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German ww2 pilot
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British WW2 pilot involved in the 'Battle of Britain'
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US Army, statesman, politician (1767-1845). 7th US President (1829-37)
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Medal of honor marines ww2
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WWII: Iwo Jima, 5th Marines, F Company
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WWII: ETO. 92nd Infantry Division. 'Buffalo Soldier'
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge; Battle of Bastogne (he is one of the Battered Bastards). B Company, 326th Airborne Engineering Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles)
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medal of honor air force vietnam war
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran of the HMS Savage & HMS Cassandra, which was torpedoed on 11 Dec 1944 by U-boat U-365. 62 men died in the attack and she was towed, first by the frigate Bahamas, then by a Soviet Navy tugboat to Murmansk
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WWII Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group, 'Zemke's Wolfpack'
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Mike Jackson (6)Retired Royal millitary
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US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. Served from 1966 to 1970
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WWII: PTO. Japanese surrender Tokyo Bay. USS Missouri
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Rose Jackson (2)
WWII Nurse with 5th Evacuation Hospital -
(Born 1982) US Army Iraq War Veteran. Distinguished Service Cross Recipient
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'Tuskegee Airmen' & fighter ace of ww2
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GBE, CB, (27 September 1899 - 24 April 1993), Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952-1960
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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Born in 1924. He served in both the European and Pacific theaters during World War II, earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star
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Retired American Colonel and author of If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
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medal of honor army vietnam war
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Radio Operator (Iwo Jima)Born:1924
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Danish WWII Veteran
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge. Co I, 330th Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
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United States Marine who earned the United States' highest military honor ' the Medal of Honor -' for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. 'Private First Class Jacobson destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated appro
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American WWII - Pilot, USAAC, Member of combat mission 'Yamamoto Mission' in October 1942
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US Army General
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Military
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WWII: Survived the sinking of the USS Reuben James on October 31, 1941. Last known survivor of the disaster
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WWII: Served with the Afrikakorps and ended the war as a Company Commander in the Stabskompanie. Now 92
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French World War One Veteran
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WWII: British Arctic Convoy veteran
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US Navy vet, born 1943. Two tours of Vietnam. Navy Seal UDT recovery teams for Apollo 12 and Apollo 13
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WWII: ETO. D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge. 508th PIR, H Company, 82nd Airborne. 4 Bronze Stars, 2 Purple Hearts and the French Legion of Merit
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air force general
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Former British RAF Pilot Officer, WW II, Suvivor of 'The Great Escape'
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WWII veteran. 641 Ordinance Company. Black soldier who was court martialed during the war for questioning his superior. After he was honorably discharged in 1947 he became a mathematician and worked in the aerospace industry
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The real Great Escape artist from WWII, not the actor
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WW2 veteran. Aviator
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Survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis;
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Military - awarded Victoria Cross re holding a bridgehead on 7/8th August 1944, in Normandy, France
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Tuskegee Airman Pilot
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Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps. Retired, Was featured on Making Money
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US WWII/Korean War Navy, born 1927. Peleliu, Leyte Battles of WWii, Inchon in Korea. Witness to Operation Crossroads atomic tests in 1946
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WWII WAC Corporal, born 1922. Rare Chinese-American woman WWII. Stationed at a NY hospital caring for injured servicemen, sometimes taking them to B'way shows or dancing to cheer them up. Widow of Chinese-American Army Air Corp navigator
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Last surviving member of 1st Battalion, Gambia Regiment
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WWII: Chief of Pharmacy Service with the Flying Tigers, 14th U.S. Army Air Forces. 95th Stationary Field Hospital in Kunming, the capital of the Hunan Province
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Oklahoma
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Retired Polish pilot, Colonel of the Polish Army and Cosmonaut Backup Cosmonaut of Miros?aw Hermaszewski
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Flying Tigers-propeller specialist
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WWII: Fighter Ace, 5.5 victories
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Retired General
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WW2 Veteran
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WWII - D-Day. Virginia National Guard's 111th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division; landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach
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USS Indianapolis survivor
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US N. Carolina Lawyer, Politician (1836-1915). Confederate Army, arm maimed at Dewey's Bluff Battle. Gov. of NC (1879-85), US Senate (1864-95)
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US Army Vietnam Veteran. Served from 1969 to 1970
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Hickam Field
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Pilot in World War I and as an operations officer in World War II as well as commanding Officer of the 446th Bomb Group at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth/Participated in drafting the original Civil Air regulations
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(Born 1932) US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW 1966 to 1973. Recipient of 2 Silver Stars
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941, USS Curtiss (AV-4). Breakfasting when the attack began, Jeffers mounted a .50-caliber gun and fired throughout the attack; the USS Curtiss was hit by a bomb and a downed Japanese aircraft
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Tuskegee airmen ww2
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Lz xray 1965 namwas in bellingham,wa but not now?
