JFK - Head 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
In 1954 Ed Andrews was the New York Yankees' first Negro League pitcher. Unfortunately Andrews never panned out as expected or he and not Elston Howard would have been the first black player in team history.
American Country Singer born 1918.Songs-->'On Top of Old Smokey''Tennesse Waltz','Red River Valley','Across the Wide Missouri','Kentucky Waltz','Lonesome Road','Down in the Valley','The Cattle Call','You Dont Know Me','Bouquet of Roses'
Born 1916.Last living female 'Monuments Men' of the 2nd wave of Monuments Men which began their work after the war had ended. She is related to writer Virginia Woolf
American Male Former Football Player - End Guard - 'Vanderbilt Commodores' (1921?1924), 'New York Giants (1925?1926). First Vanderbilt Football Player Elected To The College Football Hall of Fame
Actor Director Writer active from the 50's into the 70's. Directed several religous themed films in the 50's. Appeared in small tv roles. Was the son of censor Joseph Breen
American Former Male Comedian & Actor - TV Series - 'The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show' (1950-1958). Movie - 'Six of a Kind' (1934), 'Oh God!' 1977), ' The Sunshine Boys' (1975), '18 Again!' (1988), 'A Damsel In Distress' (1937) Plus Many More Roles
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
American Female American Football Player - Defence Back/Fullback. Lingerie/Legends Football League (LFL) 'Baltimore Charm' (2010-2013 ) 'Las Vegas Sin' (2014-2015)
American Former Female Singer, Musician, And Dancer. Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, Autoharp And Piano. (1939-2003). Country, Folk, Gospel Music Genre. Single - 'A Good Man' (1971). Singles With Johnny Cash -'Jackson' (1967), 'If I Were A Carpenter' (1969)
American Former Male Singer, Writer and Actor - Guitar. Country, Folk, Gospel Music Genre Single - 'Ring of Fire' (1963), 'I Walk the Line' (1956, 'A Boy Named Sue'(1969),'Understand Your Man'(1964), 'Jackson'(1967), 'One Piece At A Time'(1976)
C&W Singer/Songwriter - Sally Was A Good Old Girl, I'd Fight The World, A Good Country Song. Some of his songs covered by other artists - A Little Bitty Tear, I Fall To Pieces, Make The World Go Away, Funny Way Of Laughin'
WWII - Mine Platoon of the Anti-Tank Company, 69th Infantry Division, 271st Regiment. First combat at the 'Siegfried Line' in February 1945; crossed the Rhine on March 27, 1945; arrived at the KZ Buchenwald one day after its liberation
Director/actor/writer 'Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story' 'Random Passage'/4 years Naval officer in WW2. Landing craft officer-Boat Group Commander for my ship-landing assault troops on the beaches of six Japanese island strongholds
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
Author;'Just A Kid, A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials' 18 years old when drafted in 1944, into infantry. Found himself standing guard over Nazi war criminals, & watched as atrocities were described in detail throughout the Nuremberg Trails
WWII veteran, born in 1913, believed to be the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor. He served on the USS W> Virginia during the attack, and later served in the Korean War
U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the White House detail during the Kennedy years, Duncan served as the advance agent for Fort Worth during the Texas visit in November 1963
Actor: Vampires, The Lazarus Man, Mudhoney, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Vixen, Supervixens, Rich Man Poor Man, The Swarm, Beneath the Valley of the Supervixens, Jagged Edge, Suburban Commando, Conagher, Wyatt Earp, The Desperate Trail
former Reds, Braves, Cubs, Mets & Royals outfielder; holds minor league record for stolen bases in one season (155); currently plays in White Sox minor leagues
Actress - The Slime People, Pajama Party, Ride The Wild Surf, City Under The Sea, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (title role). Wife of A.I.P. president James H. Nicholson from 1964 until his death in 1972
Singer/Songwriter - wrote the Glen Campbell song, Gentle On My Mind. A regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour & The Johnny Cash Show. He recorded more than 30 albums. One-man band
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
U.S. Congressman (4th CD) from Massachusetts. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy II, grandson of Ethel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy. Elected to Congress in 2012
Actor: The Andy Griffith Show, The Aristocats, Mayberry R.F.D., Treasure of Matecumbe, Snowball Express, The Rescuers, Take This Job and Shove It, Cannonball Run II // Guest Star: The Twilight Zone, Gomer Pyle USMC, Gunsmoke, Hee Haw, CHiPs, M*A*S*H
Last surviving witness to 'The Sutton Hoo excavation' in 1939, considered to be one of the most important excavation's made in British archaeological history. She lives in Chester, UK and is now 84 years old
Australian WWII veteran and a member of Semut 1, a group of undercover allied operatives lead by the eccentric English Major Tom Harrisson in Borneo in 1945. Now lives in Bayswater, West Australia with his wife Margery
Donald Francis Mason was a U.S. Navy pilot with Patrol Squadron Eight-Two (VP-82), stationed at Argentia, Newfoundland.Responsible for the saying 'Sighted Sub, Sank Same.
