WWII Veteran, mortar man in K-Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, the famous K-3-5 of HBO's The Pacific series. Bronze star recipient; fought in Peleliu and Okinawa. Wrote Islands Of The Damned with William Marvel
Admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Ke
WWII: 393rd Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Remagen. In 1963, Burke began working for NASA, supervising development and construction of hazardous test facilities for Apollo hardware
WWII: Marines squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, the famous K-3-5 of HBO's The Pacific series. Bronze star recipient; fought in Peleliu and Okinawa
Vietnam War/Fall of Saigon - Crew Chief of last US helicopter to leave Vietnam (Operation Frequent Wind) during the evacuation of Saigon on April 30, 1975
JFK - One of Jack Ruby's defense attorneys during his trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, Burleson remained part of the counsel until Ruby's death in 1967
Boeing engineer, born 1930, worked on the 1966 Lunar Orbiter, an early NASA unmanned probe to photograph and map the moon, and chose Apollo landing spots
Northern Ireland Female Scientist And Author - Astrophysicist. Discovered The First Radio Pulsars (1967). Novel - 'A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist Also Be Religious? (2013), 'An Introduction To The Sun And Stars' (2004). Plus One More Book
American Female Activist - National Organization Women For Racial And Economic Equality, As Well As With The Sisters Against South African Apartheid, Genes And Gender, And Women's International League For Peace And Freedom (1980's-1990's)
Australian Former Female Aviatrix. The First Woman To Parachute From An Aeroplane On Australian Soil (1937), And Held The Title Of Being The Youngest Female Pilot In Australia For 15 Years (1937-1952)
Major 82nd Airborne Division, 504th PIR, I-Company WWII; Operation Market Garden; Battle of The Bulge. Author: 'Strike and Hold'. Portrayed by Robert Redford as Major Cook in 'A Bridge Too Far'. TV special 'Man & Moment: Moffatt Burriss & the Crossing.'
American Former Female Civil Rights Activist, Wounded On 'Bloody Sunday' In Selma March In 1965. In 1968, Martin Luther King Hid Overnight At Her House In Greensboro After A Speech Two weeks Before His Assassination, As The KKK Searched The Area For Him
Co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 & author of Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War which won the 2009 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
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
JFK - Member of the Blue Key Society of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette (now ULL) who met and got photographed with future President Kennedy at the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959
Lawyer/politician (1888-1964). Mayor of Cleveland, US Senator, Supreme Court Justice. Part of the Brown vs. Board of Education Decision during his Court tenure
German ww2 ME262 pilot born 1924. Was never in the Wehrmacht; author - The last of the few: An Me.262 Pilot remembers, flew the buckner 181, 131, fw 44, ar 66, f-13, w33, w34, ju86, ju88, ju52, me110, me210, me40, me262, klemm 35, sg38, kranich
WWII/ETO: Waist Gunner, 100th Bomb Group, 350th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force ('Bloody 100th'). Shot down on his 34th mission on July 29, 1944, flying in B-17 42-31537 'Randie Lou' (aka 'Buffalo Gal'); became a POW until May 1, 1945
George Prescott Bush , Commissioner of the Texas General Land member of the Bush family, he is the oldest child of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a nephew of former President George W. Bush, and a grandson of former President George H. W. Bush
American engineer, inventor and science administrator known for his work on analog computers, for his role as an initiator and administrator of the Manhattan Project
American Historic Person - Survivor Of Hartford Circus Fire 168 Deaths, Arson (1944). 10 Years Old At Time Of The Fire. Published Her Account In 'Courant' (Local Newspaper)
Author 'My Wars B-17s to F-4s WWII to Vietnam' Retired as Colonel in 1974, flew 43 types of airplanes during his military career, including 28 missions in B-17 during WWII. Flew B-24, B-25, B-26, B-29, B-57, RC-121, F-4
Colonel; U.S.A.F. Rt. (Cessna Pilot, flew 240 missions over Ho Chi Minh Trail during Vietnam War/Awarded Silver Star, The Distinguished Flying Cross & Air Medal with 16 Oak Clusters) Turnaround eight days
American lawyer, and current law professor of Georgetown. He is a leading criminal law scholar, particularly in the area of race and jury nullification. He has written 2 books including Chokehold: Policing Black Men
American Female Author, And Actress. Former Wife Of Joey Buttafuoco, Shot In The Head By Amy Fisher (1992). Novel - 'Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know'(2009)
Worked for richard nixon. handled tape recording system/Head of the FAA & ex-Haldeman aide, Butterfield disclosed existence of a tape-recording device in the Oval Office. The disclosure, made in July 1973 during the Senate Watergate Committee hearings
