WW2/From Wythall Worcestershire, member of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Worked on German police messages in Mansion @ Bletchley Park. Messages revealed beginning of the Holocaust with the massacres of 1,000s of Jews on eastern front
Optometrist from British Columbia believes heâ-?s invented the holy grail of corrective lenses: A device that lets you see â-?three times better than 20/20 visionâ- without wearing any contacts or glasses at all â-' for an entire
Korean War: One of the 'Non-Repatriated 23' who didn't return to the US after the end of the Korean War. Most ended up returning to the US; a maximum of 7 are still alive
New Zealand based artist, author and social media giant. Her work has been recognised by many mainstream celebrities such as Ed Sheeran, Tyra Banks, etc. She is a mental health advocate and battles depression and anxiety
B. 2/17/1956) Civil rights activist known as Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Smallest Freedom Fighter's co-author of Selma, Lord, Selma. 9-year-old, took part attempt march across Edmund Pettus Bridge on 3/7/1965 march, known as Bloody Sunday
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
WWII Naval Pilot (Born 1915). Pearl Harbor survivor, stationed at Kaneohe Bay Air Station. Witness to MOH John Finn's actions. Later served across the Pacific for the remainder of the war
The fifth oldest person in England and the oldest born in Northern Ireland (Born: 1906) Her father worked as a riveter on the Titanic. She also survived the 1918 flu pandemic. She recently celebrated her 111th birthday. Lives in Northern Island
United States Army commander who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war. Previously, he helped plan the Normandy Invasion
WWII: Marine Corps flamethrower 'Flaming Joe' in the Battle of Iwo Jima, fought there for all 36 days of the battle. 5th Marine Division, 28th Marines, 3rd Battalion Headquarters Demolition Platoon. Flagraiser Ira Hayes was his friend
Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; staff member of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission
(Born 1929) US Marine Corps Vietnam War Veteran. 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. During Operation Napoleon/Saline and at the Battle of Dai Do where he was seriously injured. For his actions at Dai Do Weise was awarded the Navy Cross
Holocaust Survivor/Said her mother, three younger siblings, and older brother were all murdered soon after in the gas chambers/Testified in War Crimes trial against 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' Oskar Groening
American physicist. In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, 'for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves'
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
Last known survivor (Born: 1929) of the 15-strong gang who took part in The Great Train Robbery on August 8 1963, one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century. He is now 87 and lives in the UK
Pioneering aviatrix, journalist (1908-2002). Co-founder of 'Ninety-Nines' women's group with A. Earhardt, worked with Wiley Post, first female parachutist from a damaged plane, White House reporter (1963-77), 1 of 3 women reporters on Nixon's China trip
WWII Marine vet at Iwo Jima (1922-2016). Led the platoon attack on Mt. Suribachi that planted the first flag on the summit. His platoon became one of the most decorated in US history
Mathematician known for mathematical modelling shape of Earth, & work on development of satellite geodesy models that incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS) inducted into the US Air Force HOF in 2018
American writer, comedian and activist. Author of the essay collection Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman & a contributing opinion writer for The NYT. Was an executive producer/writer for the show, Shrill, the Hulu adaptation of her memoir
A 99-year-old war heroine who worked on the top secret preparations for the D-Day landings, has followed in Captain Tom's footsteps by walking 100 laps of her Dedham garden
Serial Killer - Convicted of 10 Murders with her Husband Fred West, there house became a thing of legend known as 'The House of Horrors' There backyard help the corpses of several girls they had killed including one of there own daughters they stated left
Hiroshima survivor. 13 years old, working in a factory to support the war effort when the bomb hit. Her widowed mother died in the blast and her grandparents died of radiation sickness weeks later. She became sick but recovered and later married an Americ
