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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [ 1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [ 4] and has been described as the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. [ 5][ 6] He received every military combat award for valor available from ...
Chinese-American service in World War II. Ross T. Christensen. Al Christy. Alex Clark (politician) W. H. Clatworthy. Betty Clements. Bill Cody Jr. G. Pat Collins. Michael Collins (American author)
Calvin Leon Graham (April 3, 1930 – November 6, 1992) was the youngest U.S. serviceman to serve and fight during World War II and was one of the few known child soldiers to fight on behalf of the United States in the conflict. [ 2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy from Houston, Texas on August 15 ...
William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina. "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general. "Bluey" – Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace. "Blutiger Ferdinand" ("Bloody Ferdinand") – Ferdinand Schörner, World War II German field marshal and convicted war criminal.
Jack Churchill. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes .
History of theUnited States. The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it ...
Ben L. Salomon. Benjamin Lewis Salomon ( September 1, 1914 – July 7, 1944) was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon. During the Battle of Saipan, when the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he stood a rear-guard action in which he had no hope of personal survival, allowing the safe ...
The Tuskegee Airmen / tʌsˈkiːɡiː / [ 1] was a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The name also applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics ...