in 1943 that left the Task Group in order to evacuate the gold of the Bank of Poland (30 tons) in March 1944 from Africa to NY to keep it out of the hands of the Nazis
WWII - D-Day, 9th Parachute Battalion (UK). On D-Day his glider was hit by flak and he was wounded in both legs, became a POW, later escaped with help of the French Resistance
WWII: Served on the USS Balch (DD-363) from late 1943 to 1945 at Guadalcanal and in several trans-Atlantic convoy escort crossings to various North African ports
WWII - Pacific Theater; survivor of the sinking of the USS Colhoun (DD-801) after repeated Kamikaze attacks in the early stages of the Battle of Okinawa, 6 May 1945
WWII: Godwin joined the Navy in 1935. In 1937, he was on the USS Lexington as she searched for the remainder of Earhart's missing plane. He then transferred to the Air Corps, flying 34 missions with the 567th Squadron, 389th Bomb Group
Croatian-born US WWII Army vet, born 1924. Wounded 3x -Anzio, Vosges Mtns, and near the Rhine. South France invasion. Spent night under dead buddies in a foxhole, tumbled down a hill in the morning under hail of German bullets to escape
Lieutenant General Harry Edgar Goldsworthy (born April 3, 1914) is a centenarian and was an American Air Force lieutenant general who was deputy chief of staff for systems and logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C
Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1920) who served in the International Brigades. Volunteered in 1936. Was captured on 2 November 1938 in 'Puebla de Masaluca' and was a prisoner of war until 1 April 1939. Born 1920. Lives in the UK
WWII - Guadalcanal (2nd Marines), Tarawa (6th Marines), Iwo Jima (5th Marines). Was severely wounded in the Battle of Iwo Jima on March 10, 1945, by a machine gun
1938. KGB double agent who provided information to the British Intelligence Service. Exfiltrated from the Soviet Union in 1985 and currently lives in an undisclosed location in London
WW2 began to find his religious faith in squalor of 1942 & forced with thousands of other captives to build a railroad through the jungles of Burma & Siam (now Myanmar and Thailand) along the famous Kwai River/'Author Through the Valley of
WWII: PTO. Naval Aviator. DFC. Torpedoed and sank the underwater Japanese freighter I-52 in 1944 in the Atlantic, which was to carry German radioactive uranium oxide that would eventually be used to target San Francisco and the Panama Canal
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
US WWII WAC (1920-2020). Aircraft radio mechanic, then trained to decode msgs, sent to Europe to work in a US military court. Flew to bring back a secretary of Hitler's to face military charges, made a trip to view Dachau alone, toured of Hitler's bunker
WWII - Stormed Utah Beach, Normandy on D-Day with the 531st Special Brigade. Later fought in the Battle of the Rheinland, Ruhr River, and Battle of the Bulge
German WWII Veteran, Wehrmacht.He fought throughout Europe, initially in the Soviet Union. In 1942 he joined the Afrika Korps and fought across North Africa. In 1943 he returned to Europe. He was captured by American soldiers in Bavaria in 1945.
