General Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 - August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. On April 30, 1945, General Eaker was named deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff
Youngest woman to have traveled around the globe in a single-engine plane, completing the journey on July 11, 2014; named after legendary pilot Amelia Earhart
WWII - Pacific; one of only two torpedo plane pilots of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) to survive after attacking the Japanese aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.
Author and founding executive director of the International Spy Museum and a 35 year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He served 25 years as a case officer in its Clandestine Service, primarily in Europe and the Middle East
Gunnery Sgt/One of three Marines that lowered the Embassy flag in Cuba the last time when the Embassy closed in 1961/ Marines who lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy in Havana 5+ decades raise the Stars and Stripes once again there
Businessman; a former financier involved business scandal that sent him to jail for fraud multiple times & complicated by ties to future President LBJ/Alleged in 80s had inside knowledge that LBJ was involved in assassination of Kennedy
Lockheed Test Pilot
First pilot to fly the YF-12A
Second pilot to fly the SR-71
Third pilot to fly the A-12
Chief test pilot during testing of Convair YB-58A
Author of YF-12 flight Manual
Landmark Case: Eckhardt was one of the students litigants in Tinker v Des Moines (1969), which defined the Constitutional Rights of students in US public school
WWII: ETO. 26 missions as a B-17 ball turret gunner, his first mission being on D-Day. On his last mission his plane was shot down forcing an emergency landing in Switzerland
WWII - Fighter Ace, 7 victories. Europe, 56th Fighter Group ('Zemke's Wolf Pack'), 62nd Fighter Sqadron. Few the P-40, P-47, P-51, F-84, F-100. Also served in Korea (23 January 1951, 'Mig alley')
Author of the book 'A Journey Between Souls - The Story of a Soldier and a Pharaoh' and long-time friend and confidante of the late Corporal Richard Adamson, one of the last survivors of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922
(Born 1947) US Army Vietnam Veteran. Saved comrade Fred Kjorlien in a firefight in Vietnam. Fred had lost his entire leg from a RPG and Dale was keeping him calm. The two final reunited in 2021 after 53 years after the event took place
Member Early Birds of Aviation/devoted to history of early pilots. Started 1928 & membership totaled 598/Membership limited to the pilots of glider, gas balloon, or airplane, pre-12/17/1916. Time of Wright Bro's 1st flight-1916 when many trained 4 WW1
American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb
WWII: D-Day nurse (Special Advance Group 56). Arrived at the the Royal Victorian Hospital outside Southampton, mid-February 1944 and prepared for D-Day; treated the first D-Day casualty 4 days after June 6, 1944
WWII: Canadian / RAF Flying Ace, at least 19 victories, though assumed to have a much higher score, even by Nazi-German's war records. Highest scoring ace in the Western Desert Campaign
6 years old, saw JFK arrive Carswell Air Base on 11/21/1963/Interview with him ran in Star-Telegram next day. Audio-visual manager at St. Paul Hospital Dallas, coordinated w/Oliver Stone for film of JFK/Went to same school as Oswald/Shook hands with LBJ
British physiologist and pioneer in Reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in particular - the first test-tube baby. 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 'for the development of in vitro fertilization'
Edwards watched the Kennedy motorcade on Nov.22 , '63 , from the southwest corner of Elm and Houston . His stated that he saw man leaning out of the TSBD transfixed on the triple underpass ten minutes before the shooting, born 2/4/43, Dallas
Was a spectator for President kennedy's motorcade in Dallas when he saw an individual up in the corner of the 6th floor of the TSBD crowded among boxes
WWII: ETO. 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. 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment. POW until the end of the war
Filmmaker, founder of a music label, motivational speaker, philanthropist and author. Ziman works as a writer, producer and director and is known internationally for her work on behalf of saving abandoned children
WWII: Red Army.Throughout the war, Efremova served as a nurse along the front lines in field hospitals. She is now 96 and lives with her daughter in Yakutsk, Russia
