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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
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WW2 Air Gunner manning a ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress/French President Francois Hollande had installed him as a chevalier, chevalier you know is a knight in that country's Legion of Honor
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Military, Coast Guard
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navy admiral
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Member of The Ritchie Boys was responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. Holocaust survivor and now 97 years old
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German ww2 pilot
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WWII: D-Day; Battle of the Bulge; 82nd Airborne Division (All-Americans), 505th paratrooper infantry (PIR), Company D; landed in the cemetery of St. Mere Eglise in France on D-Day
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WWII: US Navy veteran who served on the USS Russell (DD-414); the ship fought in 16 major engagements incl. the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway where she picked up survivors of the carriers USS Lexington resp. USS Yorktown
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German ww2 pilot
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Polish pilot who flew with the RAF 635, 639 and 303 squadrons during WWII. He lives in Canada
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Commander US Pacific Command
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Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces from 1977 to 1980
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101st airborne. dday battle of the bulge
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WWII - D-Day, 618th Ammunition Co., 74th Ordinance Bat., 6th Enginering Special Brigade
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WWII: PTO. New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa. USMC
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U.S. Navy sailor serving as a radioman in the Coast Guard Flotilla 4/10, LCI-492 (landing craft infantry), that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6th 1944
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navy admiral
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WWII - Contemporary witness of the Port Chicago disaster (largest US mainland munitions explosion, July 17, 1944, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, CA; 320 dead, 390 wounded, followed by mutiny that changed segregation in the Navy.)
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WWII: US Army. Fought at New Caladonia, Guadalcanal, Fiji Island and Bougainville
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WWII: PTO. D-Day, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France; Battle of Zerf, and the Battle of the Bulge. 5th Ranger Batallion
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USS Indianapolis survivor
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WWII Fighter Ace - 8 Kills - US Navy - Navy Cross
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WWII: PTO. Battles of Guadalcanal, New Guinea & Peleliu. 1st Marine Division
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US Navy vet, born 1926. Naval reserves at the end of WWII, and the end of the Korean War. 'Atomic veteran' witness to the Operation Crossroads first peacetime tests of atomic bombs at the Bikini Atoll in 1946
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WWII: PRO. Guadalcanal. 1st Marine Division. 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star, Bronze Star
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African - American WWII Army WACS veteran, born 1922. Postwar career as a Chicago beautician
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima, USMC
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WWII USMC - Battle of Corregidor (1942), awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart. Spent over 3 years as a POW and was awarded a 2nd Purple Heart. Also, served in the Korean War
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Wing Commander, RAF Pilot
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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Member of french resistance WWII
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WWII Tuskegee Airmen
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Military
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US Navy, First Female Commander of the USS Constitution
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WII: B-17 tail-gunner in the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Flew 21 missions beginning in February 1945, incl. Berlin, Schweinfurt, the Ruhr Valley
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USMC Ace during WWII-[5 victories] Member of VMF-312
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Legendary Marine; WWII (Guadalcanal, Guam, Bougainville, Iwo Jima), Korea (Pusan Perimeter, Inchon Landing, Seoul Recapture, 'Frozen Chosin' Reservoir). Knew Mike Mervosh, Chesty Puller, John Wayne
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WWII: British Royal Marine in the Arctic convoys (Murmansk Run)
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Fighter ace
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US WWII vet, born 1914. Son of Italian immigrants, he worked in a clerical office in Italy in WWII, where he found his family's dialect left him unexpectedly not understanding the language there
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WWII: B-17 waist gunner Flew 19 mission, the first on D-Day. B-17 Shack Rat. 390th Bomb Group, 568th Squadron, 8th Air Force
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WWII. Was part of the French Commandos that copied the techniques of the British Commandos
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WWII: D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge. 508th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division
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WWII: US Navy Higgins Boat Coxswain (driver) on D-Day. His LCVP picked up 35 men of the 1st Infantry Division from the USS Henrico and brought them into the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach. It was the 5th boat in the 1st wave at Omaha on 6:30 AM
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U.S. Army WW2 Veteran
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US WWII Montford Marines vet, born 1925. Post-war entered the seminary and became a pastor
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Captured by Red Chinese during CIA - sponsored C-47 flight over mainland China during Korean War. POW nearly 2 decade battle of wills between the U.S. & China/He was released in December 1971. CIA awarded him the Distinguished Intelligence Cross
