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U.S. Army
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WWII: Marines (E-2-6, 2nd MarDiv), Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Pennsylvania; later in the battles of Guadalcanal and Tarawa and Bariki (last part of Battle of Tarawa)
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Senior commander in Royal Australian Air Force. Wackett introduced parachutes to the Australian Air Force and made the country?s first free fall parachute descent from a military aircraft in Australia on May 27, 1926
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WW2 Veteran:442nd Regimental Combat Team,'E' Company
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Longest Living Buffalo Soldier. Born: 1908
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran (HMS Devonshire)
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(November 1, 1955-August 31, 1991), pilot of 'Boston', involved in the U.S. Army's first round-the-world flight
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103 Walmart worker & meet Sam Walton, Served in the Air Force during World War II serving in India and China/Flew the Hump, Himalaias/After landing a job with Walmart back in 1983, he still works five day a week at a the location in his hometown
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Centenarian (1899-2007), one of the last US WWI veterans, and the last living US Marine of WWI
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WWII: Dunkirk/D-Day. British Royal Engineers soldier, who, during the Dunkirk evacuation, helped to construct a pier made of abandoned lorries on the beach at La Panne. On June 6, 1944, he returned to France, landing at Sword Beach
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army general
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Congressional Medal of Honor, US Navy, WWII
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WWII: CBI. Member of Merrill's Marauders aka Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), a US Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit
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Australia's most decorated WW2 War hero. Code name: The White Mouse. Born: 08/12/1912
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WWII: PTO. USS South Dakota
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air force general
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Overcame massive claustrophobia/ fear of heights to become a fighter pilot. Flew missions in Iraq, SE Asia, & Kosovo during Operation Allied Force. Awarded numerous prestigious medals. Author and professional speaker
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Burke Waldron began his military service in July 1943 in Pearl Harbor and was part of both the Makin Island and Saipan invasions
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) #3
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British George Cross recipient
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Edwin Walker (3)
11/10/1909-10/31/1993 US Army officer fought in WW2 & Korean. Known for ultra-conservative political views & criticized by Ike for promoting a personal political stand while in uniform/Lee Harvey Oswald attempted to kill him 4/10/1963 -
'Tuskegee Airmen'
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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: 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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Jim Walker (3)272nd Military Police Co.Vietnam
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WWII: D-Day, Omaha Beach (Ranger); wounded in Carentan
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british army comm.-in-chief
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Oldest WWII veteran. Born 2/5/1909. Served in the Women's Voluntary Service. Lives in Kingwood, Oxfordshire, England
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Retired United States Army four star general who served as Commander, Allied Land Forces South East Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST) from 1977 to 1978
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William Walker (2)Saboteur from U.S.S. Barb WW II
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American photographer (1905-97) Made iconic D-Day photos, until shrapnel destroyed his left leg which had to be amputated. Post-war career as illustrative photographer for Life, Sat. Evening Post, Time, and others
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army general
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Royal millitary
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WWII - Paratrooper of Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne (Screamin' Eagles). Combat jumps at D-Day and Market Garden. Was in the Battle of the Bulge, helped capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest
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Georgia centenarian, born 1911. Born in Oklahoma and a Dust Bowl survivor. Believed to be the US' oldest living Eagle Scout. Army Captain in WWII, commanded 4416th Quartermaster Company.in Europe and on their way to the Pacific when the war ended
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WWII - 82nd Airborne, 507th PIR. Combat jump into Normandy(D-Day), fought for 21 days, then captured, escaped near Paris, joined the French Resistance, captured again until the end of the war (Stalag 12A and at a camp near Leipzig)
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Lz xray & lz albany 1965 nam 2/7th cav
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WW2 US Navy serving from 1943 to 1965 as a E5 Air Traffic Controller. Was in battles Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. (Born 1927)
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WWII Pearl Harbor survivor; Chief Petty Officer USS Whitney (AD-4)
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor December 7, 1941, USS Pennsylvania; was with 'Communication Force'. Was in 6 Pacific landings including Iwo Jima
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Full name is George Peter Walls, Lieutenant General who served as the Commander of the Military of Rhodesia, and later Zimbabwe, is living in exile in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Staff Sgt. James Harley Wallwork DFM (21 October 1919 - 24 January 2013) British soldier, member Glider Pilot Regiment achieved notability as pilot of 1st Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944 WW2
