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Peter Churchill
(1909 - 1972)
Peter Morland Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre (1909–1972) was an SOE Officer in France during World War II. He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Major Oliver Churchill DSO M...
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Cornelia Fort, Aviatrix MP
(1919 - 1943)
Woman aviator Cornelia Fort was a Nashville debutante whose love of flying led her to become a pioneer in women's military aviation as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, which later b...
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Joseph Foss, Medal of Honor MP
(1915 - 2003)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Joseph Jacob Foss (MCSN: 0-6774), United States Marine Corps Reserve...
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Gen. George Smith Patton, Jr. MP
(1885 - 1945)
George Smith Patton is the third of that name, grandfather to father, father to son, but was always referred to as "Junior." That is the way the military did it, and that is the way it is. Both he and ...
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Lt. Colonel John Newton Wilson
(1913 - 1944)
John Newton Wilson (Lieutennant Colonel, United States Army), graduated from West Point in 1935 is buried in the American Cemetary in Normandy France. He died during the battle of Saint Lo in July 1944.
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Lt. General Lewis A. Pick
(1890 - 1956)
Lewis Andrew Pick (November 18, 1890 – December 2, 1956) was born in Brookneal, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1914. He received his Regular Army commission in the Uni...
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Lt. General Raymond A. Wheeler
(1885 - 1974)
Raymond Albert Wheeler (July 31, 1885 in Peoria, Illinois - February 9, 1974) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1911. In ...
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Bill Bowerman (co-founder of Nike, Inc)
(1911 - 1999)
William Jay "Bill" Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-American...
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John Wynans, Jr.
(deceased)
John Winant Jr. served as a bomber pilot in World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans. John Jr. was a prisoner of the infamous Colditz and taken in April 1945 as one of the "Prominente" to be ...
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John Gilbert Winant, Governor
(1889 - 1947)
John Gilbert Winant OM (February 23, 1889 – November 3, 1947) was an American politician with the Republican party after a brief career as a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. Born in New York City, ...
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Major General Sidney McMath (USMC), Governor
(1912 - 2003)
Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 – October 4, 2003) was a decorated U.S. Marine, attorney and the 34th Governor of Arkansas (1949–1953) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, ch...
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Brig. General Robert Lee Scott, Jr. (USAF)
(1908 - 2006)
. Robert Lee Scott Jr. (12 April 1908 – 27 February 2006) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Scott is best known for his autobiography God is My Co-Pilot about his exploits in ...
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Mitchell Paige
(1918 - 2003)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige, United States Marine Corps, for extraor...
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Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey ("Lucky Fluckey")
(1913 - 2007)
Rear Admiral Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", was a United States Navy submarine commander who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses fo...
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Lt. Colonel Aquilla J. "Jimmie" Dyess (USMC)
(1909 - 1944)
Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James "Jimmie" Dyess (January 11, 1909 – February 2, 1944) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous ga...
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Maj. General Charles H. Bonesteel, Jr.
(1885 - 1964)
. Charles Hartwell Bonesteel, Jr. (April 9, 1885 – June 5, 1964) was a Major General in the United States Army. He commanded the United States Army Infantry School and the G-1 (personnel) staff secti...
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Charles Edward Bennett
(1910 - 2003)
Charles Edward Bennett (December 2, 1910 – September 6, 2003) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville,...
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Lt. Commander Brinkley Bass (USN)
(1916 - 1944)
Harry Brinkley "Brink" Bass (July 4, 1916 – August 20, 1944) was a U.S. Navy pilot who was twice awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions in the Pacific theater during World War II. Bass died ov...
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Major General Norman "Dutch" Cota
(1893 - 1971)
Norman Daniel "Dutch" Cota, Sr. (May 30, 1893 – October 4, 1971) was a United States Army general during World War II. Cota was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the invasion of France,...
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Merian Cooper
(1893 - 1973)
Merian Caldwell Cooper - amerykański filmowiec, reżyser i scenarzysta, a także podpułkownik pilot Wojska Polskiego, służący w lotnictwie polskim podczas wojny polsko-bolszewickiej 1919-1920, organizato...