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Recognized for having dropped the first bomb of Operation Desert Storm, flying the F-117A
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Jewish Soviet WWII veteran, probably living in Montreal, Canada
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Military
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'Spanish Civil War' 'International Brigade' 'British' Lives in West Cliff...Bournemouth, England Born: 04/24/1909
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WWII: PTO. USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). Battles of Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Luzon and the Battle off Samar
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JFK - Honor Guard, casket team - one of Kennedy's pallbearers at the state funeral
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Was the second head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He played College football for Stanford at the Offensive Guard position. He was elected to the Stanford Athletics Hall o Fame He is also a World War 2 veteran, served in the US Marines
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'Spanish Civil War Veteran' 'International Brigade' 'German' Born: 04/14/1912
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941, USS Oglala
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WWII: ETO. B Company, 275th Regiment, 70th Division. Battle of the Bulge. POW and slave laborer at Berga camp
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WWII: USS Navy. Crossed Atlantic from Boot Camp on The RMS Queen Mary; served on the HMS Ceres during D - Day, directing ships in and out at Omaha Beach
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WWII: US Navy, cook on the USS Yorktown. Battle of Guadalcanal, Coral Sea and Midway
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Col. Vietnam War/US Air Force, pilot/Pow six years/John McCain's cellmate two years/ His Air Force career flying the B-47 Stratojet, RB-66 and EB-66 Destroyer, T-38 Talon, and F-111 Aardvark aircraft
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medal of honnor army vietnam
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WWII Black Widow Airplane Pilot
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Spanish Civil War veteran who served in the International Brigades (Born: 1918) Age: 97. Lives in Mexico
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Usmc sniper vietnam 41 confirmed kills
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941; USS Vestal
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Radioman/Gunner on TBF Avenger, Torpedo Squadron 8, (VT-8). Battle of Midway, WWII, 4 June 1942. Of the six Avengers, Ferrier's was the only one to return. Ferrier was wounded along with his pilot, the top gunner was killed. He was awarded DFC & PH
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WWII Navy Cross recipient and pilot, helped sink japanese battleship yamato
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WWII: PTO. Battles of Okinawa, the Philippines and Iwo Jima. USS Sarasota
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JFK/Cold War: Member of Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62) that took the low-level pictures of the Russian missiles in Cuba during the 'Cuban Missile Crisis' in October 1962. Aviation electrician responsible
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WWII: ETO. US Air Force. 305th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. POW:
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Jason Fettig is a United States Marine Corps colonel who is the music adviser to the President of the United States and the 28th director of the United States Marine Band 'The President's Own'
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WWII: 32nd Infantry Regiment. 7th Infantry Division, Aleutian Islands. Battle of Attu. Purple Heart
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WWII Soviet Red Army Veteran. Lives in Canada
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor
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WWII: D-Day. Captain of a minesweeper (YMS-305) who had to clear of Omaha and Utah Beach from German mines
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P-51 Mustang Ace during WWII-[8 victories] Member of the 325th Fighter Group
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army general
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WWII: ETO. B-17 pilot of the 100th Bomb Group (Bloody 100th)
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WWII: PTO. US Army. Expert marksman with E Company, 160th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division
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WW2 USMC Sergeant Iwo Jima I Company 3rd Battalion 24th Marine Regiment 4th Marine Division and a Purple Heart recipient
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US WWII army vet (ETO, 287th Combat Engineers) and NASA engineer, born 1924. Project chief scientist and manager for Pioneer planetary missions 6-13. Pioneer 10 and 11 the first spacecrafts to Jupiter and Saturn, and the first to leave the solar system
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Floyd Finberg, Maj fighter ace-Flying tiger
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Military
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Vietnam veteran, author
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vietnam war air force hero
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Air Force General
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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Oldest Living Medal of Honor (Navy WW 2) Born: 07/23/1909.Lieutenant John William Finn (born July 23, 1909) is a retired officer of the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of heroism and distinguished service during the Japan
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu. Company G, 2md Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division
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navy admiral
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Pearl Harbor Survivor
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British soldier of the 'Blues and Royals'm awarded the George Cross for bravery under friendly fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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1Lt, USAAF, 835th Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force B-17 Pilot/Lead Crew Distinguished Flying Cross 25 Missions over Europe
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Awarded the Knight's Cross during WW2
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American Korean War Fighter Ace - 10 Victories