WWII: PTO. USS Balch (DD-363). Saw Pearl Harbor arriving on Dec. 8, 1941; his ship was in Task Force 18 (Doolittle Raid), saved nearly 600 sailors of the USS Yorktown when she sank in the Battle of Midway; supported the Guadalcanal campaign
One of the last surviving member's of the 1953 Everest Expedition. He is now 87 and lives in Cumbria, UK with his wife, Sally. He and George Lowe are now the only two surviving members of the 1953 Everest Expedition
Member of The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) a work relief program for young men from unemployed families, started on 03/21/1933, by Pres. F.D.R. As part of Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, designed to combat unemployment during the Great Depression
Connecticut Probate Judge, an attorney, an author, an award-winning talk radio host and the creator and executive producer of The Lisa Wexler Show, which airs weekdays 10 a.m. - noon on WICC600 a Connoisseur media station
WW2 veteran. A decorated soldier whose military career lasted through the Vietnam War. He became an anti-nuclear activist. Father of former bassist of the Talking Heads Tina Weymouth
British engineer (Born: 1927) who was instrumental in Britain's successful development of rocket launchers and hovercraft. He worked on the Black Arrow rocket programme. He is now 89. Lives in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
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
WWII: ETO. Truck driver in the Red Ball Express, 104th Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 26th Yankee Division. Taken POW while supplying the front lines in November 1944
Mark Whitacre is an Ivy League Ph. D. and the highest - ranked executive of any Fortune 500 company to become a whistleblower in US history, and is responsible for uncovering the ADM price - fixing scandal in the early 1990's
UK Garter Principal King of Arms, born 1961. Various peerage and royal duties. As senior herald, proclaimed Charles III the new King to the world, and later, the titles of Elizabeth II as her coffin was lowered at her funeral service
OSU end from River Rouge, MI, Played on Ohio State's first National Championship team in 1942. After military service, finished his career with Michigan and became the only player to win national championships with 2 different schools when they won in '48
(Born 1980) Afghanistan War Veteran. Squad Leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173d Airborne Brigade. Distinguished Service Cross recipient for actions in Khost Province, Afghanistan in 2008
Cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
Former Army Sgt, to recieved the Congressional Medal of Honor on May 13, 2014, for his actions during a dismounted movement in mountainous terrain in Aranas, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2007
WWII: USS Balch (DD-363), USS Boston (CA-69), USS Bladen (APA-63). Naval engagements include Marshall-Gilbert and Wake Islands, Midway, Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Eastern Solomons, Marshall Island, Kwajalein, Majuro, Eniwetok, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
WWII: One of the last 'Rats of Tobruk'. The Rats of Tobruk was the name given to the soldiers of the garrison who held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Rommel's Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk
WW2 Dunkirk Veteran (Born:1920) was a medic with the Royal Army Medical Corps and tended the wounded as the troops of the British Expeditionary Force withdrew towards the coast. Now 96 and lives in Laindon, Essex
WWII: Civilian Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. An electrician, Whitney was on break from his job when he saw the last plane fly over the mountain. He worked salvage duty on the electrical portions of various ships for the next month
10 year old witness to the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Son of an airstation employee, he was about 100 yards away, so close the paint on his family's car blistered from the heat
WWII/UK: In the rear guard at the Battle of Dunkirk, he was left on the beach and eventually managed to jump on board a Dutch fishing boat back to England. Later as a paratrooper, he was in Operation Market Garden (Battle of Arnhem)
Chief NASA engineer of the 'Lunar Laser Ranging Program', the very last Apollo project active since July 21, 1969 and still going on, measuring the distance between earth and moon repeatedly
Sri Lankan born Astronomer and Mathematician. He was a student and collaborator of Sir Fred Hoyle and is best known for his work on cosmic dust. He now lives in Cardiff, Wales, UK
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
(Born 10 April 1916) was a German chief engineer on a U-boat in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was born in Kiel.