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First Responder 9/11 Terrorist Attack September 11, 2001
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Joe Walsh (5) WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. A 3rd Defense Battalion Marine, Walsh manned anti-aircraft guns during the attack. Later served on Johnston Atoll
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WWII American Fighter Pilot Ace
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WWII: 2nd Ranger Bn, D-Day, Pointe du Hoc
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USMC four-star general who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. 2 Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism during World War II. ('Walt's Ridge')
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WW2 Battle of Britain pilot. Lives in the UK or New Zealand
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air force general
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Veteran, WWII Korea and Vietnam, 31 years of active duty
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British U-Boat hunter of the costal command in WW2
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Pearl Harbor Survivor, USS Pennsylvania. born 1918
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WWII - Fighter Ace, 6 victories (and 12 probables); flew the P-38 and P-47. Wingman to America's highest-scoring air ace Richard Bong
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941, USS Curtiss (AV-4)
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Veteran of WWII and the Korean War. Participated in the five European Campaigns of WW II, including Normandy, the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. Memoir 'Country Boy Gone Soldiering' was published in 1999
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WWII: Served aboard the USS San Francisco from Pearl Harbor until 'The 3rd Battle of Savo Island' off Guadalcanal in 1942. During the encounter he was seriously wounded
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Usmc sniper vietnam - confimed killed 63author DEAR MOM- A SNIPERS WAR
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Peter Ward (3) WWII: British Arctic Convoy and D-Day veteran
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WWII: B-17 ground crewman in the 100th Bomb Group ('The Bloody Hundredth')
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WWII submarine Skipper and Admiral last known to be living in FL
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WWII, Pearl Harbor Survivor
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Downed by enemy fire on mission, badly injured endured 3 week's hell In hellish Vietnam Jungles. When his captain revealed his membership in the Ku Klux Klan, their situation that took a roll putting him on the road to becoming a general
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French survivor of Auschwitz and heroine of the French Resistance. She moved to Manchester, England
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Special Agent in charge, Norfolk Field Office, NCIS
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Donut Dolly Vietnam War/Lai Khe - First Infantry Division - July 1969-October 1969. An Khe - Fourth Infantry Division - October 1969-January 1970, Program Director. Da Nang - Third Marine Division/24th Corps - January 1970-August 1970, Unit Director
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Army paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and Author
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WWII veteran, born 1924, one of the last few living vets to have served as an Assistant Chaplain in the war
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Retired General
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WWII: Canadian air force pilot who participated as a pilot in the Dieppe Raid
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Tuskegee Airmen ww2
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WWII: Served on the USS. Enterprise CV-6 (a.k.a. 'The Big E' and 'The Galloping Ghost') from 1942 to 1945
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941; USS MacDonough (DD-351). Well-known Southern Utah public figure nicknamed 'The Flag Man'
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WWII. Worked at Bletchley Park as a code breaker of the enigma
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Navy Seal with Seal Team Six, Silver Star (Somalia), author, chiropractor
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WWII: He saw action in the South Pacific from 1942-46, piloting massive PBY and PBM seaplanes, hunting submarines, rescuing sailors and downed airmen, almost losing his own life in a kamikaze attack. Later Assistant Secretary of Commerce
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Buffalo Soldier, one of a few still alive
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Tuskegee Airman
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air force general
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Was stationed with the 98th Coast Artillery at Schofield Barracks, but had traveled to the Navy yard that morning, where he witnessed the attack
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WWII: Pearl Harbor suvivor, US Navy Pearl Harbor firefighting group
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Okinawa. USMC Platoon Leader. Silver Star, Gold Star
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war hero, Victoria Cross receiver; later became a High Court judge and was knighted in 1971
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Canadian World War 2 Veteran (Canadian Forces 1929-1953. Born: 07/13/1912
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Soccer player for Bristol Rovers 1945-1963. Served in the Royal Navy during WWII
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WWII - British sailor on HMS Vindex; several trips to Murmansk, Russia, during the Arctic Convoys of WWII; occupation duty in Hiroshima starting only weeks after the a-bomb
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WWII: ETO. D-Day. 6th Naval Battalion
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'Tuskegee Airmen' 'The Fighting 99th Squadron' the original Tuskegee group!