WWII: USS Phoenix (post-Pearl-Harbor). From 1943 on, he was in several major battles/campaigns, like Surigao Straits, Cape Gloucester, Leyte Gulf, Mindoro Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, Corregidor
(born August 4, 1979) Retired US Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor on February 29, 2016, for rescue of a civilian in Afghanistan in 2012. Byers retired after 21 years of service on September 19, 2019, at the Washington Navy Yard
American Former Female Historic Person - One of The Last Surviving Witnesses Of The Great Fire of 1910, Which Was A Huge Fire That Burned 3 Million Acres Of Northeast Washington And Western Montana. It Was The Largest Fire In Recorded U.S.A. History
German - Born American Former Female Scientist And Author - Astrophysics.Novel - 'Die Wasserstoffkonvektionszone der Sonne' (1952), 'ntroduction to Stellar Astrophysics' (1989)
WWII - Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2, marched 350km by foot to support German defenses when the Allies landed in Normany; Battle of St. Lo, survivor of the Falaise Pocket
American Female Historic Person - Civil Rights Activist. As A Girl Participated In The Student Protests That Led To The Davis v. School Board Of Prince Edward County Case That Became One Of The 5 Historic Brown v. Board Of Education Cases (1951)
Professional photographer, covered major historic and sporting events. Rode in JFK's Dallas motorcade in the White House Press Bus and snapped photos of Dealey Plaza in the seconds after the shooting
Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographer in 1963, Cabluck covered President Kennedy in Fort Worth and Dallas. Following the assassination, he went to Parkland Memorial Hospital and then took aerial photographs of Dealey Plaza
Argentinian famed inter-sex and trans-sex activist. Born female, he signed the Yogyakarta Principles accord and is a recipient of the Bob Hepple Equality Award
American Female Science Teacher And Entomologist - She Is Known For Her Work With Parasitic Insects And Their Chemical Responses To Their Host. She Has Had Over 30 Years With Research On The Insect - Texas Field Cricket
American Former Female Historic Peron. Ex- Supercentenarian Aged 111 And 12 Days (1902-2013). At The Time Of Her Death She Was The Oldest Living Person In Texas
WWII: PTO. 27th Infantry Division; gunner on a 155 millimeter artillery piece. Fought in the Battle of Saipan and Okinawa. In Okinawa he was bayonetted and sewed himself up, not missing one day of the battle. Bronze Star
Iconic guitarist, who played the themes of 'Bonanza' and 'The Magnificent Seven'. Worked with Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Barbara Streisand, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Neil Sedaka a.o. Iwo Jima veteran
Vietnam Vet, Helicopter rescue pilot, born 1947. Vietnam Cobra pilot, 235th Armed Helicopter Company. Rescue pilot with the Nat'l Guard during the Mt St Helens eruption in 1980
Peter 'Peter Rabbit' Calabrese - a former Bonanno capo involved in the 1984 murder of Cesare Bonventre with brothers Louis and Robert Attanasio. In 2006, Calabrese and Louis Attanasio were sentenced to 15 years for Cesare Bonventre's murder
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS West Virginia. Navy chief petty officer. Trapped inside the West Virginia and hardly escaped. Also in the Battle of Midway
WWII: Marine who fought at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Guam. As a boy, he attended the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, met and corresponded with Civil War veterans, and is a sculptor of miniature figures
American Female Astronaut And Chemist. Space Shuttle Endeavour - Flight STS-118 (August 2007). International Space Station Crew - Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 (April 2010 to September 2010)
WWII: D-Day. Company K, 116th Infantry, 29th Division. Landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach; later served across France, like Saint Lo and Brest, then Belgium, Siegfried Line, Germany. Purple Heart, three Bronze Stars, Silver Star
WWII - Paratrooper of the 101st Airborne (Screamin' Eagles). Combat jump on D-day, when he was wounded, captured by Germans and escaped. Also fought in the Battle of the Bulge
American Former Female Historic Person. An Employee Of Lee Harvey Oswald's at the Texas School Book Depository. Gloria Stood Near The Stemmon's Freeway Sign On The North Side Of Elm St. To Observe President Kennedy's Motorcade And Assassination (1963)
(Born 1937) US Army Vietnam Veteran. He was captured as a POW in 1963 and escaped in 1965. He became the first American Prisoner of War to escape captivity in Vietnam. Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star
US Politician, Penn. (1833-1918) Ran railways supplying Union troops. Grant's Sec. of War, handled Battle of Little Bighorn and threats from controversial R.B. Hayes election. Senator, 1877-97. Last living Grant Cabinet member at his death
WWII - D-Day: Served on the HMCS Kitchener, K-225, the only Canadian Corvette to participate in D-Day, escorting the second wave of American infantry which landed at around 11 am on Omaha Beach