US Marine, Korean and Vietnam Veteran, born 1929. Pusan, Inchon, Seoul, and one of the Chosin Few in Korea, Purple Heart. Silver Star in Vietnam. National President of The Chosin Few organization
Canadian astronomer and professor at the University of Western Ontario. He is best known for the discovery of Earth's second moon and the orbits of minor planets in the Solar System
JFK - NBC cameraman riding in Camera Car 1, (10th car in Kennedy's motorcade); as the shots fell, he jumped from the car in front of the TSBD and ran towards the assassination scene while fiming, he himself ending up in many famous photos
One of the news cameramen you see running in Malcolm Couch's film, shot this film as he jumped from one of the camera cars following the limo and ran towards the grassy knoll at the JFK assassination
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
Born in 1922 in Bloomfield, Nebraska. Served in the US Army during WWII. Fred was assigned to the Station Hospital at Fort Des Moines without going through typical basic training
Historian, folklorist, writer & teacher. Developed Foxfire Project, writing project led to magazine & series of best-selling Foxfire books, 12 vols. Based on articles Georgia high school students wrote. 1986 Georgia Teacher of the Year
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
WWII: Sailor B.C. Wilborn manned an anti-aircraft gun during the attack upon Pearl Harbor; later surviving amultiple Kamikate attack at the USS Columbia on 6 January 1945 when he earned a Purple Heart; Race Horse Owner
WWII - D-Day, in the first wave at Omaha Beach. 29th Infantry Division, 115th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, E Company, First Scout of the 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon
Dennis Bryan Harvey 'Dick' Wildish CB (born 24 December 1914) is a retired vice admiral in the Royal Navy. He was born in Kent and is the son of Rear Admiral Sir Henry William Wildish, who also served in the Royal Navy
NASA/MIT: Electrical Engineer, first at the Polaris Weapon System, then joining the Apollo project very early. Responsible for incorporating system components into the spacecraft as the guidance, navigation, and control on board system
Playwright, screenwriter, author of fiction & nonfiction books/WW 2 Wilk served First Motion Picture Unit of the US Army Air Forces/ wrote the novelization of Beatles' cartoon Yellow Submarine/Wrote Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda. In 1994, he was the only American who chose to remain in the country after the genocide began/Saved about 400 people from Gisimba Orphanage
Graduate of Swarthmore College, retired teacher born 1945 author of Book 'Flying Too Close to the Sun' 1960's radical in USA injured along with Kathy Boudin in the 1970 Greenwich Village w 11 street NYC townhouse Explosion-currently resides in Brooklyn NY
JFK - Patrolman with the Dallas Police Department in 1963, Wilkins was involved in the initial search of the TSBD. He was among those who first discovered the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle in the northwest corner of the sixth floor
08/30/1901-09/08/1981 American Postage Stamp made from his image/Prominent civil rights activist from the 1930s-1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
One of the oldest people in England (Born: 1908) Recently celebrated her 109th birthday. Also one of the last surviving witnesses of Germany's Zeppelin raids in the UK and met King George V. She lives in Hethersett, Norfolk, England
WWII: British pilot of the Battle of Britain, flew with the Duxford Wing (served with inspirational Second World War flying ace Sir Douglas Bader) and joined No 19 Squadron in October 1940 and later joined 234 and 165 Squadrons
Biographical Information
Name:
Conrad J. Will
State of Birth:
PA
Home State:
NJ
Gender
Male
War or Conflict
World War, 1939-1945
Military Status
Veteran
Dates of Service
1943-1945
Entrance into Service
Enlisted
Branch of Serv
US Army WWII vet, born 1917. Served in the 738th Artillery of Patton's Third Army, through France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Toured Buchenwald concentration camp after its liberation. Career as a dentist
One of two of Holocaust last living survivors of Nazi death camp Treblinka/Estimated that between 800.000 and 1.2million prisoners were taken to Treblinka/Lives in Israel
WWII: US Navy veteran who served on the USS Russell (DD-414); the ship fought in 16 major engagements incl. the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway where she picked up survivors of the carriers USS Lexington resp. USS Yorktown