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Fighter ace
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WWII: ETO. Rhineland, Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge, Germany. Army Air Corps
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US Army deserter, held in North Korea from 1965-2004
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medal of honor army vietnam war
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JFK - Born 1943; one of the two Navy corps man present at the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy at the Bethesda Navy Hospital
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WWII - Commander of the 510th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, flying P-47s. Called Jenkins' Jerry Junkers, it was part of the 405th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force. D-Day and beyond; Silver Star
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 251st C/A Artillery, Camp Malakole; later in the Battle of Bougainville
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medal of honor army vietnam war
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Lz xray 1965 nam1/7 cav a cowas in anglletion,tx but not now?
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Witness of first hydrogen bomb test: 'Ivy Mike' (Operation Ivy, 10.4 megatonnes of TNT) - October 31, 1952 19:14:59
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(born 28 February 1917 in Hackney, London, England) was the founder of the company that produced the first Vox Guitar amplifier
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WWII: PTO. US Navy Flight Nurse in the Pacific
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS California
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WWII: D-Day. Helmsman on the USS Augusta during the D-Day invasion
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Danish WWII Veteran
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WWII Veteran from Colorado Springs, Colorado. News story done on him ABC 13 KRDC July 31st 2023
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WW2 at D-Day/Enlisting Army on 4/1/1943/Sergeant 626th Engineer Light Equip. Co., JOB moving, bulldozing or rebuilding anything & everything, from small pillboxes to entire towns/Meritorious Unit Award/ Philippine Liberation Service Ribbon
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weapons officer on the Enola Gay during the Hiroshima Mission
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Danish WWII Veteran
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Former Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Former Vice Chairman
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Military
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WWII Army Air Corps, 393rd Bomb Squad, 509th Composite Group, born 1925. Clerk in the Intelligence Office on Tinian during Hiroshima/Nagasaki missions, worked with Paul Tibbets Responsible for preparation of information required for bombing missions
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Member of the Flying Tigers (AVG) & Fighter Ace (10.5 Vict) WWII.
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Rigel (AR-11)
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. USMC. Purple Heart
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WWII: P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. US Navy, LST 823
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Operation HalyardLargest rescue of downed airmen in WWIIThe Forgotten 500
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Pearl Harbor survivor 7 Dec 1941; recovering aboard a hospital ship in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, already in the water aboard a small shuttle boat as the attack began, Johann rescued men from the oil-slicked and burning waters
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Wwii: wasp
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Retired U.S. Navy - former Commanding Officer of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), the USS Denver (LPD-9), and the Dragonfires (VS-29)
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92 Year old nose gunner on a B-24 bomber during WW2 & POW. Now lives in Montville, NJ
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Army General
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Centenarian (1896-2001). US WWI veteran. Drove a hospital truck in France during his service, and contracted/survived the 1918 Flu epidemic
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black sheep squadron
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Andrew Johnson (5) 17th president of the United States
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Arthur Johnson (2) Military
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Top Gun Crew Chief/Tuskegee Airmen?/99th PS & 332nd
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WWII Veteran, Tuskegee Airmen
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Charles Johnson (3)USAF General
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US WWII vet, born 1922. Served in the OSS, disrupting supply chains by parachuting into enemy areas in France and Germany, then into China
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WWII: Bataan Death March survivor
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Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard U.S.S. Maryland when the attack took place. Also fought in the Korean War
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Tuskegee Airmen, Bomber/Navigator!
