WWII: USMC. Crew chief at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. He took care of the famous Vought F4U Corsair 'Number 13' that was flown by aces KennetH Walsh and Pappy Boyington. He knew both men very well. Later served on Guam and Iwo Jima
Retired Brigadier General. Canadian Member of Parliament for Carleton-Mississippi Hills. Minister of Defence 2006-2007, Minister of National Revenue 2007-2008
(Born 1947) US Army Vietnam Veteran. UH-1 Huey pilot with Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Bronze Star, and 3 Purple Hearts
2/2/1911-2/16/1994 US Navy submarine commander WW2, Medal of Honor for service on Tang. Served Wahoo, as executive & approach officer. Participated more successful attacks on Japanese shipping than any other sub officer during war
(Born 1961) US Army Special Forces Veteran and Author. Participated in many operations during his career. He was in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Grenada. Bronze Star Recipient. Has written many books about the Revolutionary War
WWII: Last surviving Akwesasne Mohawk Code Talker during WWII. Fought in the South Pacific, New Guinea and Philippines theatres as one of 33 Mohawk code talkers
WWII: Serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he was evacuated from Dunkirk (1940) on a ration boat filled with tins of pineapple, boxes and cigarettes
Kamikaze pilot WW2/Book, 'Memoirs of a Kamikaze', born on 11 December, 1926 in village Kitano Kotesashi. Odachi's graduation from elementary school coincided with Japan's occupation of China
US Centenarian, WWII and Civilian Conservation Corps vet, born 1917. CCC New Deal Program 1934-36 in Massachusetts, then an Army officer in the South Pacific during WWII
WWII - Fighter Ace (6 aerial victories, 17 ground victories, 155 missions) of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group; received a citation for his escort action during Operation Tidal Wave (aka 'Ploesti Raid) in 1943
Japanese and American vet, born 1926 in the US. Raised in Japan, fought for Japan in the last days of WWII. Taken POW by Russia,18 months in a Siberian gulag. Released, later returned to the US, Served in the US Army during the Korean War
(Born 1925) WW2 and Korean War USAAF Veteran. Was in a B-24 Liberator and a tail gunner on a B-29. Witnessed the mushroom cloud from Nagasaki off in the distance in 1945. POW during the Korean War for 2 years
Cold War: RB-47 reconnaissance pilot flying over the Barents Sea in July 1960, shot down by a Soviet MiG. He was held as prisoner and came home Jan. 27, 1961, greeted by President Kennedy
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor; USS Arizona. survivor of USS Lexington as it was sinking during the Battle of the Coral Sea; took part in the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests after the war
Part of the first generation of female military pilots, eventually accumulating nearly 4,000 hours of flying time/Iraq/Running for Congress in 2020/aviation leader, commander
Japanese soldier from WW2 who hid in the jungle for 30 years refusing to surrender to the Allies; is now living in Brazil; author of 'No Surrender: My Thirty Year War'
U.S, Congressman (R) /Former Navy Seal from 1988 to 2014, small time actor/Drunk who gained coverage for verbally accosting & screaming profanities at several Senate Pages in the United States Capitol
Author 'VIETNAM Marine Infantry - One Year in Vietnam'/Trained as a corpsman he was attached to a Marine unit and saw duty on the front lines of the war
FBI agent, responded to the assassination attempt on George Wallace and interviewed Wallace during his recovery. One of the figures who helped head the investigation into possible group effort
WWII - His B-24 was shot down on a bombing mission to Ploesti in July 1944 (not the famous Ploesti Raid). For five weeks, with the help of locals and Serbian Chetniks, he escaped Nazis soldiers and was saved during 'Operation Halyard'
Former Colonel of the United States Marine Corps who served from 1975 to 2005. He did 3 tours as a commanding officer and 1 tour in Iraq in 2004. He graduated college in 1996 with 5 degrees (3 master and 2 undergraduate)
(Born 1945) US Army Vietnam Veteran. Company D, 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. POW from 1966 and then released in 1968. Recipient of a Purple Heart
American (1915-2008), served in the Spanish Civil War's Lincoln Brigade. Had joined the Communist party in the 1930s, later hassled by the FBI and HUAC. Left the party when he saw Stalin's actions. Worked also in the civil rights movement
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
(1905-1990) folklorist, author, & professor/Author; 'This Stubborn Soil' 'A Season of Weathering' 'Walking on Borrowed Land'/In 1942 joined the United States Army as a buck private & was assigned to the intelligence branch
Psychiatrist (Born: 1914) who served in the United States Navy. She was one of the first women psychiatrists commissioned in the Navy, and she was one of seven women Navy psychiatrists who served during World War II