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Archibald MacLeish
(1892 - 1982)
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer, and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the Modernist school of poetry. He received three Pulitzer Prizes ...
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Adm. David W. Bagley
(1883 - 1960)
David Worth Bagley (January 8, 1883 – May 24, 1960) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He was also the brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was the only United States Navy o...
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Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern MP
(1915 - 1994)
Malcolm Henry Stern was born on January 29, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stern was the son of Arthur Kaufman and Henrietta Berkowitz Stern and had one brother, Edward. In 1923 the Stern family ...
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Brigadier Hon William Fraser, DSO, MC
(1890 - 1964)
Brigadier the Hon. William Fraser, DSO, MC, (1890–1964) was a younger son of Lord Saltoun and served as a British Army officer in both World Wars. Early life William Fraser was born on 5 July...
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Maj. William La Touche Congreve, VC, DSO, MC
(deceased)
Major William "Billy" La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC (12 March 1891 – 20 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of...
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Lt-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart
(1880 - 1959)
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart[1] VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963), was an English officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He fought in the Boer War, World ...
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René Cassin MP
(1887 - 1976)
René Samuel Cassin (né le 5 octobre 1887 à Bayonne, mort le 20 février 1976 à Paris), était un juriste, diplomate et homme politique français. Membre du gouvernement de la France libre pendant la secon...
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Brig. General James Lawton Collins Jr.
(c.1918 - 2002)
James Lawton Collins Jr. was an Army brigadier general and military historian who directed the Army's military history program for 12 years. Collins, who lived in Washington, D.C., died of a pulmonar...
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General J. Lawton Collins
(1896 - 1987)
Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was was Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific an...
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James Flagg MP
(1877 - 1960)
James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 – May 27, 1960) was an American artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political...
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Brig. General William Seawell
(1918 - 2005)
William Thomas Seawell (January 27, 1918 – May 20, 2005) was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and former head of Pan Am. Seawell (pronounced SOO-uhl) left the University of Arka...
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2nd Lieutenant Alexander Nininger, Jr. ("Philippine Scouts")
(1918 - 1942)
Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr. (October 20, 1918 - January 12, 1942) was a Second Lieutenant of the Philippine Scouts who received the Medal of Honor during World War II. Biography Nininger,...
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Brig. General William O. Darby ("Darby's Rangers")
(1911 - 1945)
William O. Darby (8 February 1911 – 30 April 1945) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II. Darby led the famous Darby's Rangers which evolved into the US Army Rangers and was al...
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Brigadier Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae
(1911 - 1980)
Brigadier Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae was born on 6 May 1911. He was the son of General Sir Charles Fergusson of Kilkerran, 7th Bt. and Lady Alice Mary Boyle. He married Laura Margaret G...
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Sir James Andrew Harcourt Gammell
(1892 - 1975)
James Andrew Harcourt Gammell was born on September 26th, 1892 in Edinburgh, Schotland. After his education at the Cambridge University he was appointed to the Scottish Horse Yeomanry in 1913. After he...
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Major Richard John Wrottesley, MC, 5th Baron Wrottesley
(1918 - 1977)
Major Richard John Wrottesley, MC, 13th Baronet Wrottesley, 5th Baron Wrottesley (7 July 1918 – 23 October 1977), was a British peer and army officer. Biography Wrottesley was the only son of...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, 2nd Baronet KBE CB CMG DSO MC
(1891 - 1956)
Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, 2nd Baronet KBE CB CMG DSO MC (5 April 1891 – 17 October 1956) was a British Army officer who served as Assistant chief of the Imperial General Staff dur...
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Major General Robert M. Littlejohn
(1890 - 1982)
In the case of World War II commanders, vast stores of collected records, published memoirs, and weighty biographies have long since ensured the places in history of Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur...
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1st Lieutenant Richard V. W. Negley, Jr.
(1915 - 1942)
First Lieutenant, Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. 1939 Graduate of United States Military Academy, also known as West P...
