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David Craig (5)
WWII: Merchant seaman in the 'Murmansk runs' of World War II -
air force marshal england
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran
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(Born 1924) US Navy WW2 Veteran. Wounded at Guadalcanal from the sinking of the USS Duncan in 1942
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US WWII Coast Guard SPAR (1923-2024). Jeep/truck driver in WWII
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WWII: Survivor of the sinking of the SS Leopoldville on December 24, 1944
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WWII: Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific; personal pilot of General Roy Geiger
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WWII: PTO. Fighter Ace, 13 victories, 120 missions. Battle of Guadalcanal. Later served in Korean and Vietnam war
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U.S. Army Medal Of Honor recipient (November 1965, Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam). Born 1933
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World War II veteran and one of few living children of Civil War veterans. His father, James Crane, was a Confederate soldier
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US WWII Navy veteran, born 1925. USS Indianapolis, one of the last 5 living as of 6/21
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Maryland
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WW2 fighter ace - 5 Kills - USAAF
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WWII - Captain in the Navy's Chaplain Corps; served with Marine Corps units in high-casualty combat operations during WWII and the Korean War; saw flag-raising at Iwo Jima; pictured in well-known photo of baptizing a soldier at Iwo Jima
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Midway. USS Yorktown
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WWII - US Navy, USS Saratoga. On board during the Battle of Iwo Jima when the 'Sara' was hit by 4 Kamikazes and 3 bombs, he and his crew worked to keep the Saratoga fueled and afloat
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Marine Survivor Pearl Harbor USS Arizona WWII
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ww 11 army hero (cmh)
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(Born 1933) US Navy Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1966 to 1973. Recipient of a Navy Distinguished Service Medal, 3 Silver Stars, a Legion of Merit, 4 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts
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Vice Commandant USCG
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World War 2 pilot, Y29 Raid participant, born March 16, 1924
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air force general
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WWII: 507 PIR, 82nd Airborne (All Americans). D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Bronze Star. A bridge at Chef-du-Pont in Normandy, where he led a successful assault on the German troops, bears his name. Bronze Star, Purple Heart,
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Korean war ace - USAF - 5 Kills
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(1927-1997) Born Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Tex., 2/26/1927, Served U.S. Navy World War II; lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1961-81. Died April 28, 1997 Interment at Woodland Park Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Texas
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Member of french resistance WWII
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WWII Assistant Chaplain (born 1922), served at Okinawa. In 2018, gave the daily invocation for the US House of Representatives. Billed then as the last living WWII Assistant Chaplain, though at least two others were also alive then
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WWII Pearl Harbor survivor. USS Oklahoma
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(March 8, 1923 - September 25, 1999) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration?the Medal of Honor?for his actions at the Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher in World War II
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WWII: ETO/PTO. USS Arkansas (BB-33). D-Day, Southern France (Avalanche), Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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WWII - Air Force, Pacific Theater. Crew member of B-29 'Little Gem' who flew notably succesful missions on the Japanese mainland. Berlin Airlift after the war
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marine corps general
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Tuskegee Airmen, WWII
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air force general
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WWII: PTO. Survivor of the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay in the Battle of Tarawa on 23 November 1943 when 687 got killed
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Vietnam War Fighter Pilot
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WWII Veteran, flew with the PBM Mariners
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Last US WWI aviator (1893-2003). Trained as a Signal Corps pilot, got his wings in Oct 1918. War over before sent overseas. Played football in 1918 Thanksgiving game against Army team, considered first early Air Force/Army game
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Navigator 100th Bomb Group - author, A Wing And A Prayer
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WWII Fighter Ace (5.25 Victs) - US Navy - Navy Cross, flew the hellcat, skyraider, f8f bearcat, iwo jima, okinawa
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U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson
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D-Day landings veteran. Born: 1927. He is now 87 and lives in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. He worked as a fuse-setter aboard HMS Belfast
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu. US Navy, LST 559
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Vietnam/Commanded the 198th Signal Detachment, which was attached to the 118th Assault Helicopter Company/He photographed mission
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Doolittle's Raiders crew #10 Navigator/Bombadier
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4-Star General
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British soldier of the Royal Marines, who was awarded the George Cross in Afghanistan in 2008
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Representative from Colorado and a Army Veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
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Admiral, former Joint Chief under Reagan and Bush
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Daniel Crowley (2) WW2 Veteran-Bataan Death March