Recently verified French WWI Veteran Born: 12/31/1899 and called to service on April 19, 1918. Was not officially recognized by the French government as he served less than 90 days
WWII: PTO. US Navy, USS South Dakota. Battle of Santa Cruz
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II at the age of 12
US WWII Navy tugboat veteran, born 1922. After the war, became an Atomic veteran when he was part of the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests. Became a writer and voice for Atomic veterans and their health problems
Author and Chairman and CEO of Centurion Holdings LLC, a company that advises private and public companies. Served in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets). Served as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council under Bush, Jr
Australian WW2 veteran and politician. He wrote about his experiences in Kokoda Lieutenant: The Triumph of the 21st Brigade 16th Battalion. He is the earliest Australian Member of Parliament alive
US WWII vet, born 1923. Third Wave on D-Day,Omaha Beach, St. Lo, Bulge. Stayed with Eisenhower while installing phone lines in his personal quarters. Last known witness to German surrender ceremony in Reims, France on May 7, 1945
American solo vocalist with the United States Army Band. An accomplished performer, particularly of the US national anthem, Green is often called upon to sing at important sporting events, diplomatic functions and military ceremonies
Vietnam War: Photographer of the famous photograph 'Help From Above'. Medivac helicopter 'Dustoff 65' was shot down by a rocket in April 1968 which led to the famous 'Rescue of Dustoff 65'
WWII pilot, born 1920. First mission was as a dive bomber at the Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadacanal and Battle of Tokyo. Flew SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber
WW2 veteran/author who fought in the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa, 1942. Born: 1920. He was a rifleman during the conflict. He is now 96 and lives in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, UK, 'Dresden: A Survivor's Story,' 'Rifleman: A Front-Line Life'
WWII: Battle of Midway (June 1942). Survivor of the sinking of USS Yorktown (CV-5, 'Fighting Lady'). Assistant gunnery officer.. After being in the way of 3 torpedoes and 1 bomb, he floated 6 hours in the Pacific before being picked up
Having served as an in the US Army at Berlin Tempelhof airport in the late 1940s, Mr. Groetsch was a Berlin Airlift veteran working with the "Candy Bomber", Col. Gail Halvorsen
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Serving on Hickam Field, Guilliams was strafed and then fired upon Japanese planes. Later fought on Saipan. Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient
WWII - D-Day. Survivor of USS Corry (DD-463, the destroyer that led the armada into D-Day), which was sunk on June 6 near Utah Beach by German guns. In March 1944, he was part of the Corry crew who sank German submarine U-801
Katharine Teresa Gun is a British translator who worked for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency. In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to The Observer
WWII - Pearl Harbor; USS Arizona. Took a leave before the attack and was on board USS Henderson on 7 Dec 1941; didn't know about the fate of his ship until Dec. 12, 1941
US Army WWII vet, born 1921. Served in the Signal Intelligence Service, through Africa and Italy. Later a career with Pan-Am Airlines, and close friends with the Monaco royal family. Married in Italy with actor Rex Harrison as a witness
WWII vet (1925-2018), Communications officer on Adm. Halsey's staff on the USS Missouri (BB-63), witness to the Japanese surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri
German WW2 soldier, escaped from his prison camp in the USA and led a live as Dennis Whiles, surrendered to the U.S.A. in 1985 on 'The Tonight Show', is now living in Boulder, Colorado
Army Air Corps.1st mission firebombing mission Hamm, Germany Feb, 1945. Flew 23 missions/part 8th Air Force, Rookie crew, 1st combat mission, bomber Last plane in formation to pass over the target - position known as 'Tail End Charlie'
One of six remaining survivors from the U.S.S. Arizona as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is supposed to be living in West Warwick R.I. according to newspaper reports
WWII: Company K, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division 'The Old Breed'. Awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on Peleliu, Palau Islands, on 15 and 16 September 1944
WWII U.S. Corporal - served in the 3rd Marine Division, participating in campaigns such as Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. Witnessed the iconic flag raising atop Mount Surabachi. Purple Heart recipient
WW2 veteran who fought in the Battle of El Alamein in North Africa, 1942. Born: 1921. He was Germany's youngest winner of the Knight's Cross -the highest award for bravery. He is now 95 and lives in Bad Munder, near Hanover, Germany
(born 1939) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former deputy base commander of RAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. After serving in Vietnam, Japan and Korea, he was assigned to Bentwaters as deputy commander
Col. USAF pilot in the Berlin Airlift known as the 'candy Bomber' dropped candy to children from his plane over Berlin, flew the A-26, B-25, C-47, C-54 and C-74
Flight Steward who served on Air Force One for Kennedy through Ford. Flew JFK into Dallas, then helped tear out seats to fit the casket in after the shot. Stayed in the area with Jackie Kennedy and JFK's body during the flight back to DC.