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2nd Lieutenant Albert S. B. Negley
(1913 - 1945)
Second Lieutenant, 1st Regiment, 2nd Philippine Infantry Division, United States Army Lieutenant Albert Negley was born in San Antonio February 10, 1913. He received his elementary education at Tra...
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Colonel Lewis L. Millett
(1920 - 2009)
Lewis Lee Millett, Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet c...
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Thomas Foote
(1921 - 1944)
Staff Sergeant, 341st Bomber Squadron, 97th Bomber Group (Heavy), U.S. Army Air Forces. Entered the service from New York; civilian occupation: actor. He was serving as a radio operator on a B-17 on ...
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Lt.Cdr. John D. Bulkeley, Medal of Honor
(1911 - 1996)
John Duncan Bulkeley (August 19, 1911 – April 6, 1996) was a Vice Admiral in United States Navy and was one of the most decorated naval officers. Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the...
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Group Capt The Baron Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO, DFC
(1917 - 1992)
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated British RAF pilot during the Second World War. Amon...
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Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg MP
(1912 - 1947)
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 17, 1947?) was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he ...
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Dr. John Scudder
(1900 - 1976)
) Dr. John Scudder (1900-December 1976) was a medical doctor and blood transfusion specialist who developed the Plasma for Britain program during the early years of World War II. He recruited Dr. Cha...
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Maj. Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., Medal of Honor
(1920 - 1945)
Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. (August 1, 1920–January 7, 1945) was one of the most decorated American combat pilots of World War II. He was the second highest scoring American ace of the war and was aw...
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Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross
(1902 - 2003)
Hartley Shawcross was spoken of as a future Prime Minister when, as "the best-looking man in English public life", he entered the Commons in 1945 and became Attorney-General in the Labour government; b...
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Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr., Director of Central Intelligence
(1905 - 1990)
Vice Admiral William Francis Raborn, Jr., United States Navy (June 8, 1905 - March 6, 1990) was a United States Navy officer, the leader of the project to develop the Polaris missile system, and the ...
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General Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Director of Central Intelligence
(1895 - 1961)
Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 – 9 August 1961) was a senior United States Army general who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief of staff at Allied Forces Headquarters during ...
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General John W. Vogt, Jr.
(1920 - 2010)
General John William Vogt, Jr. (March 18, 1920 – April 16, 2010) was commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, and commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. ...
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Owen Lattimore
(1900 - 1989)
Owen Lattimore (July 29, 1900 – May 31, 1989) was an American author, educator, and influential scholar of Central Asia, especially Mongolia. In the 1930s, he was editor of Pacific Affairs, a journal...
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Rudolph Douglas Raiford
(1922 - 2002)
Rudolph Douglas Raiford was a decorated World War II combat officer who trained and commanded the United States Infantry Buffalo Division in Italy. Raiford served for five years in the European Theat...
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Dr. Béla Király
(1912 - 2009)
Dr. Béla 2009 (14 April 1912 - 4 July 2009) was a Hungarian resistance fighter during World War II, as well as a military historian, author, and politician. New York Times Obituary Bela Kiraly Dies...
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Vice Admiral Herbert D. Riley
(1904 - 1973)
Herbert Douglas Riley (24 December 1904–17 January 1973) was an vice admiral of the United States Navy. A naval aviator, his career included service in World War II and the Cold War, command of aircr...
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Admiral John Henry Towers
(1885 - 1955)
John Henry Towers (January 30, 1885 – April 30, 1955) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator. He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of ...
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Admiral Joseph James "Jacko" Clark
(1893 - 1971)
Joseph James Clark was born on November 12, 1893 in a log cabin on a creek in Pryor Indian Territory in the northeast corner of Oklahoma. His father was William A. Clark, a Native American Cherokee, ...
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Marcellus H. Dodge Sr.
(1881 - 1963)
. Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (February 28, 1881 – December 25, 1963) was the chairman of the board of Remington Arms Company and a member of the family associated with the Phelps Dodge Corporation....
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Ralph Austin Bard
(1884 - 1975)
Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he ...
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Captain Glen Edwards (USAF)
(1918 - 1948)
) Glen Edwards (March 5, 1918–June 5, 1948) was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force, and is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base. Edwards was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, where he liv...
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Sandy Bonnyman
(1910 - 1943)
. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman, Jr. (May 2, 1910 – November 22, 1943) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was killed in action at Betio, Tarawa during World War II. A combat engineer, he recei...
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Brig. General Elliot Carr Cutler CB, OBE, FRCS, MD, FACS
(1888 - 1947)
Brigadier General Elliot Carr Cutler CB, OBE, FRCS, MD, FACS (July 30, 1888 – August 16, 1947) was an American surgeon and medical educator. He was Moseley Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical Sch...
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Roger Adams
(1889 - 1971)
Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occur...
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Major General Pierpont M. Hamilton
(1898 - 1982)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Major (Air Corps) Pierpont Morgan Hamilton, United States Army Air Forces, for...
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Brig. General Erle Cocke, Jr.
(1921 - 2000)
. Erle Cocke, Jr. was a Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States. Biography A native of Dawson, Georgia, Cocke was born on May 10, 1921. Cocke attended the University of...
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG, 10th Prime Minister of Canada
(1874 - 1950)
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He se...
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Major Charles E. Woodworth, Ph.D.
(1897 - 1966)
Major Charles E. Woodworth, Ph.D., (1897–1966), served as a major in the United States Army during World War II and as an entomologist for the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Res...
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Private First Class David Kenyon Webster (Easy Company; "Band of Brothers")
(1922 - 1961)
Private First Class David Kenyon Webster (June 2, 1922 - September 9, 1961) was an American soldier, journalist and author. During World War II he was a private with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506t...
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Major Cecil Ingram “Coon Dog” Connor II
(1917 - 1959)
Major Cecil Ingram “Coon Dog” Connor II was a decorated military officer and bomber pilot who reportedly flew over 50 combat missions in World War II.
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Lt. Colonel A. Peter Dewey
(1916 - 1945)
Albert Peter Dewey (October 8, 1916-September 26, 1945), shot by accident by Viet Minh troops on September 26, 1945. Dewey was the first American fatality in French Indochina, killed in the early aft...
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Colonel William K. Lanman Jr. (USMC)
(1904 - 2001)
Colonel William Kelsey Lanman Jr., (October 9, 1904 - March 27, 2001) was a notable benefactor of Yale University. He served as an aviator in the United States Marine Corps from 1935 to 1955, and lat...
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Captain Lewis Nixon (Easy Company; the "Band of Brothers")
(1918 - 1995)
) Lewis Nixon III (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995) was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World W...
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Doris Ryer Nixon
(1893 - 1948)
Doris Ryer Nixon (1893–1948) was a civic leader, particularly on the home front during World War II. The granddaughter of one of California's first doctors, and daughter-in-law of a shipbuilder and i...
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Capt. Franklin Van Valkenburgh
(1888 - 1941)
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh (NSN: 0-7187), United States Navy...
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Colonel Derosey C. "Rosey" Cabell, II
(1893 - 1966)
The son of Major General Derosey Carroll Cabell, Sr and Martha Otis, he graduated from the US Military Academy, West Point, Class of 1916. He married Edith Morgan, daughter of Colonel George Horace M...
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René-Arthur Gagnon, Sr.
(1925 - 1979)
Rene Arthur Gagnon Corporal, United States Marine Corps Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps: Rene Arthur Gagnon, participant in the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima, was born at Mancheste...
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Rt Hon Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, GCMG
(1883 - 1953)
Campbell was a British diplomat who held several important positions at the Foreign Office including, from July 1939 to 22 June 1940, when the armistice between Germany and France was signed at Compièg...
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Major General Peter C. Hains III
(1901 - 1998)
Peter Conover Hains, III, born May 11, 1901, was an American Army cavalry officer and Major General who competed in the 1928 Olympic games in the modern pentathlon. Hains graduated from West Point in...
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Air Chief Marshal The Hon Sir Ralph Cochrane, GBE, KCB, AFC
(1895 - d.)