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United States Marine Corps private who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. He single-handedly killed 90 enemy soldiers, thus enabling his plat
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Tangier
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WWII: Marine Corps veteran of the Battle of Tarawa
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Served time in the British Army before pursuing a career in corporate technology. Author of the Awakened Trilogy, Don't Move, First Activation, and the Invasion series
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WWII: Air Force pilot; flew the 101st Airborne on D-Day
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Pearl Harbor Survivor 'Was on weekend pass & headed to Scholfield Barracks where he was stationed with the 289th Regiment when the attacks started'
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WWII. PTO. Served on the submarine USS Skipjack, SS-184 (famous for the 'Battle for Toilet Paper')
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WW2/From Wythall Worcestershire, member of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Worked on German police messages in Mansion @ Bletchley Park. Messages revealed beginning of the Holocaust with the massacres of 1,000s of Jews on eastern front
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Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Most ended up returning to the US; a maximum of 7 are still alive
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John Webb (3) D-Day landings veteran. Born: 1924. He is now 90 and lives in London, UK. He was with the 5th Battalion the Royal Berkshire Regiment
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US Air Force brigadier general. Photographed with Obama in White House Situation Room during raid on bin Laden's compound
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Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Oklahoma, born 1918
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WW2 Veteran-Combat Infantryman 54th Armored Infantry Battalion Of The 10th Armored Division
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WWII: Marine Corps fighter pilot in the South Pacific
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WWII Naval Pilot (Born 1915). Pearl Harbor survivor, stationed at Kaneohe Bay Air Station. Witness to MOH John Finn's actions. Later served across the Pacific for the remainder of the war
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United States Army commander who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war. Previously, he helped plan the Normandy Invasion
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Founding member of the German counter-terrorist force GSG 9
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WWII: PTO. Served aboard the USS South Dakota (BB-57). Luzon, Leyte, Philippines in general, Formosa, Okinawa
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WWII: PTO. Served in the United States Army in the South Pacific during World War II from November 29, 1944 to October 25, 1946
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WWII: Marine Corps flamethrower 'Flaming Joe' in the Battle of Iwo Jima, fought there for all 36 days of the battle. 5th Marine Division, 28th Marines, 3rd Battalion Headquarters Demolition Platoon. Flagraiser Ira Hayes was his friend
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army general
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WWII: PTO. US Navy, USS Columbia
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army general
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navy admiral
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WWII: PTO. 228th Signal Operations Company. Philippines 1940, POW
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Daughter of Otto Skorzeny, famed nazi commando
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WWII: PTO. Survivor of the massive Kamikaze attack on the USS Lindey on April 12, 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa
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German ww2 pilot
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Fighter ace world war 2- 5 kills flew the p-38
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Pearl Harbor survivor, served on the USS Maryland. Helped to drill through the hull of the next-door capsized USS Oklahoma to save men on board
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Retired General And Former U.S. Air Force Chief
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WWII - survived the Battle of Kohima, 1944
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Navy veteran, author, and candidate for Congress from NJ
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Argonne
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WWII. Merchant Marine. Trips to the Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf
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Fighter ace world war 2 vmf-323 death rattlers- 5 kills
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WWII Marine vet at Iwo Jima (1922-2016). Led the platoon attack on Mt. Suribachi that planted the first flag on the summit. His platoon became one of the most decorated in US history
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WW2 Battle of Britain pilot. Born in 1922, he was the youngest Spitfire pilot
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Air Force Chief of Staff (2012-Present)
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WWII - Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. USS Arizona survivor
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WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran, Nuremberg Trials guard for Field Marshal Hermann Goering
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-6 victories, US Navy, VF-16
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Former Navy SEAL, wrote novel, Men In Green Faces.
