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Survivor of 1944 Hartford Circus Fire/Recalls seeing the fire from inside the tent in the bleachers as the high wire act was in progress. Escaped from the bleachers where grandfather tossed each of kids to the ground & father caught them
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Dallas OBGYN on staff at Parkland Hospital when JFK arrived after shooting. One of the first doctors to see Kennedy, he was told to bring a stretcher to the emergency bay, and there was shocked to find the limo scene. Helped remove Kennedy from the limo,
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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WWII: PTO. USMC: Guadalcanal. Defended Henderson Field. First Marine Raider Battalion
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Retired Navy Admiral
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Aircraft Designer known for creating the Flying Flea
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Korean War pilot and one time curator of National Air and Space Museum
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army general
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. Also Korea, Vietnam
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Co-Founder of the Champion Tree Project, work to preserve and propagate the genetic heritage of the world's last old growth forest trees
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WWII - WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). Flew a variety of other aircraft, including co-piloting the B-17 Bomber and flying the P-40
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Retired General
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Australian WWII Veteran
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American economist, winner of the 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, together with Robert B. Wilson, 'for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
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Judge on Peoples Court
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Gay rights activist; murdered in 1978; his life was the basis for the movie 'Milk'
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Is a centenarian and was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California from 1960 to 1978
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Aviation/JFK - First female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean (7,415 miles). Flying a Piper Apache, left April 25, 1963 from Oakland, CA, arriving in Brisbane, Australia, on May 13, 1963. Met JFK at the White House
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Crew member of B-29 'City of Virginia Beach'
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Autho, flew with the minute men 56-58
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(6 July 1874-23 Feb. 1970), Democratic partyactivist and feminist
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world war 2 fighter ace- 5 Kills - USAAF
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WWII: PTO. USMC. Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (K-3-5). Friend of E.B. Sledge, featured in 'The Pacific'
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air force general
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Tuskegee Pilot
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WWII: PTO. USS New Mexico (BB-40). OS2N-1 'Kingfisher' observation/scout float plane Radio Man. Distinguished Flying Cross
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge. 740th Tank Battalion ('Daredevil Tankers')
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French research scientist. He is known for having discovered the function of the thymus and for the identification, in mammalian species of the two major subsets of lymphocytes (T cells and B cells) and their function
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US WWII vet, born 1924. 34th Infantry Division, 168th Regiment, Company B, took part in Anzio and Po Valley campaigns in Italy
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Veteran of WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War born 4/16/1925. He is a highly decorated retired lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps
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Aviation Pioneer, (1905-2008). 1920s Barnstormer, saw Lindbergh's take-off, 1st Transcontinental Autogyro Flight (beat Earhardt by days), first rooftop landing (as an Aurtogyro airmail pilot), Eastern Airlines Captain, and oldest active pilot at 101
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Rear Admiral Commander Carrier Strike Group 11
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Controversial Model
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A detective with the Dallas Police Department , Louis was in the basement at the time of Oswald's shooting and helped to arrest Jack Ruby
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A member of the DPD in '63 , Louis grabbed ahold of Jack Ruby after he shot Oswald and helped to take him to the jail office
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us navy admiral
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WWII: PTO. Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class and Medic on the USS Cavalier. Seven invasions including Saipan, Tinian, Philippines
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WWII: US Navy. Survied the sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea in the Iwo Jima campaign
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Robert Miller (3)
Ass't City Editor at Dallas Morning News , he attended the Trade Mart Luncheon and was on duty morning of Oswald shooting -
JFK - Motorcycle cop that was assigned to President Kennedy for his motorcade in San Antonio, Nov. 21, 1963
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US Army General
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WWII: D-Day. USS Arkansas. Later at Iwo Jima
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WWII - WASP pilot. Commanding Officer of the WASP stationed at Love Field, Dallas; flew every type of aircraft, training, cargo, fighter, and twin and four-engine bombers, experimental
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medal of honor army korean war
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General Mark A. Milley is the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council
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Apollo 11: He worked on life-support systems and trained the astronauts in putting on and taking off their spacesuits. He developed the Lunar Surface Checklist
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WWII Ace, P-38, 5 Victories - USAAF
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WWII - Bill Millin who was the Piper of the 1st Special Service Commando Brigade, and was amongst the more noticeable men to land on D-Day as he played the Brigade ashore with his bagpipes under enemy fire. Pictured in 'The Longest Day'
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German expert in guided missiles during WW2, member of the Wernher von Braun Rocket Team in the United States thereafter. Born: 1920.05.07.