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General Robert H. Barrow (USMC), Commandant of the Marine Corps
(1922 - 2008)
Robert Hilliard Barrow (February 5, 1922 – October 30, 2008) was an American general, who was the 27th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) from 1979 to 1983. Barrow served for 41 year...
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Jacqueline Cochran MP
(1906 - 1980)
Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was a pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. She was an important contributor to the for...
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Colonel Charles R. Codman
(1893 - 1956)
Charles Russell Codman (February 22, 1893 - August 25, 1956) was an American author, wine expert, and aide to General George S. Patton during World War II. Biography Codman was a Boston, Mass...
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Captain Augustus Agar, VC, DSO, RN
(1890 - 1968)
Captain Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, VC, DSO, RN (4 January 1890 – 30 December 1968) was a noted Royal Navy officer in both World War I and World War II and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, th...
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Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO
(1871 - 1956)
Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO (11 June 1871 – 14 February 1956), known as Tich Cowan, was a British Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both World War I and World ...
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Generaloberst Eberhard von Mackensen
(1889 - 1969)
Friedrich August Eberhard von Mackensen (24 September 1889 – 19 May 1969) was a German general who served in World War II, and one of 882 German recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross wit...
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Admiral of the Fleet Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Bt GCB KCVO CMG DSO RN
(1872 - 1945)
Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, Bt GCB KCVO CMG DSO RN (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945) was a noted British admiral, with an active service life that included 19th...
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Eivind Berggrav
(1884 - 1959)
Eivind Josef Berggrav (25 October 1884, Stavanger – January 14, 1959, Oslo) was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop, primarily known as Primate of the Church of Norway (Norwegian:Preses i Bispemøtet i Den no...
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Constantin "Bâzu" CANTACUZINO
(1904 - 1958)
) Constantin Cantacuzino (nicknamed Bâzu; November 11, 1905–May 26, 1958) was a Romanian aviator, one of his country's leading World War II fighter aces, and a member of the Cantacuzino family. Wor...
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Piet Hein
(1905 - 1996)
Piet Hein (Denmark) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Piet Hein Piet Hein (Kumbel) in front of the H.C. Andersen statue in Copenhagen Born 16 December 1905 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 17 April 199...
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Brig. General Bonner Fellers
(1896 - 1973)
Bonner Frank Fellers (1896–1973), was a U.S. Army officer who served during World War II as military attaché and psychological warfare director. He was a considered a protégé of General Douglas MacAr...
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Admiral Arthur D. Struble
(1894 - 1983)
Arthur Dewey Struble (June 28, 1894 – May 1, 1983) was a United States admiral who served in World War II and the Korean War. Struble was born in Portland, Oregon. Following graduation from high ...
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Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer
(1890 - 1969)
Lieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer (24 November 1890 – 11 August 1969) was World War II chief of Air Staff and United States Air Force Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of...
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Lieutenant General Edward "Ned" Almond
(1892 - 1979)
Edward Mallory "Ned" Almond (December 12, 1892 – June 11, 1979) was a controversial United States Army general best known as the commander of the Army's X Corps during the Korean War. Early Biogr...
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Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED
(1884 - 1951)
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian ever to attain the...
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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED
(1889 - 1959)
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, with a distinguished military ...
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General Holland "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB (USMC)
(1882 - 1967)
Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith, KCB (April 20, 1882 – January 12, 1967) was a General in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He is sometimes called the "father" of modern U.S. a...
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Major General William C. Chase
(1895 - 1986)
Major General William Curtis Chase (9 March 1895–21 August 1986) was an American soldier and General in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his service in the South West Pacific ...
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Major General Julian Wallace Cunningham
(1893 - 1972)
Major General Julian Wallace Cunningham (May 1, 1893 - August 22, 1972) was a senior officer in the United States Army. Born on May 1, 1893 at Blairsville, Pennsylvania. He was educated at George...
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Lieutenant General Ennis C. Whitehead
(1895 - 1964)
Ennis Clement Whitehead (3 September 1895 – 12 October 1964) was an early United States Army aviator and a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. Whitehead joined the U. S. Army a...
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