American Former Female Historical Person - Assistant Press Secretary For President Kennedy (1961-1963). She Accompanied The President To Dallas On The Texas Trip (1963)
English Female Author And Long Distance Walker - Novel - 'Ffyona Campbell - On Foot Through Africa' (1994), 'Whole Story a Walk Around The World' (1996), 'Feet of Clay: Her Epic Walk Across Australia'(1991), 'The Beat Of A Different Drum'(2017)
WWII: PTO. Cook on the USS Missouri who took the famous photograph of the USS Missouri about being hit by a Kamikaze on April 11, 194 during the Battle of Okinawa
American Female Pilot Of U.S. Air Force (1997- ) Awarded With 'The Distinguished Flying Cross' For Action In Aerial Combat After Flying A Mission Over Baghdad, Iraq, And 'Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit' (2003)
Co-winner 2015 Nobel Medicine Prize/cited for discovering avermectin, derivatives of which helped lower incidence of river blindness & lymphatic filariasis 2 diseases caused by parasitic worms that affect millions of African & Asian people
Unarmed guard who distracted Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas shooter who killed 58 people and wounded more than 500/Hailed hero, interrupting and locating shooter to be stopped
Co-author of the series 'How Race Is Lived in America' which won a 2001 Pulitzer Prize, and A Journal for Jordan about the death of her fiance, Charles Monroe King, in the Iraq War and the journal he left for their son
Was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was shot and wounded in the right wrist by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970 while protesting the invasion of Cambodia
Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1929) who fought during the frustrated offensive to retake Mallorca under Nationalist control. He is the younger brother of Alfons Canovas. He is now 87 and lives in Barcelona, Spain
English Female Explorer, Adventurer, Author, And Motivational Speaker - Novel - 'Snow, Sleds \And Silence: The Story Of The Nordkapp Expedition' (2012), 'A Challenge Too Far?' (2003)
JFK related/Bay of Pigs Frogman/Participated in dozens of CIA missions to Cuba after the Bay of Pigs, flies a helicopter for the county's public works and is president of the Cuban Pilots Association
Spanish Civil War veteran (Born: 1916) is one the last two living mechanics of Republican fighter aircrafts. He fought with the fourth squadron fixing Russian Polikarpov-15 fighters during the conflict. Now 100
Retired spacesuit technician for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, crew chief, and manager of the Space Shuttle Crew Escape Equipment Processing department. She is the first Black woman to serve in these roles
Ecuadorian Former Female Supercentenarian. At The Time Of Her Death At Age 116 Years, 347 Days, Was Recognized By Guinness World Records As The World's Oldest Living Person
WWII: ETO. B 24 Liberator radioman and aerial gunner. 35 missions from 6 October 1944 to 10 April 1945. Stationed in Attlebridge, England. 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group
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
WWII: Home Front. Worked for the Signal Corps and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where she tested the strength of materials used on ships and how to insulate wires used on the ships so they did not mold
Born Havana, Cuba 3-7-1938/Bay of Pigs Veteran/Cuban Pilot Air Force Captain trained by US, when returned to Cuba arrested for being trained by USA & later participated to fight for US forces in invasion/Flew B-26 hit during invasion
Author and Founder of The Caraway Group, Inc., a nationally recognized public relations and public affairs agency. She has played a major role in shaping the goals and objectives of the National Democratic Party
Former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush; notified President Bush of the 9/11 terrorist attacks while they were visiting the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida
WWII: 506th Bomb Squadron, S 44th Bomb Group, 8th AF; shot down, became a POW. On Oct. 14th, 1947, he flew the B-29 carrying the X-1 in which Gen. Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound. 2months later he began flight test work with the YB-49 Flying Wing
WWII: PTO. Served on LSM-135 (landing troops and tanks onto the beaches), Leyte operation, also landings at Luzon and Lingayen Gulf. He survived more than a dozen attacks from kamikaze until eventually hit off Okinawa, 25 May 1945
American Female Personality - Blind For Over Two \Decades. Recently Able To See With A New Bionic Eye (2015) Never Had Night Vision Her Whole Life And Day Vision Progressively Worsened Over The Years To The Point Where She Couldn't See Anything At All
One of the last surviving construction workers who worked on The Shasta Dam, which began construction in 1938. He is now 91 and lives in Redding, California, U.S.A
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. Chief engineer who was instrumental in saving the ship
WWII: PTO. He led one of the two unfortunate groups of B-17s to Pearl Harbor to arrive in the midst of the attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Later piloted the first B-29 to be shot down over Japan. POW