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Bomb Aimer, 617 Squadron (Dambusters)
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WW1 Veteran. Awarded Distinguished Service Cross for actions in Flexville, France
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Fighter Pilot Ace during WWII.(18 victories)
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Retired Navy Admiral
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air force general
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Pearl Harbor survivor (7 Dec 1941), USS Oklahoma
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WWII: Combat Information Center, USS Killen, DD-593. Battle of Surigao Strait (25 October 1944). Johnson's job was to figure out the torpedo trajectory for the attack that eventually sank the Japanese battleship Yamashiro
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4 Star General
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Member of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron
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Manhattan Project/Oak Ridge worker, born in 1925. Worked as a 'Calutron Girl' during WWII, unknowingly helping to produce Uranium for the Hiroshima bomb
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ww 11 air force hero england
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British ace from WW2
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Former Chief of Naval Operations
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navy admiral
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WW2 Flying Ace
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Jonathan Johnson (3)Member of rescue Ship USS Bassett to the aid of the USS Indianapolis Survivors
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'Hidden Figure' African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the US aeronautics and space programs with early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
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WWII: Survivor of the sinking of the SS Leopoldville on December 24, 1944
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US Army Veteran
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WWII SPAR, a female veteran in the US Coast Guard. Born in 1914
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WWII: Wake Island Defender: Civilian worker, POW. Bronze Star with 'V' (awarded in combat). Battle of Wake Island, 8-23 December 1941
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Journalist and Vegas PR career, born 1933. Korean War vet, guarded MacArthur. Raced cars, friends with James Dean. Danced in 'Jailhouse Rock' title number with Elvis, who became a friend since they shared an interest in martial arts
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medal of honor army ww11
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor 7 December 1941
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USAF Desert Storm War Hero.Flew A-10
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WWII US Fighter Pilot, 56th FG, Zemke's Wolfpack
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Tuskegee Airman WWII
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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
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Robert Johnson (5) 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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Author; 'gidi gidi boom boom'/S/Sgt. Turret Gunner 15th Air Force, 449th Bomb Group WW2/One of Ploesti raiders, shot down on a mission to Romania
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WWII Navy veteran; USS Colhoun (DD-801) survivor (6 April 1945, sunk by Kamikaze attack). Read his story at http://leftfieldperspectives.blogspot.co.at/2006/11/meet-doc-johnson.html
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Arkansas Lawyer, Politician (1814-1879) US Rep. (1847-53), US Senator (1853-61). Strong Southern supporter, served as Arkansas' Confederate Senator during the Civil War
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USMC General
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Iraq War POW
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Tuskegee Airmen, b. 1924
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World War II veteran. Was a North American Aviation test pilot during the Apollo Program. After the Apollo 1 fire, Mr. Johnson was asked by his employer North American Aviation to enter another module and try to figure out what happened Born 18.4.1925
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WWII - First Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) to qualify as instructors on electrically-operated .50-calibre machine gun turrets
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Retired USMC General born 1937
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WWII: ETO. P-51 Mustang pilot. 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group. 4.5 victories
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'Easy Company' 'Member ofa Band of Brothers'
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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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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Headquarters Squadron, 11th Bombardment Group, Hickam Field
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WWII: On board the USS Emmons on 6 June 1944 during D-Day. He also survived the 5 kamikaze planes that flew into the plane on 6 April 1945
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WWII veteran, participated in D-Day (748th Tank Battalion). Also a participant in FDR's New Deal Programs, the CCC and the WPA
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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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WWII - Tuskegee Air(wo)man
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World war 2 fighter ace
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Doolittle Raiders 'Pilot Crew #5'