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(Born 1950) US Army Vietnam and Persian Gulf Veteran. POW in Vietnam from 1969 to 1973 when he was also discharged. Joined again in 1975 before retiring from the Army in 1991. Recipient of a Legion of Merit, 6 Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Dale (DD-353)
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war hero, Victoria Cross receiver. He is the last living recipient to have been awarded the VC during the Second World War
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WWII: H Company, 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. D-Day, joined the fight for Ste. Mere Eglise, fighting alongside paratroopers from Easy Company. Also Operation Market Garden and eventually seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge
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(Born 1925) WW2 Marine Corps Veteran Flamthrower. 6th Marine Division
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WWII: Marines veteran of the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian
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Coordinator for Counterterrorism at Department of State with rank of Ambassador-at-Large on August 2, 2005. Ambassador Crumpton joined Central Intelligence Agency in 1981 and served as an operations officer both at headquarters and abroad
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WWII: Survived the sinking of two aircraft carriers: USS Wasp-CV7 and the USS Liscomb Bay-CVE56
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The US Soldier who captured Saddam Hussein
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WWII Nazi War Criminal. Living in Budapest
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US general
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu. Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 1st Marine Division
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WWII Fighter Pilot Ace with the 357th fighter Squadron and 355th Fighter Group - 5 Kills - POW - USAAF - DSC
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Navy Admiral
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January 19, 1905 - August 16, 1995 was the first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairperson of the board of the Houston Post
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WWII: USMC, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (the famous K/3/5). Battle of Peleliu and Okinawa. 2 Purple Hearts, Silver Star. Gold Star
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'Tuskegee Airmen' '617th Bomber Squadron Pilot'
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WWII PTO: 1st Marine Division, Guadalcanal
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WASP Pilot and member of US 1936 Olympic swimming team flew the p-47, p-51, p-39, p-40, c-47, b-25, a-20, p-38, and p-61 blackwidow, a-24, c-47, bt-13
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British World War One Vet lives in Great Bedwyn Wilthsire England
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British U-Boat hunter of the costal command in WW2
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worls war 2 air ace
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WW2 Navy Flying Ace, 'Navy Cross & Distinguished Flying Cross'
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Bougainville, Battle of Peleliu. USMC. Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 134
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James Cunningham (6) WWII: Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid. Battles of the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Cape Esperance, the Aleutians and the Gilbert Islands
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WWII: Battle of Midway, USS Hammann
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John Cunningham (2) British ace from WW2
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Former U.S. Representative from California, First Vietnam Ace
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941; USS West Virginia. On a routine job of taking a small boat to the officers' club when the attack began, he tried evading Japanese bombs, strafings and torpedoes, and saving wounded sailors
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WW2 Marine Flying Ace
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WWII: ETO. D - Day. US Navy, Radar Man on Landing Cruise Control LCC-10. His job was to lead the first wave to Omaha Beach
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, Dec. 7, 1941. USS Tennessee
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WWII: Crew member of the 'Clay Pigeon', a C-47 that flew paratroopers into Normandy on D-Day and was shot down on Sept. 17, 1944, during Operation Market Garden. POW
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WWII - Europe. 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. Medal of Honor for his actions on December 21, 1944 in Malmedy, Belgium
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Military
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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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Korean War Fighter Ace (5 kills)- USAF
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USN Admiral
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Born 1916, English woman aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot and sportswoman
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WW2 Fighting Flying Ace, 52nd FG - 14 Kills - USAAF - DSC
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Lt. General was 42nd Quartermaster General of the United States Army 1991-1993. Born March 11,1942. Served 1964-1998
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Medal Of Honor
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Descendant of Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn
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War hero - received Victoria Cross for action in Syria in June/July 1941
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Actor: Hot Shots!, The Last Boy Scout, Kuffs, Sliver, In the Line of Fire, Wagons East, The Quest, The Glimmer Man, Psycho, The Practice, Gods and Generals, The West Wing, Mad Men, 24, The Collection, The Brink
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army general
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Peleliu. US Marine Corps
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WWII - Pacific, 106st Field Artillery Battalion, Batlle of Leyte: Was in the second wave that attacked the Japanese-held island of Leyte in the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944, and met Douglas MacArthur that day
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WWII: PTO. USS Vincennes (CA-44). Witness to the Doolittle Raid (April 1942), Battle of Midway (June 1942), Guadalcanal, survived the sinking of his ship in the Night Battle of Savo Island (August 9, 1942)
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12 year old boy who Hitler gave the iron cross to at the last days of WWII. Lives in Rhineland
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German ww2 pilot, ARM20, Me 262, Fliegerschule, W-34, Bu 131, Bu-133, fw-44, fw-56, fw-58, he-72, he-70, w-34, Me109, bn-131, bn-11, avia 13 534 and Nightfigher