WWII: British Army Major (1st King?s Dragoon Guards) who was evacuated from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo, May/June 1940) along with 339.000 British, French and Belgian soldiers
WW2 Spitfire pilot and Flight Commander who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his attacks on enemy aircraft. Born: 1916 and recently reached his 100th birthday. Lives in a care home in Ammanford, South Wales, UK
WWII: CBI. Last living member of the Merrill's Marauders, aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long-range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit
Writer of Military works/military historian, with a focus on the military campaigns of the United States Marine Corps, and military action in World War II
From Dartford, Kent, One of few surviving D-Day officers/Commanded five ?flail? or ?crab? tanks, belonging to the 22 Dragoons, equipped with a boom and chains to detonate mines/one of 1st soldiers to land at Juno Beach on 6 June 1944
WWII - Marine Corps, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Regiment, 4th Marine Division. Battles of Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. Wounded in the legs by a thrown hand grenade on Iwo Jima, hospitalized
WWII: PTO. Anti-aircraft gunner on the USS Yorktown (CV-5, 'Fighting Lady'). Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942), Battle of Midway (June 1942, when the Yorktown sank)
USMC Major General (Ret.) Flown over 3300 hours in peace, contingencies and war within the Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, CH-53D Sea Stallion, CH-53E Super Stallion, UH-1N Huey, AH-1W Cobra and Bell - Boeing MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor aircraft
WWII:: PTO. B-29 flight engineer 398th Bomb Squadron, 504th Bomb Group, 20th AF. Flew firebombing mission against Japan (incl. Operation Meetinghouse, 9th March 1945) to targets like Tokoy, Nagoya, Kobe. Shot down March 27, 1945
WWII: One of the last 'Rats of Tobruk'. The Rats of Tobruk was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Rommel's Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk, Lybia
WWII TBF Avenger torpedo dive bomber pilot. Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal. Torpedo Squadron 8. Received two Navy Crosses and three Air Medals. Featured in book, 'A Dawn Like Thunder.'
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
Samurai of the sky/Japanese Zero Pilot WW2/19 Victories/Public Speaker/Imperial Japanese Navy, and graduated from the service's 35th fighter pilot course/Lives @ NAGANO, Japan/http://ww2db.com/person-bio.php?person-id=777
WWII/Korean War - RAF pilot, later holding senior command roles in the RAF; author of a noted technical report that evaluated the performance and tactics of jet combat during the Korean War.
Pioneering stewardess and WWII nurse, born 1916. Special duty nurse for Air Force Gen. Hap Arnold, after having been one of Delta's first ever stewardesses from 1940-43
WWII - Co-pilot of the B-17 "Big Yank", 483rd Bombardment Group, 840th Bombardment Sq. Base: Sterparone, Italy; on March 24, 1945, they flew the longest escorted European bombing mission to Berlin, credited for destroying 3 Me-262's
Journalist/author. Known chiefly for anti-war activist during Vietnam War. Notably as leading opponent of Draft. 1967 Harris found organization called the Resistance, which persuaded men of draft age to refuse to cooperate with Selective Service System
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
(Born 1949) US Army Vietnam Veteran. Served as a rifleman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment in South Vietnam. Captured as a POW in June 1969 and was a POW for 135 days until being released by his captors
WWII: PTO. Served on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); survived the Kamikaze attack on May 11, 1945 (Battle of Okinawa) when 390 sailors and airmen were killed and 264 wounded
Former Corporal of Horse (CoH) of the Household Cavalry of the British Armed Forces. He holds the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd)
WWII: D-Day. USS Augusta (task force flagship at Omaha Beach). Also in the Arctic Circle and the Mediterranean Sea. Had dinner with President Truman onboard the Augusta
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. Canada's oldest and longest-serving officer
Born John Stewart Hart in New Brunswick, Canada, 1916; WWII Battle of Britain pilot, one of only 7 remaining. Reported to be living in Canada as of 2015
Pioneer military aviator who survived 10 days in Alaska's wilderness after crashing in around-the-world flight attempt in 1924/1941 commanded an around-the-world flight of 24,600 miles set record of 121 hours & 55 minute
WW2 Marine/Served in Iwo Jima, Bougainville, Vella Lavella & Solomon Islands Campaigns/Silver Star Recipient/95 Years old in 2019/Loves the Marine Core with a passion
Child Actor, WWII Vet Appeared in 1921 Charlie Chaplin film 'The Kid' playing The Kid as an even younger kid/Tank mechanic with the 2nd Armored Hell on Wheels Division