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WWII Veteran, born June 1920
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WWII - Chief Steward onboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5), Battle of Midway survivor
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Catalina pilot archie mills battle of midway
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(Born 1920) US Merchant Marine WW2 Veteran. Received the congressional gold medal in 2022
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WWII: ETO. D - Day paratrooper, 502nd Parachute Regt, 101st Airborne. Witnessed Eisenhower's D - Day talk to the group. Also Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge
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Frank Mills (2) 'Spanish Civil War Veteran' 'International Brigade' 'British'
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WWII: ETO. Battle of Normandy, Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge (taken POW Dec. 18, 1944 in Fouhren, Luxembourg; first at Stalag II-A, then a 5-month-death march across Germany from one POW camp to another). 109th Infantry, 28th Div
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Engineer, Chief of vehicles for Manned Lunar Expedition Studies in the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s. Helped design the Lunar Rover
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Welsh Professor who was a tutor to a 20 year old Prince Charles. It was portrayed in the tv show the 'Tywysog Cymru' episode of The Crown. He was vice president of Plaid Cymru, a political party advocating Welsh independence from the United Kingdom
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British RAF pilot of the 19th Squadron
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British ace from WW2
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(born July 15, 1918, née Brenda Langford) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed to the research on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology, sometimes referred to as 'the founder of neuropsychology'
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WWII: ETO. Italy. 133rd Infantry, 34th Division
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nobel literature laureate 1980
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WW2 Air ace - 5 Kills - US Navy
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WWII: Bataan Death March survivor
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World's Oldest Person; Japan, Born 1893 - Deceased 2007
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Maitre d' who was helped subdue Sirhan Sirhan in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel after he shot Robert Kennedy
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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U.S.S. Indianapolis Survivor
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The third Disneyland Ambassador (1967). She also guest hosted the 'Wonderful World of Disney' episode 'From Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow.'
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One of the last surviving veterans of Mao's Long March (1933-1935). He is now 98 and lives in either Jiangxi or Yudu, China
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Was a Security guard at Area 51
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WWII: Marine PFC on Sand Island during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942. His battle station was the wooden searchlight control tower from where he witnessed the Japanese attack on the island
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WWII: D-Day, Carentan, Operation Market Garden. Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR (Screaming Eagles). Jumped into Normany in Stick 60 (C-47 42-100874), wounded at Carentan, returned and seriously wounded during Operation Market Garden
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American reporter covered the Civil Rights Movement and who was a WWII veteran on the USS Stephen Potter; he saw the Kamikaze attack on the Bunker Hill and his ship tried to rescue survivors
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English video game designer and programmer who often goes by the name Yak. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and has created dozens of games during his career, which began in 1981 with games for the ZX80
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Flight aviator
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Author and American historian at the University of Texas at Austin
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WWII: PTO. He served in seven major battles in the Pacific Theater. He was the last crew member standing from the USS Hoel DD-533 which was sank in the Battle of Samar, 25 October 1944
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Alcatraz Inmate/Political activist, member Puerto Rican Nationalist Party/advocate Puerto Rican independence. 3/11/54, Rafael with fellow Nationalists entered US Capitol building armed with auto-pistols, fired 30 shots. 5 congressmen hit, all survived
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941
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nobel economics laureate 1996
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Was Hitler's bodyguard in the bunker until Hitler committed suicide, he's living in Berlin Born: 07/29/1917
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2022 Libertarian candidate for FL US Senate
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Cosmonaut
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Former street preacher convicted in United States Federal District Court in Utah for the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping following six years in psychiatric custody.[2] He was sentenced to life in prison on May 25, 2011.
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Apollo 14 astronaut, 6th man on the Moon/Moonwalker
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Journalist and the author of three nonfiction books: Three Strides Before the Wire: The Dark and Beautiful World of Horse Racing, W.: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty, and Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
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Memorist and thirty-five yeas Member of Parliament of the Grenadines. Longest serving Prime Minister in the Caribbean, Only leader who founded a political party, and retired from office after winning four consecutive general elections
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Attorney General 1969-1972 under President Nixon. NY municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, served director of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign. His involvement in Watergate affair, sentenced him to prison
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WWII American Fighter Pilot Ace.