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German WWII Veteran, Tiger Tank
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WWII: Fighter Ace; 5 victories
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air force general
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WWII: MTO/ETO. Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. D-Day. 39th Infantry
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Medal of honor air force vietnam
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Mr. Fisher served on board the USS Arkansas BB BB 33 during the D Day invasion and Iwo Jima
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WWII: Battle of Midway; USS Hornet (CV-8)
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WWII - WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
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Centenarian (1897-2003). US WWI veteran, one of the last of the Navy's female 'yeomanettes'
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WWII: Atlantic. Served on the USS Block Island (CVE-21)
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Pearl Harbor survivor
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RAF ace from WW2, living in New Zealand
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air force general
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Racecar driver, decorated World War II fighter and bomber pilot, ex-POW
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WWII: PTO. Navy. USS Antietam. Battles of Midway, Saipan, Okinawa
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WWII -Turret Gunner in the Torpedo Squadron of Carrier Air Group 11 (VT-11, sister quadron to the famous Sundowners VF-11) in the Pacific Theater; served on the USS Hornet (CV-12)
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American Army officer for thirty years He was awarded the Soldierâ-?s Medal for heroism and the Bronze Star for valor before retiring as a Col in 1993. Author of The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle
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Navy admiral
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Medal of honor army vietnam
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WWII/ETO: B-17 pilot of the 'Bloody 100th' (100th Bomb Group)
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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
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WWII: Navy veteran of World War II, serving as a chief pharmacist's mate. He took part in the Normandy Invasion and the occupation of Japan
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WWII - Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941; USS Arizona survivor
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'Tuskegee Airmen', Communication Tech., WWII
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Retired USN Admiral
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Ret. WW2 Lt. General
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USN Admiral
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flew many missions during WWII, was at Guadacanal, born September 17th 1919
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WWII: PTO. Pearl Harbor survivor, Schofield Barracks. Later fought at Guadalcanal where he was wounded. 89th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division
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Hitlers Nurse (Germany Red Cross)
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 6 victories; flew the P-47; 348th Fighter Group, Pacific Theater
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Medal of Honor Recipent 'Air Force' Vietnam
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John Fleming (4)SSgt, USA, 271st Regt., 69th Div., 2nd Army. Combat Infantryman, Mechanic. Awarded Two Bronze Stars Battle of the Bulge, Siegfried Line and Leipzig European Theater of Operations
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAF, co-pilot of 'The Peacemaker'
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WWII: Radio man in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 'Ghost Army'. The Ghost Army deceived enemies into thinking that there were unaccounted divisions out there
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First woman to pilot a B-52 Bomber and author or the book Charged
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Supercentenarian (1894-2006). France's oldest living man ever documented, and one of it's last living WWI veterans
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African American WWII veteran. Montford Marines, served in Guam during WWII
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Born in 1898, claims to have fought in the Mexican Revolution. He lives in Ecatepec City, in the State of Mexico
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Wwii: wasp
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Tuskegee airmen ww2
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USN Admiral
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Medal of Honor, US Navy, WWII: commanded USS Barb, most decorated submarine of the war
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WWII: Survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, became a POW for well over 3 years
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Lieutenant General, United States Army (retired), Author, Advisor to Donald Trump
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army general
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WWII Flying Tigers (clerk)
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Military Commander Ferdinand Foch was a French general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. An aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders and Artois campaigns of 1914-1916, Foc
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air force general
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air force general
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US WWII vet, born in 1920. Served as a Navy WAVE in secret intelligence work involving Japanese merchant ships, though she refused to discuss details of her work even decades later
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Member of the Band of Brothers, 506th Easy Company WWII
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Medal of honor vietnam
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Retired Navy Admiral
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navy admiral
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Author; 'Visions from a Foxhole : A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps'/WW2 Battle of the Bulge veteran