Clayton 'Claytie' Williams, Jr. (b. 10/8/1931), businessman from Midland, Texas, was unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee 1990 against Democratic State Treasurer Ann Richards even though Williams initially led in opinion polls by 20 points
WW II 27 May 1944 - Missing in Action Shot down by flak in northern France, east of St. Leger.Belly-landed plane in sugar-beet field and evaded capture with the help of the French Resistance. Born: 10/17/1921
WWII Perl Harbor veteran. B-17 flight member flying over Pearl Harbor by chance during the attack. Shot down by Japanese, landed at Hickam Field. Plane broke apart, shown in an iconic photo of the day
Tuskegee Airmen, In 1948, Williams was recalled to military service during the Berlin Airlift. President Harry Truman integrated military service in 1949 & Eldridge Williams departed for his first integrated assignment on the island of Okinawa
Centenarian (1895-2002). British WWI veteran, last living pilot of the Royal Flying Corps. Bombed German trenches in France, later had his Sopwith Camel shot down over Greece. Second last living pilot to have been in WWI dogfights
An intern at Parkland Hospital in '63 , Williams had contact with Jackie Kennedy outside Trauma Room One and two days later assisted in the surgery of Lee Harvey Oswald
NASA pilot - NASAs first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell, and flies the ER-2 high-altitude science aircraft, C-20A environmental science research aircraft, F/A-18, T-34C and TG-14 research motorglider
Jonestown massacre survivor who fled the The People's Temple Agricultural Project a year before the massacre took place in 1978/Former member of Jim Jones Cult In Guyana
WWII: ETO. B-24 'Liberator' in the 453rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Distinguished Flying Cross. First mission on D-Day. Flew 35 combat missions incl. 3 to Berlin. His operations officer was Jimmy Stewart
Author/Inventor/U.S. Air Force Cold War spy, nearly getting shot down by Russian MIGs, and landing in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis/makes his fortune working for computer software magnate Bill Gates
WWII: US Navy veteran who served on the USS Russell (DD-414); the ship fought in 16 major engagements incl. the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway where she picked up survivors of the carriers USS Lexington resp. USS Yorktown
Drummer for Tami True AKA Nancy Myers at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club along the time of the JFK assassination/Willis was interviewed by two FBI agents Rawling and Hardin shortly after the assassination
WWII - Pilot of the famous Sundowners squadron (VF-11) of Carrier Air Group 11 in the Pacific Theater; one of the rare 'Silver Eagles' (which was an Enlisted Pilot)
WWII: PTO. Marine Corps fighter pilot of squadron VFM-451 (USS Bunker Hill). Flew 52 mission from January to May 1945 in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the defense of the Bunker Hill and raids to Tokyo. 1 victory. DFC
Environmental activist/fisherwoman from Seadrift, Texas, won Goldman Environmental Prize 2023. Goldman Environmental Prize is a award that honors grassroots environmental activists from around the world for their work to protect the planet
Actor/'Breaker Morant' 'Black Robe'/Australian Army in 1943, to escape the wartime Manpower Directorite and being placed in a 'useful' job, becoming a signalman in the 7th Division, 2nd AIF. Serving in Papua New Guinea & Borneo
United States Marine who earned the United States-? military highest award, the Medal of Honor, for heroism as a platoon sergeant of a rifle platoon in Korea on the night of 23-April 24, 1951
WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 Dec 1941. USS Dale (DD-353), among the first ships to leave the harbor and one of those who remained undamaged. Mr. Wilson was at a machine gun firing at the Japanese planes. The USS Dale shot down 1 enemy
General Johnnie Edward Wilson retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command from 1996 to 1999
(Born 1978) US Navy Afghanistan War Veteran. Served as a corpsman with Marines. Recipient of the Navy Cross for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom
Jonestown Massacre Survivor/Author
Slavery of Faith: The untold story of the Peoples Temple from the eyes of a thirteen year old, her escape from Jonestown at 20 and life 30 years later
American economist and the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus at Stanford University. He was jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with his Stanford colleague Paul R. Milgrom
Award-winning filmmaker (Cabaret of the Dead, Psycho Therapy, The Night Plays Tricks) and an Amazon #1 bestselling author (So L.A. - A Hollywood Memoir).