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Apollo 11: Pilot of the helicopter (#66) that recovered Neil Armstrong after Apollo 11 returned successfully
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Doug Jones (9)WW2 veteran (born: 1919). He was one of the last soldiers to get off the beach at Dunkirk. He also witnessed the last eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944. He lives in Bolton, UK and recently celebrated his 100th birthday
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British ace from WW2
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Tuskegee Airmen WW2 '99th FS'
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Tuskegee Airman
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941; NAS Kanoehe Bay. He is the man working on and bending over a rope in the famous photograph of December 7, 1941, with wreckage and burning planes all around, trying to save a PYB
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British Union Leader. Born: 03/29/1913
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USMC Commander James Logan Jones Jr (b: December 19, 1943) is a retired Marine 4 star general who served from 1967 to 2007
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Born 1919 WW2 US Army Veteran
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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
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Johnnie Jones (2) WWII D-Day Veteran, Civil Rights attorney, Louisiana State Legislator
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(Born 1924) US Navy WW2 Veteran. Hunted and sunk German U-boats. Purple Heart Recipient
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Rosie The Riveter - Built WWII Airplanes
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US WWII Navy Pilot, born 1922. Flew off the USS Guadalcanal. Flew Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair, F-4 and Fury
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Royal millitary
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British WW2 pilot involved in the 'Battle of Britain'
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Robert Jones (8)D-Day landings veteran. Born: 1925. He is now 89 and lives in the UK. He was a former machine gunner with the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry. Also known as Robert
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WWII: PTO. 1st Marine Division. Saw action saw action in New Guinea, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Peleliu, Okinawa, and the Ryukyu Islands. 2 Bronze Stars
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Survivor Korean Death March/29th Regimental Combat Team/Captured at Oneui on July 26, 1950, marched 40 miles south of the Manchurian border, some 600 miles. POW for 3 months & was one of 23 survivors of 1,500 captured men
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(October 23, 1916 - April 15, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and a highly decorated veteran of three wars, receiving the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. He was a battalion commander in World W
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WWII: 7th Infantry Division; fought in the battles of Attu Island, Kwajelein, Leyte and Okinawa
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Pearl Harbor Survivor, E Company, 19th Infantry 24th Division, Schofield Barracks
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WWII Royal Navy veteran who famously absconded from his UK nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings (2014)
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army general
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Cuban exile of the 1960's (Born: 1936), anti-Castro, and Bay of Pigs Invasion participant who is co-founder and president of the Cuban American National Foundation. Age: 80
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The oldest living female World War II Veteran and a former Army Nurse. She nursed soldiers who had been wounded on Iwo Jima during the brutal and bloody battle to capture the island. She is now 109 and lives in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A
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WWII - Navy. Served on the USS Hornet (CV-8) from her first to her last day, supporting the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and surviving the sinking in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 27 October 1942
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coast guard admiral
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Ww2 luftwaffe ace
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World War II German veteran
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army general
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WWII: US Navy. Survived the sinking of the USS Liscome Bay which was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tarawa (November 1943)
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Also known as Al JuchheimP-47 Thunderbolt Ace of WWII, 9 victories83rd Squadron/78th Fighter Group
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WWII: PTO. Navy. Battles/Campaigns: Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Peleliu, Angaur, Leyte, Lingayen, Wake and Okinawa. USS Pennsylvania
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100 year old World War II Navy veteran
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air force general
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German Panzer Granadier WWII
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Vice Admiral, Royal Navy Officer
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WWII veteran of Buna, Letye, Luzon campaigns. Born 1919
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WWII: ETO. 776Th AAA AW Battalion
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Danish WWII Veteran
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WWII: PTO. Guadalcanal Campaign, Battle of Peleliu
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WWII (Navy) - Pearl Harbor and Okinawa
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