NYC Police Officer - The 'Popeye' Doyle character in The French Connection is very loosely based on his career. Actor - The French Connection, Prime Cut, Eischied, The New Mike Hammer, Police Story (6)
Centenarian, one of the last women alive to vote in the open election of 1920. Also saw the Wright Brothers in a flight demo on her honeymoon in 1915 at the San Francisco Pan Pacific Expo. (1896-2002)
Navy radioman on a Pacific landing craft during WWII. Took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. There at MacArthur's return, where he was entrusted to help bring 50 cases of whiskey to the officer's club
German rocket-propulsion engineer & advocate for space colonization/He worked at Peenemünde as a propulsion engineer from 1942-1945, then to USA with other German rocket scientists & technicians under 'Operation Papercli
Counsel & Assistant to President for Domestic Affairs under President Nixon. Key figure in events leading to Watergate 1st break-in & the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice & perjury
Retired Italian journalist whose question at a government press conference in the former East Germany is said to have precipitated the end of the Berlin Wall;
is living in Madrid/Spain
WWII - D-Day, Pointe-du-Hoc. 2nd Ranger Battalion. Scaled a 100-foot cliff while taking constant fire from German troops to take out six 155mm guns at Pointe-du-Hoc
Retired German Air Force General. He was Inspector of the Air Force, the senior Air Force appointment, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. German WWII Veteran
Was an anti-war & environmental activist who became influential in various New Age movements during the 1970s. He was convicted in 2002, after spending 17 years on the run, for the 1977 murder of his girlfriend and is serving a life sentence
Last witness to the Battle of Barrington. Born: 1928. The Battle of Barrington was a gunfight between federal agents and notorious gangster Baby Face Nelson, that took place on November 27, 1934. He was six years old at the time. Now 91
Author and holocaust survivor. Used the black-market skills he acquired in the Warsaw ghetto to make a fortune as a legitimate American importer-exporter and then used those millions to tell his story and support Holocaust-related education
Russian solid state physicist. Ekimov along with Moungi Bawendi and Louis E. Brus are the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots'
69-year-old criminal lawyer Andrew Ekonomou, a man with a penchant for Medieval history has found himself at the center of President Donald Trump's legal team as it wrestles with the Mueller probe into collusion with Russia
Egyp/Amer scientist worked w/NASA in planning of scientific exploration of the Moon, & selection of Apollo landing sites & training of astronauts in lunar observations & photography. Shuttle pod named in Star Trek: The Next Generation 'Time Sq
Canadian commercial helicopter pilot. He is a 'pioneer in the development of high altitude winch rescue and mountain flying techniques'. He is Canada's first commercial helicopter pilot who was not previously a fixed-wing pilot
First cousin and childhood playmate of Anne Frank and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, a Basle-based charity that owns and administers the rights to her diary
Ex-Pentagon UFO Whistle-blower, UFO researcher - Known for leaking the famous 2004 'Tic Tac UFO' US Airforce Video which has since been confirmed authentic
JFK - Former LULAC leader who met JFK on Nov. 21, 1963, at a LULAC gala at the Grand Ballroom, Rice Hotel, in Houston; was photographed as he is about to shake JFK's hand that night
Widow of a World War I veteran, one of about 2,000 still alive. She was born in 1910 oldest person in Hillsborough County, and one of the oldest in the country, ever to receive VA benefits
JFK - DPD sergeant in command of the motorcycle escort for Kennedy on 22 November 1963; one of the motorcycle officers leading the motorcade, seen in several famous photographs
Resident at Parkland Hospital in Dallas when JFK was shot and brought in. After Kennedy's body was removed, he was one of 3 people known to have salvaged a rose from Jackie Kennedy's bouquet left behind, which he has preserved in plastic Lucite
US Lawyer, Politician, Founding Father (1745-1807). CT delegate to Continental Congress, helped write US Constitution. US Senator, close ally of Alexander Hamilton. Selected by G. Washington as the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Dallas police patrolman in 1963, Elwonger was assigned to the entrance to Dallas Love Field and remained at his post from before Air Force One's arrival until after its departure later that afternoon with the newly sworn-in president