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U.S.S. Arizona survivor (Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941)
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WWII: USS Helena
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WWII: Merchant seaman in the 'Murmansk runs' of World War II
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Known in WWII as the One man army or the Ghost of Bataan
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Fighter Ace - Korean War - USAF - 5 Kills
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WWII: PTO. USMC. Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Okinawa
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medal of honor army korean war
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A 99-year-old war heroine who worked on the top secret preparations for the D-Day landings, has followed in Captain Tom's footsteps by walking 100 laps of her Dedham garden
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WWII Pilot Ace- Flew the P-38 & P-40--[14 victories]- DSC
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Rick West (2)
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) 12 -
WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Okinawa
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U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1998-2000)
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USS Arizona Survivor - Pearl Harbor
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Tuskegee airman
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WWII: PTO. USS Balch (DD-363). Saw Pearl Harbor arriving on Dec. 8, 1941; his ship was in Task Force 18 (Doolittle Raid), saved nearly 600 sailors of the USS Yorktown when she sank in the Battle of Midway; supported the Guadalcanal campaign
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WW 2 vet/USN/Mechanic in Navy, stationed in the South Pacific and the Philippines
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Naval Air Station Kaneohe
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Retired US Army General
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falklands war hero
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Medal of Honor Army Vietnam
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army general
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Army General, Chief of Staff of the USA army (1974-1976) Born: 09/15/1916
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WWII: USS Intrepid. On the flight deck aboard the USS Intrepid when she was hit by 2 kamikazes
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WW2 veteran. A decorated soldier whose military career lasted through the Vietnam War. He became an anti-nuclear activist. Father of former bassist of the Talking Heads Tina Weymouth
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Centenarian (1895-2001). US WWI veteran. Sent to France, marched to the front just as the war ended
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WWII: Battle of Midway
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Army general
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Women's Army Corps
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WWII: PTO. Pearl Harbor survivor, New Guinea campaign, Battle of Saipan
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. Company G, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division
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WWII: ETO. Truck driver in the Red Ball Express, 104th Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 26th Yankee Division. Taken POW while supplying the front lines in November 1944
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WWII Veteran, wounded in the Battle of Iwo Jima
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WWII: ETO. D-Day, Battle of the Bulge. Glider pilot
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WWII: Medic, 1st Infantry Batallion, 10th Armored Division, 3rd Army. Battle of the Bulge
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63rd Inspector General of the Army. Served as Chief of Staff, CENTCOM during OIF and OEF
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US WWII Marine vet, born 1915, wounded by a grenade at Iwo Jima. One of the last living workers who built the Hoover Dam in the 1930s
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Major US Army Ret - Buffalo Soldier during WWII. Author - Give Me My Spirit Back; The Last of the Buffalo Soldier
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OSU end from River Rouge, MI, Played on Ohio State's first National Championship team in 1942. After military service, finished his career with Michigan and became the only player to win national championships with 2 different schools when they won in '48
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Pearl Harbor Veteran, USS Schley
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Kenneth White (3)Ww2 veteran
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Former Army Sgt, to recieved the Congressional Medal of Honor on May 13, 2014, for his actions during a dismounted movement in mountainous terrain in Aranas, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2007
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Phillip White (3)Vietnam veteran who was in the 23rd Americal Division. Purple Heart recipient for being injured by a NVA grenade
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WWII: USS Balch (DD-363), USS Boston (CA-69), USS Bladen (APA-63). Naval engagements include Marshall-Gilbert and Wake Islands, Midway, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Eastern Solomons, Marshall Island, Kwajalein, Majuro, Eniwetok, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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test pilot air force general
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Tuskegee Airmen Pilot
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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
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navy admiral businessman
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Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Returned to the United State/New York in 1965
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navy admiral
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WW2 Dunkirk Veteran (Born:1920) was a medic with the Royal Army Medical Corps and tended the wounded as the troops of the British Expeditionary Force withdrew towards the coast. Now 96 and lives in Laindon, Essex
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Born March of 1945. Australian Vietnam Veteran that was with the Australian SAS,7RAR, and 3RAR
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1965 lz-xray