American Former Female Feminist, Writer, Newspaper Reporter, Media Advisor, Speechwriter, Political Humourist, And Public Relations Expert. TV Series Documentary 'Independent Lens' - 'Sisters of '77' (2005)
American Former Female Newspaper Columnist And Local Television Host (Washington DC). Ex - Wife to Malcolm Scott Carpenter (Original Mercury 7 Astronaut). Support Group = Astronaut's Wives Club
Physician, flight surgeon assigned to the Apollo 11 mission. He along with John Hirasaki were the only two people other than the Apollo 11 astronauts in the mobile quarantine facility
American Female Historical Figure. One Of The Last Survivors Of The Tri-State Tornado (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana). The Deadliest Tornado In American History That Occurred On March 18, 1925. She Is Now 97 (2020) And Lives In Mount Vernon, Indiana, U.S.A
Retired U.S. Navy - served as Commanding Officer of the USS Anzio (CG-68) and USS John Rodgers (DD-983). Also served as a reactor officer with the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and as XO of the USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
Canadian Jewish Female Musicologist And Human Rights Activist known For Secretly Bringing To \Freedom Thousands Of Jews Out of Syria Over A Period Of 28 Years
British born US planetary geologist, born 1935. Worked on nearly every Mars planetary probe, including as the imaging team leader for the Viking missions. Worked on lunar mapping and geological aspects of the 1960's Apollo program
Lieutenant General William Keir 'Bill' Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD (born March 19, 1923) is a retired Canadian Air Force officer. As the first commander of Air Command, he has been described as the father of the modern Canadian Air Force
WWII: D-Day. Seabee signalman, 111th Construction Battalion; spent six months building barges for the invasion, then volunteered for duty as a signalman during the invasion
First Latino patrol officer of the LAPD
Investigated Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker
Featured on Netflix's Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
American journalist, author, and advice columnist/Victim in the Donald Trump rape case/Her 2019 book, What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, Carroll accused Les Moonves and Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s
New York Herald Tribune reporter witness to & in famous photo of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby in JFK Assassination case/Soon to self-publish ?Accidental Assassin: Jack Ruby and Four Minutes in Dallas?
American Former Female Pilot. She Holds The Distinction Of Being The First Woman In The United States Licensed To Fly A Helicopter. She Flew, Among Others, The Bell 47B, The World's First Commercially Certified Helicopter. Also Known As 'Whirly Girl #2'
American Female Sociologist, Author, And Senior Fellow At Greater Good Science Center. Novel - 'The Sweet Spot : How to Accomplish More by Doing Less' (2017), 'Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids And Happier Parents' (2010)
Convicted serial killer currently housed on San Quentin, California's Death row. He has been convicted (in two separate trials) of the murder of four women
UPI reporter for Dallas Bureau , was aboard motorcade press bus and heard shots fired in Dealey Plaza. Also covered Parkland Hospital and Love Field after JFK assassination
WWII: Sergeant, 391st Quartermaster Trucking Company of the 'Red Ball Express', the famous and one of the biggest logistical operations of WWII, using up to 5600 trucks to transport goods across Europe from August 25 to November 16, 1944
American Former Female Historical Person And Author. Mother Of Former President Jimmy Carter. Novel - 'Away From Home: Letters To My Family' (1977), 'Miss Lillian And Friends: The Plains, Georgia, Family Philosophy And Recipe Book...' (1977)
American Female Pilot - Unofficial Record For Youngest Pilot Of A Transcontinental Flight Round Trip Over America -9 Years Old (March 21 1994). Unrecognized Claims Since The Pilot Must Be 16 To Get A License
WWII: One of the last surviving members of The Manhattan Project, he was Enrico Fermi's lab technician: helped create the world's first atomic bomb. Witness to the explosion of the first a-bomb ('Trinity', July 16, 1945)
Jimmy Carter's grandson arranged video release of Mitt Romney's statement of 47% remarks into hidden camera that may aided effected outcome of 2012 United States Presidential Elections
Publisher Fort Worth Star-Telegram, civic leader, philanthropist, Born Fort Worth, Texas. As youth sold newspapers on a corner in downtown Ft Worth. POW with German force/Texas Rangers Team owner/Major Texas historical figure
WWII: ETO. 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He fought in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Guard duty at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials, often photographed standing directly behind Goering