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WWII: PTO. Marine Corps Fighter pilot (VMF-121) of the 'Cactus Air Force' at Guadalcanal 1942 who flew with J. Foss' 'Flying Circus'. In the mission that sank the Japanese battleship Hiei. Later Squadron Leader, VMF-533. Post-war test pilot
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Commander 21st Theatre Sustaintment Commandunit 23203APO AE 09263
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WWII. Holocaust survivor. Witness of 'Kristallnacht' and the burning of the synagogue at Fasanstrasse, Berlin, on Nov. 10/11, 1938
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Military, British recipient of the Victoria Cross
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British WW2 pilot involved in the 'Battle of Britain'
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Robert Ford (2)
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Military
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Lz xray 1965 1/5 cav
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WWII: PTO. Last surviving veteran of iconic Kokoda Track campaign photo
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WWII: One of the few remaining 'lumberjills' of the war, a group in the Women's Land Army. Now 96 and possibly living in Glasgow
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US Army General
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American WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War Ace
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army general
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German WWII Soldier, born 1925 in Berlin. Drafted near war's end, soon taken POW by the US, shuttled to France & the USSR. Got medical degree, moved to the US. Radiology career. Medical officer in the US Air Force, later the Army Reserves
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Donut Dolly Vietnam War/11/67-04/68 Lai Khe 1st Inf. Div. 04/68-06/68 Da Nang 3rd Marines 07/68-09/68 Chu Lai - Americal Div. 10/68 - 12/68 Lai Khe - 1st Inf. Div. http://www.donutdolly.com/id24.htm#patty__bright__fortenberry
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WWII author and Ace
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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WWII Marine Ace- shot down 26 Japanese planes- LIFE cover June 7, 1943, awarded the congressional medal of honor
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Korean war ace/15 mig kills
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Flying Tigers-Nurse;named Foster in 1941, Petach in 1942
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British ace from WW2, 6.5 victories, Battle of Britain
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WWII Tank Commander, Battle of the Bulge
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Aviation Radioman 2nd Class, USN, USS Hornet (CV-12) SB2C Helldiver Radio Operator/Gunner Distinguished Flying Cross Shot down while bombing the battleship Yamato during the Battle of Okinawa. Rescued by Destroyer
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu. USMC
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One of his Purples Hearts is pictured on the USPS Purple Heart stamp
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Superintendent US Naval Acadamy
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Man who claims to be the Sailor kissing a nurse on VJ Day in Alfred Eisenstadt's famous Life Magazine photo; from Tampa, FL
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RCAF Pilot, WWII, Wounded E. Rommell
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WWII: PTO. Marine Corps, 23rd Provisional Company, 6th Defense Battalion. Battle of Midway, June 1942. Was assigned to Midway Islands in 1942 to defend the atoll. Later in the Iwo Jima invasion and the postwar occupation of Japan
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Part of raid of WWII POW camp Cabanatuan 'The Great Raid
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WWII: 1st Marine Division. Flamethrower in the Battle of Peleliu, 1944
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Desert Storm Fighter Pilot -- shot down a MiG-21 from his F/A-18 on 17 Jan, 1991. His was the first Navy air-to-air kill of the war
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Vietnam War Medal Of Honor Recipient - US Marines
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran
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WWII: MTO/ETO. North Africa, Battle of Kasserine Pass (Tunisia), Sicily, D-Day (Omaha Beach, 3rd wave), Battle of the Bulge. 15th Engineer Combat Battalion, 9th Infantry Division
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WWII veteran of the 3rd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. He fought throughout Europe from October of 1944 in Alsace-Lorraine, ending near the Austrian Alps when the war ended
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French Veteran of Spanish Civil War, International Brigade. Born: 1920
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American broadcast news executive. Created the groundbreaking Huntley-Brinkley Report, and was its producer until 1964. Served two tenures as president of NBC News. Mentored such journalists as Tom Brokaw, John Chancellor & Linda Ellerbee
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Uss yorktown & 1948 israel war of independence pilot
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Retired General
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Military
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U.S. Army General
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Retired general, Author
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JFK - Honor Guard at President Kennedy's funeral
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ww2 pilot
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4 Star General Born April 16, 1953
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War hero, Victoria Cross receiver
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4 Star GeneralBorn Aug.17,1952
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Retired USMC General
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Retired naval pilot and Commander of VFA-41 also known as 'The Black Aces'
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Commander US Alaskan Command
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WWII: Battle of Midway
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Bataan death march survivor- wrote book-hells guest
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Centenarian (1901-2002). One of the last living US WWI Marine veterans. Lied about age to join, sent to combat in France. Re-enlisted in WWII, served in the battle of Okinawa. Wounded in the trenches by an exploding shell in WWI, and hit in the neck with
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WWII: Merchant Marine