Flight scientist. Began his work with NASA (then NACA) on Project Mercury in 1959. NASA Maroon Flight Director Apollo 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15; Space Shuttle Project Office 1973-1978
Last witness to the world record breaking run of steam locomotive Mallard that was achieved on 3 July 1938. He lives in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England. A.K.A Bill Windsor or William Windsor
Woman whose lawsuit, United States v. Windsor, caused the US Supreme Court to find Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional, thereby granting federal benefits to legally married gay couples; lesbian activist
JFK - Member of the Fort Worth Polytechnic High School Marching 100 Band that can be seen in photographs of the Kennedy motorcade through Fort Worth, 22 November 1963. The President stopped the motorcade to salute Jerry and the band
WWII - Member of the 101 airbourne div. company E 506 parachute regiment (Band of Brothers); was with the 'Easy' from D-Day to Eagle's Nest. It was him who cut the German flag off the wall of the German Army barracks at the Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden
In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg for $65 million, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the much more popular social networking service site Facebook
4 Star General, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; CO of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) which was on her way back home during the September 11 attacks who, without authorization, did a 180 degree turn to take station in the Arabian Sea
One of the two women who as teenagers were the focus of the activity during the Enfield Haunting. She is now 49 and lives in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Formerly known as Janet Hodgson. Now the subject of the film 'The Conjuring 2'
US Meteorologist (1931-2023) Creator of the 'Heat index' and HIndenburg witness. Heard the explosion near his house as a 5 year old boy, drove with his grandfather to find the smoking ship in flames on the ground
WWII: PTO. USMC. Carlson's Raider, Company 'E' 2nd Raider Bn., later 2nd Battalion, Company 'E' 28th Marines. Makin Island, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Iwo Jima
American jurist (1905 - 99). Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 1950s and 1960s, deciding many landmark civil rights cases
Holocaust Survivor ill & emaciated when heard Soldiers marching toward Auschwitz. 10-year-old Slovakian Jew assumed German troops coming to get her but it was Russian Soldiers coming to free her/May live in JERUSALEM/guide at Yad Vashem
WWII: ETO. Sniper in the 40 Royal Marine Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, in Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Italy, an expert at picking off German machine-gunners, not killing but wounding them which was the order
WWII - Contemporary witness of the Port Chicago disaster (largest US mainland munitions explosion, July 17, 1944, Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, CA; 320 dead, 390 wounded, followed by mutiny that changed segregation in the Navy.)
Former Dallas Mayor/helped federal agents prepare JFK's Dallas security for the next month's visit. Covered the presidential motorcade, played a double role at the president's aborted luncheon, encountered Jack Ruby day before Oswald shot
A Deputy Sheriff in the Dallas Co. Sheriff's Dept . , John was standing on Main St. when President Kennedy's motorcade went by and after shots were fired he helped search the TSBD
Holocaust Survivor Auschwitz incarcerated for 3 years, saved life by singing to Nazi SS. Composed 2 songs 1 song in Polish, ?Oswiecim? (Auschwitz) other Yiddish, Dos Vaise Haizele (Little White House In Woods) on display Holocaust Museum DC
WWII: Survivor of the Battle of the Coral Sea (4-8 May 1942) from the USS Lexington which was lost during the battle. Later served on the USS Card in the North-Atlantic
One of the last survivors of MV Wilhelm Gustloff, which sank after being torpedoed by the Soviet submarine in 1945 resulting in the greatest ship disaster in history
WWII USS Hornet (CV-8) plankowner (original crewmember), participant in the Doolittle Raid, and a survivor of the sinking of the Hornet at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
WWII: ETO. Army Air Corps. Tech Sgt. B-17 Top Turret Gunner. 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron. Shot down on 28 May 1944 in B-17 #4232089 'Mountaineer' on a mission to Berlin, Germany, crashing at Holzhausen, 16 miles east of Magdeburg. POW
Navy Seal recovery team, first to grab the Apollo 11 capsule and attach anchor cables and a flotation device before the astronauts emerged. Later served in Vietnam, battled addictions, and became a preacher
British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics.
In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[