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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Tuskegee Airmen (Would have to be 83 years old or older if lied about age & entered at age 16 to become an Airmen)
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WWII: Civilian Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. An electrician, Whitney was on break from his job when he saw the last plane fly over the mountain. He worked salvage duty on the electrical portions of various ships for the next month
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Tuskegee airmen ww2
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WW2 POW forced to work on the bridge at Burma Siam Railroad that was featured in the film 'Bridge Over the River Kwai'
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WWII: Battle of Midway pilot
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WWII/UK: In the rear guard at the Battle of Dunkirk, he was left on the beach and eventually managed to jump on board a Dutch fishing boat back to England. Later as a paratrooper, he was in Operation Market Garden (Battle of Arnhem)
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WWII - 101st Airborne Division, 506th PIR, Easy Company. As an Easy member he is one of the 'Band of Brothers',
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Spy/Hot wars/cold wars & a few sub-war dust-ups/Served in senior positions at the Departments of State and Defense, the CIA, and the White House
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army general
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Maryland
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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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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, US Army, WWII
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US Army WWII veteran, born 1919. CCC member, 1938-40, and made an Army supply sargeant thanks to his CCC experience for WWII's Saipan battle
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German ww2 pilot JG 11
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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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Born in 1922 in Bloomfield, Nebraska. Served in the US Army during WWII. Fred was assigned to the Station Hospital at Fort Des Moines without going through typical basic training
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Lufftwaffe ace 133 victories in wwII
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WWII German Knights Cross Recipient
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Savo Island (USS Vincennes)
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WWII: Fighter Ace, 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF
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Lz xray 1965 nam 1st cav
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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: Bataan Death March
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WWII: Sailor B.C. Wilborn manned an anti-aircraft gun during the attack upon Pearl Harbor; later surviving amultiple Kamikate attack at the USS Columbia on 6 January 1945 when he earned a Purple Heart; Race Horse Owner
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Tuskegee Airman
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WWII - D-Day, in the first wave at Omaha Beach. 29th Infantry Division, 115th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, E Company, First Scout of the 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon
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USS Indianapolis survivor
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WWII: Torpedo Bomber pilot, Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Enterprise
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Tuskegee Airmen Pilot
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British soldier involved in the Bloody Sunday massacre, living with his wife Linda somewhere in rural Belgium
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German U-boat commander (Born: 1914) in the Atlantic during WW2 (Submarine U-704) Lives in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany. Now 103
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WWII: Served on the submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) which sank the Japanese aircraft carrier HIJMS Shinano, on 29 November 1944
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WWII: ETO. B-17 co-pilot, 351st Bomb Group. Shot down, Dutch Undeground, POW
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WWII - WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
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Former U.S. Naval officer, first Commanding Officer of the USS Nautilus
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WWII: British pilot of the Battle of Britain, flew with the Duxford Wing (served with inspirational Second World War flying ace Sir Douglas Bader) and joined No 19 Squadron in October 1940 and later joined 234 and 165 Squadrons
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WWII: ETO. 745th Squadron, 456 Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. B-24 pilot. Distinguished Flying Cross, European-Asian Eastern Ribbon, Air Medal with 2 Oakleaf Cluster. 51 Combat missions incl, missions to Ploesti
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Neil Wilkinson (2)HMS Intrepid crew member during Falkland Islands War, his actions are the base for the play 'San Carlos Hilton'
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Vietnam War Veteran birthday December 12, 1957
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navy admiral
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Biographical Information Name: Conrad J. Will State of Birth: PA Home State: NJ Gender Male War or Conflict World War, 1939-1945 Military Status Veteran Dates of Service 1943-1945 Entrance into Service Enlisted Branch of Serv
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Served as a guard for Pope John Paul in 1987 Persian Gulf War, 1991 with Army in Saudi Arabia Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield
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US Army WWII vet, born 1917. Served in the 738th Artillery of Patton's Third Army, through France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Toured Buchenwald concentration camp after its liberation. Career as a dentist
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Commander US Pacific Fleet
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Last surviving veteran of the Second Battle of El Alamein during WW2. He is now 95 and lives in Rotherwick, Hampshire, England