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor. US Army staff sergeant and photographer who took the first air-to-air photographs of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, taken from on board a B-17 which happened to be flying in on December 7, 1941
American journalist, author, and pundit on national security, terrorism, and Islamic extremism. Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Served in the Admiral?s Band on the USS Pennsylvania. He was 'armed' with a French horn readying himself to play morning colors when the Japanese attacked
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941, USS Honolulu. Moved to Hawaii and devotes his time to identify sailors buried in unmarked graves; recognized by the National Park Service for his efforts
Survivor Korean Death March/29th Regimental Combat Team/Captured Oneui on 7/26/1950, marched 40 miles south of Manchurian border, some 600 miles. POW for 3 months & was one of 23 survivors of 1,500 captured men/Recipient of the Purple Heart
US Navy WWII pilot, born 1921. Flew supplies and mail across the Pacific theater. Flew many Bataan Death March survivors home to Hawaii. Hit spots including Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Saipan, Okinawa, Midway, Wake and the Aleutians. Flew C-47, C-54, PBY, SBD Dive
Scientist/Entomologist/Author - Known for his authority on the History and Geological placement of insects most notably the 'Honey Bee', writer or over 300 papers and the book 'Evolution of the Insects'
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
South African-born British cardiac surgeon (Born: 1932) He performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in January 1979. He was knighted in 1991. He is now retired and lives in the UK. Sir Terence English
Woman who was half of the blanketed couple who appeared on the iconic 1970 'Woodstock' album cover and on posters for the documentary film about the festival
Man who was half of the blanketed couple who appeared on the iconic 1970 'Woodstock' album cover and on posters for the documentary film about the festival
WW2 WASP appointed Squadron Commander for the 6th Ferry Command/only woman during war to be awarded the Air Medal for her service/Flew medium-size bombers A-20, A-26 and B-25, the cargo craft DC-3, C-54 & mighty B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
Actor: House, Full Metal Jacket, Mississippi Burning, Toy Soldiers, Body Snatchers, Naked Gun 33 1/3, Seven, Murder in the First, Toy Story, Dead Man Walking, Saving Silverman, The Frighteners, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Husband of Susan Ershler, a professional public speaker. Co-author (with Susan Ershler) of Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits. IMG Partner AMGA Certified Alpine Guide
Author; Walled-In/ an eyewitness to President Kennedy?s historic speech in West Berlin on June 26, 1963?/Lives with husband Burch in San Diego California
American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974/His investigation in 1972 and 1973 of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation in 1974 of President Richard Nixon
Navajo Bougainville Code Talker/2nd All-Navajo Platoon 297/Stationed in Guadalcanal, Guam, Iwo Jima and other Pacific locations for just over two years
(12/4/1918?7/23/2011 Academic/"Father of cryonics" from impact of his book The Prospect of Immortality/Considered pioneer transhumanist from his book Man into Superman. Founded Cryonics Institute & Immortalist Society/His body Cryopreserved
Australian Coast Watcher in Pacific theatre in WW II/Chiefly remembered for playing significant part in rescue of future President John F. Kennedy and his surviving crew after Torpedo Boat, PT-109, was sunk by enemy action in August 1943
WW2 2nd Armor Light Recon Tank Gunner/WIA POW/Advised to movie 'Fury',
was in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Belgium, Holland and Germany/Lives in Upper Providence, PA./Age 97
WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Tennessee (BB-43). Winner of the Jitterbug contest at Bloch Arena on Dec. 6, 1941, during the semi-finals of the Battle Of The Bands 1941
WWII: British Atlantic convoy veteran (USA to UK), Arctic veteran (aboard the HMS Wanderer, in the disastrous PQ-17 convoy) and D-Day veteran (escort convoys to the landings)