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US Navy Vietnam Veteran who served from 1972 to 1975. He was a AT2 when he got out
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WWII Pearl Harbor survivor 7 Dec 1941, USS Jarvis
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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Civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years. Worked with Dr. Martin Luther King
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Author and historian
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FOX news legal analyst, criminal attorney
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Computer Hacker For Hacking Cell Phone Companys
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Adolf Hitler's maid. Lives in Munich
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Japanese alpinist born in 1932, became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970 and reach the summit again in 2013 at the age of 80
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Japanese-American Hiroshima survivor (1931-2023). American born, family moved to Hiroshima when he was five. Returned to the US after the war
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Author, political strategist, civil rights activist and public affairs adviser; best known for his work in anti-war and gay rights advocacy
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Retired Navy Admiral
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WWII and Korean War Veteran, was taken POW during the Korean War and Received the MOH (Medal of Honor) for going above and beyond the call of duty
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vietnam war air force hero
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medal of honor army korean war
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Convicted war criminal
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WWII fighter Ace (8.5 kills) & Lt. General - USAAF - DSC flew the p-51
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. USMC
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Retired Navy Admiral
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First woman to do solo flight around world
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World War 2 Vet, 98, said he can remember what he saw when he was among the first Marines to enter Nagasaki in Sept 1945. A few weeks before they arrived, the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on the city, which led to Japan's surrender
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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Test pilot
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl
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Medal of honor marines vietnam
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Veteran of Polish-Soviet War. Born: 1903.(1920 Battle of Warsaw)
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Vietnam war crew chief/door gunner on a Huey Helicopter. Served from 1967 to 1968
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WWII: ETO. US Army (England, France and Germany). Guard at the Nuremberg War Trials
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Dennis Moeller (2)Inductee for National Inventors Hall of Fame
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army general
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WWII: ETO/'Mighty Eight'. Copilot on B-17 #42-3413 'Hard Luck!'. 350th Bomb Sqdn, 100th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. 'Hard Luck' crashed, after tanks ran dry, on 14 Aug 1944. Captured on 17 Aug. POW at Stalag Luft 4 for the rest of the war
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American physical chemist and chemical physicist. In 2014 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stefan Hell and Eric Betzig
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British mountaineer and writer. First female British certificated mountain guide. Author of Miss Pink series of novels
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British pilot who torpedoed the German battleship Bismarck in 1941
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He and some of his co-workers were outside Texas Theatre when police brought Lee Harvey Oswald outside
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Internationally acclaimed author
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JFK - Marine Color Guard serving in official functions for the Kennedy adminstration as well as at JFK's funeral
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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
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Astronaut
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NASA Astronaut
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2020 constitution party nominee for Vice President. Died in 2022
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Japanese Astronaut
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German pilot
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Stripper at Jack Ruby's night club; known as 'Jada'
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American mountaineer, author and artist from Burley, Washington. He is best known as the author of The Challenge of Rainier, first published in 1971 and considered the definitive work on the climbing history of Mount Rainier
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German ww2 pilot
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Ben Molina (2) Ben was the station manager of KRLD-TV in '63 and was assigned to Dallas City Hall the weekend of the assassination
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nobel chem. laureate 1995
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Longtime owner of the Keddie Resort where the Keddie Murders took place
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Inventor
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German Reformed theologian. Also a German WWII Veteran, Taken POW by the British
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former cosmonaut from Afghanistan, now living in Stuttgart, Germany as a political refugee
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American WWII-Fighter Ace & Lt. General - USAAF - 8 Kills - DSC
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Wine maker
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Produced & directed films for Sixth Floor Museum, joined Peace Corps immediately after President Kennedy announced the launch of the program in 1961 serving as a member of the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone at the time of the assassination
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Author of several bestselling works of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. He is a contributing editor at Popular Science and an award-winning science writer
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astronaut
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(Born 1919) US Navy WW2 and Korean War Veteran. Join the Navy in 1937 and was on the USS Boise for the entirety of WW2. Kept a diary about his time. Served as a doctor in Korea
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BFRO Researcher