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British air ace from WW2 with 13 victories
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WWII - Iwo Jima survivor. Also fought at Bougainville, where he served and spent time with later Iwo flag raiser Ira Hayes
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'Tuskegee Airmen'/332nd, WWII, Lawyer
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WWII veteran; 101st Airborne, 506th PIR, Easy Company - one of the original Band of Brothers
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Medal of Honor Vietnam at lz-xray 1965
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'Tuskegee Airmen'
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WWII: PTO. Survivor of the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay in the Battle of Tarawa on 23 November 1943 when 687 got killed
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WWII: Ace, 6 victories. VMF-121, later VMF-115, William Freeman flew over 200 combat missions in the Pacific theater
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WW2/From Haddenham in Buckinghamshire, member of the Women?s Royal Naval Service, Wrens. Worked on Colossus, world?s first digital electronic computer, which was developed at Bletchley but the existence of which was kept secret for decades
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Highest ranking German officer to survive the sinking of the bismark
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WWII: B-17 Ball Turrett Gunner, 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group (Bloody 100th). Shot down on his last mission on April 28, 1944 in B-17 #42-107024 (unnamed). POW at Stalag XI, Nürnberg, Stalag 17B, Krems, Austria
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Soldier french revolution, knighted in uk, alot of stuff, a admiral of the royal navy
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WWII: UK veteran of the 'Kings? Royal Rifles' who landed on Juno Beach three days after D-Day and fought all the way to Hamburg
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WWII: D-Day, electrician on the USS August; also helped serve the meal when President Truman was aboard
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WWII: Reconnaissance Photographer at NAS Honolulu, working at Admiral Nimitz' Office. Took countless photos in the Pacific, incl. celebrities visiting the base, like Rene Gagnon (flag-raiser at M t. Suribachi) or actress Betty Hutton
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WWII: Army Scout Veteran. Arrived in Normandy on Aug. 5, 1944, with the 80th Division and fought all through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria
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Army medic with the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division that treated soldiers on Omaha Beach, D-Day June 6th 1944
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WWII: US Navy veteran who served on the USS Russell (DD-414); the ship fought in 16 major engagements incl. the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway where she picked up survivors of the carriers USS Lexington resp. USS Yorktown
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Paul Friedman (2)Military
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WWII: Survivor of the Bataan Death March (Philippines) on April 9, 1942
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941, USS Shaw
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Military tuskegee airmen
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Gunner's Mate 1st Class, USN, USS LST 341 Pacific Theater of Operations
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medal of honor army vietnam
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Flying Tigers-armorer
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WWII: ETO. Ghost Army, 23rd Headquarters Special Troops
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941
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Retired USMC General
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Ford Island Naval Air Station
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navy admiral
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Detroit
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge and other major battles. 740th Tank Battalion ('Daredevil Tankers')
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German World War One survivor
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WWII: Justice Robert H. Jackson's bodyguard at the Nuremberg trials
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WWII: D-Day. Tech Sgt., 8th AF, 390th Bomb Group, 568th Squadron, 8th Air Force. Radio operator in a B-17 that bombed targets in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Shot down July 1944, POW in Stalag Luft IV
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Congressional Medal of Honor
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Japanese fighter ace from WW2, 9 victories
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Japanese fighter ace from WW2, 72 kills
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marine corps general
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USAF Colonel, Pilot, and War Hero
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WWII veteran WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot)
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WWII Navy WAVE worked in Navy intelligence
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Japanese WWII Veteran
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vietnam war air force hero
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SS-Sturmmann during WW2. Fought in France during the D-Day invasion. Is still alive as of 2011
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and one of the most decorated soldiers and paratroopers of World War II. He also received the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and three Purple Hearts
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WWII: Marine Corps; Guadalcanal, Guam, Okinawa; hit by a mortar on the 41st day of the Balle of Okinawa, which he miracously survived
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Former Corporal of the Canadian Forces, once held the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at 2,430 metres (2,657 yd, 12.08 furlongs, or 1.51 miles)
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WWII: PTO. USMC fighter pilot. WIth Joe Foss at Guadalcanal (Cactus Air Force), later commanding the illustrious 'Black Sheep Squadron' and also serving in the Korean War
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WWII: PTP. Pearl Harbor survivor, Ford Island
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WWII: 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 'G' Company