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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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WWII Veteran; Marine - Tank Driver; Iwo Jima
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Served in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during WW2 born 3/1/1921
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Fighter ace ww2 1/19/1919
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Charles Williams (2) Tuskegee Airmen
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WW II 27 May 1944 - Missing in Action Shot down by flak in northern France, east of St. Leger.Belly-landed plane in sugar-beet field and evaded capture with the help of the French Resistance. Born: 10/17/1921
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII Perl Harbor veteran. B-17 flight member flying over Pearl Harbor by chance during the attack. Shot down by Japanese, landed at Hickam Field. Plane broke apart, shown in an iconic photo of the day
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Tuskegee Airmen, In 1948, Williams was recalled to military service during the Berlin Airlift. President Harry Truman integrated military service in 1949 & Eldridge Williams departed for his first integrated assignment on the island of Okinawa
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British ace from WW2
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doolittle's radiers crew #15 co-pilot
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Congressional Medal of Honor, USMC, WWII
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Wwii army sgt
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Centenarian (1895-2002). British WWI veteran, last living pilot of the Royal Flying Corps. Bombed German trenches in France, later had his Sopwith Camel shot down over Greece. Second last living pilot to have been in WWI dogfights
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medal of honor navy vietnam
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James Williams (6)Last of the Buffalo Soldiers, before they were disbanded in 1951
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army general
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Sailor of the United States Navy during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the most highly decorated enlisted man in the history of the United States Navy
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'B-25 Tuskegee Airmen' 'Class of 43-J'
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Louis Williams (3) Medal Of Honor
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Matthew Williams (3)United States Army Master Sergeant-Medal of Honor
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USN Admiral
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marine corps general
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Peter Williams (2)Navy Admiral
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WWII - Medic at the 7th Fighter Command ambulance on Iwo Jima
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F9 Pilot in both Korean and Vietnam War
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Willie Williams (2)usmc general
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WWII: ETO. B-24 'Liberator' in the 453rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Distinguished Flying Cross. First mission on D-Day. Flew 35 combat missions incl. 3 to Berlin. His operations officer was Jimmy Stewart
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Pyro
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WW2 Navajo Indian Code Talker
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Author/Inventor/U.S. Air Force Cold War spy, nearly getting shot down by Russian MIGs, and landing in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis/makes his fortune working for computer software magnate Bill Gates
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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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'Royal Air Force 2nd Pilot Flight Lt.'
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Military seal team 3 charlie platoon
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Former Army Ranger and pararescueman,host of Military Channel show Triggers & Special Ops
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WWII - Pilot of the famous Sundowners squadron (VF-11) of Carrier Air Group 11 in the Pacific Theater; one of the rare 'Silver Eagles' (which was an Enlisted Pilot)
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WWII veteran, army medic at Guam and Okinawa. Worked with MOH Desmond Doss, of 'Hacksaw Ridge' note, at Okinawa
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WWII: Marine Corps veteran of the Battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan
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WWII: PTO. Marine Corps fighter pilot of squadron VFM-451 (USS Bunker Hill). Flew 52 mission from January to May 1945 in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the defense of the Bunker Hill and raids to Tokyo. 1 victory. DFC
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Military
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WWII: US WWII veteran who captured Japan's Tojo
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941, USS Mac Donough
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Canadian WW One Veteran
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British war hero, Victoria Cross receiver
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Frank Wilson (3) Actor/'Breaker Morant' 'Black Robe'/Australian Army in 1943, to escape the wartime Manpower Directorite and being placed in a 'useful' job, becoming a signalman in the 7th Division, 2nd AIF. Serving in Papua New Guinea & Borneo
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D-Day Survivor
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United States Marine who earned the United States-? military highest award, the Medal of Honor, for heroism as a platoon sergeant of a rifle platoon in Korea on the night of 23-April 24, 1951
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Tuskegee Airman
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navy admiral
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 Dec 1941. USS Dale (DD-353), among the first ships to leave the harbor and one of those who remained undamaged. Mr. Wilson was at a machine gun firing at the Japanese planes. The USS Dale shot down 1 enemy
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British WWI And WWII Veteran
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General Johnnie Edward Wilson retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command from 1996 to 1999
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Retired Army General