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WWII: PTO. Arrived at burning Pearl Harbor on Dec. 12, 1941 on USS Mahan (DD-364). Served on several ships later bust mostly USS Claxton (DD-571) where he survived a Kamikaze attack on 1 November 194 missing him by 15 feet
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English aeronautical engineer who was part of the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire during WW2. Born: 1926. Lives in the UK
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Daughter of Ernest Mansbridge, a designer of the Supermarine Spitfire and wife of aeronautical engineer Gordon Monger. Lives in the UK
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Wasp - wwii Flew the AT-6, p-40, p-51, p-39, j-3 piper cub, p-63, p-47, p-39,
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Cold War: Berlin Air Lift Pilot
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WWII veteran. Served in the Army Air Corps. Born 1912
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WWII: D-Day, 467th AAA Automatic Weapons Squad, he and his squad took out German WN65 ('resistance nest')
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. US Navy
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Co-Discover of the HIV Virus, Nobel Price 2008 of Medecine
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Has worked on the Hubble telescope
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Extreme ballerina dancer, America's Got Talent contestant 2024
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New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. Creator of the web series Kid President & can regularly be seen in Joanna Gaines's The Magnolia Journal. Popular guest on television (including The Today Show, The View, etc) & radio
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African American Black History figure/Arkansas 'hidden figure' the first person to design a U.S. Navy ship using a computer
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Flight scientist, ISS Flight Director
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Author and veteran
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Mobster from the Chigaco outfit, author of the book The Real Tony Montana
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WWII/Apollo: PTO, Fighter Pilot, 22 mission, Distinguished Flying Cross. Later Vice-President of Rocketdyne (built the rockets, incl. the Saturn V, for NASA)
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Columbo mobster
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Cuban Exile living in the United States. He was a military battalion commander of Brigade 2506 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in 1961
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Co-founder, of the Brown Berets
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1051st Quartermaster Company, provided food & clothing to Tuskegee Airmen. Recieved Gold Medal from President Bush with Tuskegee Airmen. Chaplin to Tuskegee Airmen East Coast Chapter. 'Bodyguard to Martin Luther King from Selma Alabama to Montgomery'
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A detective in the Homicide Department of the Dallas Police Department, he took part in the search of the 6th floor of the TSBD
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Civil Rights Activist. Widow of Oliver Brown, the lead plaintiff in the 1954 landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Serial killer
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Mark Montgomery (4)Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron C-130 Flight Demonstration Pilot
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. USMC
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Dominick Montiglio (born July 17, 1947) is a former associate of the Gambino crime family. The nephew of Anthony 'Nino' Gaggi, who was a powerful and respected captain in the Gambino family, Dominick became a government witness in 1983 after being arreste
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President of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Spain (28 November 2006 - 27 December 2010)
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May 23, 1934 - August 21, 2005, founder of Moog Music, was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer
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WWII: Survivor of the sinking of the SS Leopoldville on Dec. 24, 1944
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Former NASA Mission Controller
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First law enforcement officer to get to the 6th floor and found the gun shells and determined that the shots had come from that area/JFK John F. Kennedy Assassination
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ABMA/NASA: Engineer, one of the first Americans to join Wernher von Brauns rocket team (Redstone project, Explorer I, Jupiter). Helped build the Saturn V, as chief of Guidance and Control Division
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Georgia-born/Retired Secret Service for JFK/U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Secret Service, serving under six presidents
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Psychologist for the TV series 'Hoarders'
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Lz x-ray 1965 nam wrote we were soldiers with joe galloway
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Tuskegee Airmen 'Crew Chief' 'Staff Sergeant'/302nd FS, 99th FS & 332nd FG/Italy 1943-1945
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commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War
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US Geologist, born 1930. 2020 Penrose Medal winner. Lead scientist involved with Project Famous in the 1970s, and the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption in Washington State
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Witness to JFK assassination from 7th floor of a building 2 blocks away, while working in a Navy recruiting station
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John Moore (8)WW2 veteran. Author of The Wrong Stuff
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World War II Veteran, D-Day Invasion, 101st Airborne Division
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The first female pilot in the red arrows
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WWII: Original Montford Point Marine (First Black Marines). Server at the Battle of iwo Jima, was wounded by a shrapnel
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Documentary Filmmaker, author, labor/consumer advocate - Roger & Me, the big one, Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11
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Explorer, 2022 Allen & Ginter #227
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WWII: PTO. USS Hornet (CV-8)
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British Astronomer - Games Master, Stars at night
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, USS West Virginia (BB-48)
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WWII: PTO. He flew torpedo bombers and SB2C dive bombers off of aircraft carriers
