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  • Philippines Portal

    Image: The Boxer Codex of the 1590s contains vividly-colored illustrations of ethnic groups in the Philippines and other nearby territories. For instructions on how to use Geni, refer to the Geni Help Portal If you can't get the answers you need on the Geni Knowledge Base or the Discussion Boards , all Geni curators are available to provide peer assistance. Concerns on Geni tools and on...

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  • Congressional Gold Medal

    Congressional Medal of Honor Not to be confused with 'Medal of Honor' or 'Congressional Medal' A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress; the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards in the United States. It is awarded to persons "who have performed an achievement that has an impact on American history an...

  • Congressional Life Saving Medal

    The Gold Lifesaving Medal and Silver Lifesaving Medal are U.S. decorations issued by the United States Coast Guard. The awards were first established by Act of Congress, 20 June 1874. These decorations are two of the oldest medals in the United States and were originally established at the Department of Treasury as Lifesaving Medals First and Second Class. The Department of the Treasury initial...

  • US Congressional Gold Medal: Filipino WWII Veteran Recipients

    This project aims to organize genealogical data on Filipino World War 2 veterans who were recipients of the US Congressional Gold Medal and who, or whose surviving relatives, were physically present to receive the award. Find more at the master project page, Families of the Philippines . The US Congressional Gold Medal is awarded by the US congress to persons "who have performed an achievement...

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom

    The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cu...

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  • Filipino Recipients of US Military Honors

    This project aims to organize genealogical data on Filipino recipients (to-date) of US military distinctions -- the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star medal, the Silver Star medal and the Distinguished Service Cross. Find more at the master project page, Families of the Philippines . For Filipino World War 2 veterans who were recipients of the US Congressio...

  • United States House of Representatives

    The United States House of Representatives From Wikipedia:The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress (bicameral legislature). It is frequently referred to as 'the House'. The other house is the Senate. The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the United States Constitution. The major power of the House is to...

  • Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Massachusetts

    This project is for those interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.All of the graves from the Cross Street Cemetery were moved here between 1956-1958 to make way for the building of the Interstate Route 93.This cemetery contains all the GR2 Cross Street Cemetery records from the "Vital Records of Medford Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849." Notable Interme...

  • Pueblo City & County, Colorado

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pueblo City or County, Colorado. Official City Website Official County Website Adjacent Counties El Paso County Lincoln County Crowley County Otero County Las Animas County Huerfano County Custer County

  • USS Indianapolis (CA-35)

    USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. Launched in 1931, it was the flagship for the commander of Scouting Force 1 for eight years, then flagship for Admiral Raymond Spruance in 1943 and 1944 while he commanded the Fifth Fleet in battles across the Central Pacific during World War II. In July 1945, ...

  • Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II

    The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), called "Women's Army Service Pilots" by some sources, was a paramilitary aviation organization. The WASP's predecessors, the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) organized separately in September 1942. They were the pioneering organizations of civilian female pilots, employed to fly military aircra...

  • Famous First

    Famous First== There always is a very first for everything.This fun fact project is a collection of International famous first profiles, Who was the first person to? The aim of this project is to create a collection of all those people who were the first. Feel free to add profiles that are not listed yet. ==Famous Firsts up to 1199==* Late 800s Alfred the Great - First King of England*1141 ...

  • Nurses and Midwives

    Nurses and Midwives Image right A recruiting poster for Australian nurses from World War I. Please add your ancestors to this project. Profiles must be set to public. This is an international project.==Nurses Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of l...

  • Order of DeMolay

    Please feel free to add any known DeMolays and Senior DeMolays including yourself, along with chapter and any titles or honors. DeMolay International (also known as the Order of DeMolay), founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1919, is an international youth organization for young men. DeMolay derives its name from Jacques De Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. It is a youth organ...

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  • Bataan Death March

    The Bataan Death March (9-17 April 1942) was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 12,000 American and 64,000 Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners. The 128-kilometer march was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very h...

  • De laatste rustplaats?

    —2013-mrt-25-ma-17:23+GMT-winter~spring-time—jMVu—meewerken-aanvullen-corrigeren? welkom, graag via document-e/o-profiel-links van evt. genoemde of te noemen personen, straks met helpen documenteren van profiel-pagina's. De laatste rustplaats? death and King HAMLET ‧ 1585-1596 ‧ ⌘ William SHAKESPEARE ‧ 1564-1616 ‧ But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovered country, fr...

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