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medal of honor marines ww11
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WWII: ETO. 17th Airborne Division, 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment. Battle of the Bulge
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Robert Wilson (3)Decorated former US Army General, Cmdr usa installation management command, CEO Robert Wilson Consulting
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WWII: CBI. Merrill's Marauders. Later Army general educator
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Tuskegee Airman
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Tuskegee Airman
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William Wilson (2) Medal Of Honor
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1905-1990. Lafayette halfback in the College Football HOF, before becoming a Brigadier General in the Marine Corps
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One of the last WW2 Arctic convoy veterans. He is now 91 and lives in Biggin, Derbyshire, England
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Rigel (AR-11)
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WWII - Member of the 101 airbourne div. company E 506 parachute regiment (Band of Brothers); was with the 'Easy' from D-Day to Eagle's Nest. It was him who cut the German flag off the wall of the German Army barracks at the Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden
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Lz xray 1965
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4 Star General, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; CO of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) which was on her way back home during the September 11 attacks who, without authorization, did a 180 degree turn to take station in the Arabian Sea
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Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Pennsylvania machine gunner
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor aboard the USS Helm, 7 December 1941
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WWII: PTO. USMC. Carlson's Raider, Company 'E' 2nd Raider Bn., later 2nd Battalion, Company 'E' 28th Marines. Makin Island, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Iwo Jima
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Centenarian (1897-2007). Last female US veteran of WWI. Served as a Navy 'Yeomanette' stateside from 1917-1919
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World War II Major of the 101st Airborne during the D-Day Invasion
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Former United States Army officer, original Band of Brothers. Born: 01/21/1918
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Wwii:wasp
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu. 3 Bronze Stars
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WWII: ETO. Sniper in the 40 Royal Marine Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, in Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Italy, an expert at picking off German machine-gunners, not killing but wounding them which was the order
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Navy Rear Admiral (ret.)
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army general
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USMC General
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WWII: Survivor of the Battle of the Coral Sea (4-8 May 1942) from the USS Lexington which was lost during the battle. Later served on the USS Card in the North-Atlantic
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WWII: Royal Navy veteran of the Arctic convoys (HMS Martin)
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Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest ranking position in the Canadian Forces 1980-1983
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WWII: ETO. Fighter pilot, 4 victories, 106 missions. Distinguished Flying Cross with cluster, Silver Star
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WWII: ETO. B-25 pilot
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JFK - Honor Guard in President Kennedy's funeral; served at official functions for JFK and even got to talk to him once
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USS Indianapolis survivor
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WWII: C-47 pilot D-Day (101st AB, later 82nd AB); also flew support missions until the end of the war in the rest of France, Holland and Germany
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4-Star General
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Tuskegee Airmen
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WWII German Stuka Pilot - 405 missions Eastern Front 1943-45 born 1923
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WWII USS Hornet (CV-8) plankowner (original crewmember), participant in the Doolittle Raid, and a survivor of the sinking of the Hornet at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
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WWII: PTO. Battles of Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Okinawa. USMC
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Wwii: wasp
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WWII: ETO. Army Air Corps. Tech Sgt. B-17 Top Turret Gunner. 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron. Shot down on 28 May 1944 in B-17 #4232089 'Mountaineer' on a mission to Berlin, Germany, crashing at Holzhausen, 16 miles east of Magdeburg. POW
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WWII - Fighter Ace, Hellcat F4F, born 2/4/1921; VF-2, 7 victories. Flew 7 different types of military airplanes (N-25-3 Stearman, F4 Wildcat
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Korean War: Battle of Chosin Reservoir, US Army
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Last Lakota Code-Talker, WWII
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WWII: US Marine Corps, Guadalcanal
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 251st Coastal Artillery
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air force general
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USAF General
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First Woman 4-Star General Born in 1958
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Navy Seal recovery team, first to grab the Apollo 11 capsule and attach anchor cables and a flotation device before the astronauts emerged. Later served in Vietnam, battled addictions, and became a preacher
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Ww2 luftwaffe ace
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WWII: Marine of the famous K-3-5, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Battles of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu