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Attempted Assassin of Gerald Ford (Released in 2007)
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WWII (Marines) - Iwo Jima
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Tom Moore (7) British war hero born 1920 who raised more than 30 million dollars to Corona charity by walking in his yard. 2020 fundraising walk..Also the oldest person to have a number 1 hit in the UK With song you will never walk alone
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa. Navy Corpsman, USS Sandoval
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WWII: No. 138 (Special Duties) Squadron; dropping secret agents into occupied Europe, picking folks up, dropping supplies, cooperating with the French Maquis. Later bombing raids all over Europe
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American Astronomer and Proffesor of Astrophysics. She was also the head of a team that discovered a mass concentration called 'The Great Attractor'
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navy admiral
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Retired Admiral
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navy admiral businessman
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air force general
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Flight aviator
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Witness to the JFK assassination; visible in the Zapruder film, taking photographs of the motorcade
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Retired Air Force General
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Retired FDNY. 9/11 Ladder 10
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Worked With the Voyager in 1977 and was the one who discovered an active volchano on Jupiters moon Io
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WWII: US Navy. Survied the sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea in the Battle of Iwo Jima
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Former Millitary president, Peru
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(Born 1925) US Army WW2 Veteran. Was in the 87th Infantry. Battle of the Bulge. Has the Purple Heart and Bronze Star
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TV host (Weird US), author (Weird NJ, Weird US), co-founder and editor of WeirdNJ magazine
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Army sniper vietnam- 53 kills
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WWII Fighter Ace - 6 Kills - US Navy
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Scientist
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Polish Activist. Born: 11/13/1904
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (8 Kills) USAAF, 49 Fighter Group, 8 Fighter Squadron (5 victories w/this squadron), 1FG, 24PG - DSC, flew the p-38, p-39, p-51, p-80, and the f-86
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Jean Morel (2) WWII: D-Day veteran
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Spy/Deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and served as acting director twice in 2011 and from 2012 to 2013. Morell retired from his post on August 9, 2013/CIA's first associate deputy director from 2006 to 2008
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Historian and writer
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa. US Navy
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José Moreno (3) Born: November 1918. Former POW, last veteran of the Basque army
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WWII: Tuskegee Airmen; last Tuskegee Airmen from Louisiana
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Former Italian terrorist, living in Italy
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WWII: D-Day paratrooper. Flew into Normandy aboard C-47 Skytrain 42-92841 'Turf & Sport Special' and dropped to St. Mere-Eglise on June 6, 1944; Normandy (Hill 195), Battle of the Bulge, Rhineland. 508th PIR, 82nd AB
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WWII: ETO. 16th Armored Division . Battle of the Bulge
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Astronaut Born Feb. 5, 1976
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Retired Astronaut
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David Morgan (3)British fighter pilot, the most successful pilot of the 1982 Falklands War with 4 air victories, is living in Dorset
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Tuskegee Airmen in W.W.II
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Survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis
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WWII - Medic 82nd AB, 505th PIR made four combat jumps (Sicily, Italy, D-Day LaFiere Bridge, Holland), participated in six battle campaigns in the European Theatre of Operations. Bronze Star, Purple Heart
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George Morgan (2)Flight aviator sr71 world speed record co-pilot
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Survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis
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WWII - Civilian Pearl Harbor survivor, Navy Base, 11y; his father David Jay Morgan was serving on the USS Ward (fired 1st US shots in WWII), survived the attack and his name is engraved on the crew list by the gun memorial today
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JoAnn Hardin Morgan (December 4, 1940) is an American aerospace engineer who was a trailblazer in the United States space flight program as the first female engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center
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Joe Morgan (4) WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Aircraft Utility Squadron Two (VJ-2) , Ford Island
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ww 11 army air corps hero
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pilot memphis belle
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WWII: PTO. USMC. Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Marshall Islands, Saipan, Okinawa
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Comanding General US 2nd ID
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Is a centenarian and author of several books
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Survivor of the sinking of the S.S. Andrea Doria in 1956; she was propelled onto the ship S.S. Stockholm, when the two ships collided
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Test pilot
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Canadian physician and prominent pro choice advocate who has fought numerous legal battles for that cause
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Former District Attorney of New York City. Born: 07/31/1919
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Henry Morgenthau III (born January 11, 1917) is a centenarian and an American author and television producer, and scion of the famous Morgenthau dynasty and member of the Lehman family
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General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986-1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983?1986). Also a Veteran of the Japanese Army during WWII