WW2/U.S. Army with the 238th Combat Engineer Battalion. He landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, and continued throughout Europe until the end of the war
US Navy chaplain currently assigned to USS John C. Stennis as Command Chaplain. A 6 ft 4 in graduate of The Citadel in South Carolina and of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Rev. Cash nearly became a professional football player. He is the great
JFK - USAF Pipe Band; played at various events in the Kennedy presidency, including the visit of the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Sean Lemass in October 1963 (where Cashion met JFK) and the funeral of JFK
English Female Author, Doctor, Torture Survivor. And Activist - Novel - 'Audacity to Believe' (1977), 'Good Friday People' (1991), 'Sharing The Darkness: The Spirituality Of Caring' (1988), 'The Loneliest Journey' (1995)
Anthony S. 'Gaspipe' Casso (born May 21, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an Italian American mobster and former underboss of the Lucchese crime family. During his career in organized crime, Casso was regarded as a 'homicidal maniac' in the American Ma
WWII PTO: USMC. Aircraft mechanic for the famous 'Cactus Air Force' at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. After the war, he worked for Rockwell; part of the team that designed the launch umbilical tower for the Saturn V rocket (Apollo 11)
American Former Female Newspaper Editor, Journalist, And Women's Rights Activist - Novel - 'Sarah--The Bridge Builder: Dowager Of A Dallas Dynasty'(1994), 'Daughters Of Dallas: A History Of Greater Dallas Through The Voices And Deeds Of Its Women'(1994)
American Female Former Criminal - Poisoned Her Then-Husband David Castor With Antifreeze (2005) And Attempting To Murder Her Daughter, Ashley Wallace, With A Toxic Cocktail Consisting Of Crushed Pills Mixed In With Vodka, Orange Juice, And Sprite (2007)
U.S. Army Major who has continued serving on active duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight. Served in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Lost eyesight due to a mortar round landing near where he was deployed
Spanish Former Female Historic Person - Member Of The Socialist Youth Of Catalonia (PSUC) During The Spanish Civil War. She Was The Last Living Survivor Of The Nazi Concentration Camp 'Ravensbrück'.
Michael Catapano - a former acting Colombo capo and a nephew of John Franzese. Catapano is currently serving a 6? year prison sentence after pleading guilty to extorting a pizzeria and a gambling club
American historian and journalist, best known for his books on the American Civil War. Known as a narrative historian/Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox
WWII: MTO, ETO, PTO. United States Navy. He participated in the landings at Gela, Sicily, Salerno, Italy and at Normandy for the invasion of Europe. Also served in the Pacific at Leyte Gulf and Okinawa
Author, speaker & space journalist/author of 'Man on the Moon' a detailed description of Apollo missions to moon. Book formed basis of 'From the Earth to the Moon' a TV miniseries/worked at NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Viking project
Nicknamed the 'Preppie Killer', pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin. He killed her in New York's Central Park during the early morning hours of August 26, 1986. Currently serving a 16 year sentence for drug offences
American Female Former American Law Enforcement Officer And A Former Chief Of The United States Park Police (2002-2003, 2011-2013). Fired After Speaking With A Washington Post Reporter. Later Reinstated
American Former Female Centenarian (1899-2003). Early Wright Plane Passenger. As A 12 Year Old In 1911 Ohio, Saw A Wright Flyer Land In A Schoolyard, Giving $5 Trips. Stranger Dared Her And Paid. She Sat On A Metal Rod (No Seats!), Flew Over The School
WWII Pearl Harbor survivor (Scofield Barracks), 27th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. Also fought in the Guadalcanal Campaign and Solomon Islands campaign
US WWII Army vet, born 1923. Fought Japanese in the Philippines. Surrendering in May 1942, his unit was brutally tortured. He ended up in Yodogawa camp until near war's end. Of only 52 Yodogawa POW survivors, he's now the last living one
JFK - US Secret Service 1959-1980; traveled a lot with Kennedy. He wasn't in Dallas on November 22, 1963, but was preparing the return of the president in Washington
Political organizer, businessman, and retired public servant. He was Deputy Assistant to the President Richard M. Nixon, during the Watergate scandal. Chapin was convicted of lying to a grand jury (perjury) during the scandal
WWII: USS Killen (DD-593), Battle of Leyte Gulf: Killen provided a critical hit to battleship Yamashiro (flagship of Vice-Admiral Shoji Nishimura) leading to is sinking on Oct. 26, 1944. He also survived a Kamikaze attack on Nov. 1, 1944
WWII: PTO. 1885th Aviation Engineer Battalion, Army Corps of Engineers. He also helped to build airfields for B-29 bombers on the Mariana Islands and Ryukyu
JFK - Air Force One flight engineer 1961-1980; served for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Chappel was in Dallas on 22 November 1963