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WWII: ' Filthy Thirteen'. D-Day
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WWII: Homefront/Atlantic: USS Moberly (PF-63). On May 6, 1945, the Coast Guard-manned frigate USS Moberly, sank the German U-853 in the Atlantic off Block Island, R.I, as the last U-boat sunk in the European War. There were no survivors
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WWII: Operation Oblivion, the last of the 13 Chinese Canadian veterans who signed up for the covert mission to land in Japan-occupied China. Trained for 4 months but never entered combat as the war ended before they could be used
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WWII Flying Tigers lives in Quincy, Massachusetts
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air force general
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Wwii: pto. usmc. iwo jima
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941; mess hall, Pearl Harbor
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Vietnam Veteran
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Shop 51 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, but dispatched to the USS Shaw (DD-373) and onboard at the time of the attack. Later an USAAF B-29 pilot
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WW2 Wasp. Author of We Were Wasps
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US Army WWII era vet, born 1927. Army officer school in 1944, became Paymaster for the Tuskegee Airmen in 1946. Became a Boston lawyer and social activist. Appointed a Brig. General in 2022 by Massachusetts Governor
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army general
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Father of professional golfers Tiger Woods and Cheyenne Woods. Served 2 tours of duty in Vietnam & retired w/ the rank of lieutenant colonel. Broke the Big Eight Conference (then the Big Seven Conference) 'color barrier' in baseball in 1951
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American POW, was captured by the Germans after the Battle of the Bulge in 1944 and escaped from POW camp in April 1945
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WWII Bomber pilot,Navigator, 90th Bomb Group, 320 Bomb Squadron
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WWII: Marines veteran of the Battes of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa. Also in the Korean War. Later duty for Truman and Eisenhower
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British Admiral, Royal Navy, Commander of the South Atlantic Task Groups in the Falklands War
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navy admiral england
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USAF General
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Military
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Last living (confirmed and verified) Civil War veteran (1850-1956). Served in the Union Army as a drummer boy in a Minnesota regiment. 3 others claiming to be Confederate vets who lived passed him were later found to most likely be false claims
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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WWII: D-Day. USS Arkansas at Omaha Beach. Responsible for the radar at the ship's combat information center. The USS Arkansas engaged German shore batteries off Omaha Beach
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Vietnam War Veteran-Forward Air Controller At Dak Seang Special Forces Camp
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Retired Navy Admiral
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941, USS Helm
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WWII: Spitfire Fighter Pilot in WWII, seeing much action, particularly at the Dieppe Raid
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WWII: US home front; WASP
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Air Force General
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WWII: Survivor of the sinking of the HMS Repulse on 10 December 1941 off Malaya when also HMS Prince of Wales was sunk, an event in the war that often is named 'Britain's Pearl Harbor'
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Member of rescue Ship USS Bassett to the aid of the USS Indianapolis Survivors
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Navy Admiral
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British ace from WW2, 12.25 victories
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air force general
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WWII Marine, Iwo Jima, Guam
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WWII: 153 Battalion, Tavistock, 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Phoney War 1939/1940; Dunkirk, Operation Torch (French North Africa), Tunisia (Kasserine Pass), Italy (Monte Cassino); ended the war in Klagenfurt, Austria
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WWII Veteran, won a centenarian racing competition
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Member of the Flying Tigers (AVG) WWII
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medal of honor army vietnam
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WWII - Medic of the 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Combat jumps into D-Day and Operation market Garden, also at Bastogne
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WWII flew a P-51 Mustang (three confirmed aerial victories, one of which was against a Me-262 ? the eighth to have ever been shot down). Brigadier General. AKA: 'Mormon Mustang'
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WWII: Anti-aircraft gunner on the USS Enterprise (CV-6) from 1944 to 1945, survived multiple Kamikaze attacks
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Wilbur Wright (2) WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941, USS Oglala
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2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom
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WWII: Pacific Theater. USS Killen, DD-593. USS Selfridge
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WWII - 82nd Airborne, 505th PIR. Combat jumps: Salerno, Normandy (D-Day, St. Mere Eglise), Operation Market Garden
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Polish World War One Veteran
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Medusa (AR-1)
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WWII: Survived the sinking of the USS John Penn on August 13, 1943, also took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Private first class. dates of service: november 1959 - february 1960. ger. occupation into berlin during russian blockade
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Former general of the German Democratic Republic's army