US Marine Sgt./Vietnam/Last out before the fall of Saigon/sent to attache office to guard millions of dollars before cash was burned & compound blown up by the Americans to keep the enemy from raiding it and obtaining classified documents
Country Western Legend/Grand Ole Opry Star, her trade-mark is flowery hat with price tag still in place. Regular on 'Hee Haw' Trade mark introduction; 'How Dee!' 'i'm just so proud to be here
Country-Western Guitarist. Member of Johnny Cash's back-up group, The Tennessee Three. Created Cash's 'boom-chicka-boom' style. Iconic figure in the creation of Rockabilly music. Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft and the Seattle Mariners in the 19th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft, Also played for Team USA Baseball team in 1991
Country Music Singer/Songwriter - Kentucky Rain, Pure Love, Every Which Way But Loose, Suspicions, Step By Step, The Best Year Of My Life, On Second Thought
Singer: 'Hot Stuff', 'She Got The Gold Mine, I Got The Shaft', 'When You're Hot, You're Hot', 'Pretty Mary Sunlight' Actor: Smokey and The Bandit I, II, and III, Hot Stuff, Waterboy, The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Bodybuilder, born 1944, Munich, Germany,
Mr. Germany 1965 , Mr. Europe 1970 (Tall Division), Mr. Europe 1972 (Tall Division), famous physic model in the 1960s
C&W Singer/Songwriter - El Paso, A White Sport Coat..., Singing The Blues, Don't Worry, The Story Of My Life, Devil Woman, Begging To You, Ruby Ann, I Walk Alone, My Woman-My Woman-My Wife, El Paso City, Honkytonk Man. Country Music Hall Of Fame
This is the Venezuelan-born left-handed pitcher who was born April 7, 1993. He was traded by the Orioles to the Red Sox in the Andrew Miller deal, and, as of spring, 2018, is a starting pitcher for Boston
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/Drove bus through Saigon & pick up eligible to leave. Saw anger growing among those on the streets as people realized the end was near & U.S. was pulling out. A rocket hit near the bus & was shaken by shrapnel
MLB pitcher from 1937-45 with Boston Bees, Reds, Yankees. Known as 'Milkman Jim'. All-Star. Best season was 1937 going 20-11, ERA title of 2.38 & led league in complete games. In 1940 went 14-7 with 2.89 ERA. Pitched shutout inning for Yanks in 42 W.S
Reporter/cameraman WBAP-TV/Covered attempted shooting Gen. Edwin Walker. November 22, at Love Field, Trade Mart & Parkland, captured only sound recording of announcement of President Kennedy's death. In 1964, he covered the Jack Ruby trial
Country Music Singer/Songwriter. Sang many duets with Kenny Rogers. First female county music performer to win a Grammy award (1965 - 'Here Comes My Baby')
Stuntman: Rio Bravo, The Alamo, The Misfits, Daniel Boone, Point Blank, Planet of the Apes, Rollerball, King Kong, Bronco Billy, The Fall Guy, Escape from New York, Road House // Actor: Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter, Starman, Silverado, The Hidden
C&W/Novelty Singer (AKA: Ben Colder) - Purple People Eater, That's My Pa. Actor - Rawhide (1959-65 as Pete Nolan), High Noon, Giant, The Black Whip, Man Without A Star, Little Big Horn, The War Wagon, Silverado, Hoosiers , Hee Haw, The Muppet Show
Texas Ranger, drove Mayor's car in JFK's Dallas motorcade. Helped remove the President's body from the limo on arrival at Parkland Hospital. Later served 16 years as a county sheriff