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WWII. ETO. 8th Air Force, 100th Bomb Group
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WWII: ETO. Veteran of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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2nd Oldest Person in Japan Born 1893
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French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been recognized for his work on complexity and 'complex thought' (pensée complexe)
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NASA Astronaut
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WWII: Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, Iwo Jima
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WWII: PTO. LSM 367 (landing ship medium). Philippines Campaign. His LSM was attacked by Kamikaze in the Battle of Okinawa
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Scientist
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, USS Utah
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#19 Oldest Person in the World Lives in France Born 1894
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One of the survivors from Pearl Harbor; together with his brother, Albert, among the last living sets of brothers to serve in the United States Navy and survive the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the same ship
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Soviet WWII Veteran
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US Politician, VT (1810-98) House 1855-67, Senate 1867-98. One of the founders of the Rep. Party. Pushed laws for federal funds to colleges, creation of Statuary Hall in the Capitol, helped draft 14th Amendment
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USS Indianapolis survivor
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Britain's first black trade union leader, Author
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Relative of prisoner Frank Morris
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Frank Morris (3) Escaped from Alcatraz prison in 1962
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American journalist known for his television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia
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Author
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WW2 Fighter Ace - 5 Kills - USAAF - POW - DSC
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Welsh historian, author and travel writer
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Larry Morris (2)Cpl. /One of three Marines that lowered the Embassy flag in Cuba the last time when the Embassy closed in 1961/ Marines who lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy in Havana 5+ decades raise the Stars and Stripes once again there
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Retired US Special Forces soldier; was left blinded in one eye in the firefight that killed Sgt. Christopher Speer on 7/27/02
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Received Medal of Honor on March 18th, 2014
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Ron Morris (2)1988 National Fisheries Service - Alaska Office helped rescue 3 whales trapped in Alaskan ice
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(Born 1932) US Army Korean War Veteran. Battle of Pork Chop Hill
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Laird of Balgonie, Scotland and descendant of one of the victims of The Tay Bridge Disaster, December 28, 1879
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Costume shop owner with her late husband Philip. Claimed to have made and sold a gorilla suit in 1967 to Roger Patterson months before he filmed the famous Bigfoot sighting. He bought extra fur from them to modify the suit they sold him
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WW2 Navajo Code Talker
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WWII: PTO. US Army. Battles of Saipan, Guam
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Don Morrison (2)WWII Veteran, B-17 Gunner originally from Limon, CO
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American radio reporter best known for his dramatic report of the Hindenburg disaster, a catastrophic fire that destroyed the LZ 129 Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people
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American physicist born November 7, 1915; group leader at Project Manhattan (Trinity); transported the plutonium core of Trinity to test site in an old Plymouth car
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Otolaryngologist, US WWII Army Air Corps, born 1925. Served at end of WWII, used GI Bill to get doctorate. While with the US Public Health Service, he delivered Alaska's first baby, 30 minutes after Eisenhower announced it was a new state
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Time team
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WWII: PTO. US Navy. Saipan, Okinawa, Peleliu
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WWII: PTO. PBY Pilot. Battle of Midway
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Former US Army member turned personal trainer, corrective exercise specialist and Precision Nutrition coach, author and motivational speaker
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Commander 1st air force
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WWII: Veteran (2nd Marine Division) of the Battle of Tarawa
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Canadian photographer and mountain climber who was the first person in the world to have climbed the highest peaks of all seven continents
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Lz xray 1965 nam
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Nicknamed 'Wendy', her father Dave Thomas named the restaurant chain Wendy's after her
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WWII: ETO. D-Day to occupation duty in Austria
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WW2/From Bramble Edge in Dorset, Wren working in Newmanry Registration Room receiving German messages from intercept site at Knockholt, near Sevenoaks in Kent on punched paper teleprinter tapes, prepared for Colossus and logging the results
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Former Italian terrorist turned writer, often speaks about his times with the Red Brigades
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cosmonaut
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WWII: D-Day veteran from Norway. Served on the HNoMS Svenner which was sunk off Sword Beach, Normandy, at dawn on 6 June 1944, while supporting the British Army landings
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cosmonaut
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Talks really fast, possibly in Guiness record book, infamous FedEx commercials in the 1980s, Transformers The Movie
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Chief of Staff US Air Force, 4 star general
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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American journalist, born 1932. Covered the Little Rock Nine story for the Arizona Gazette, helping it win a Pulitzer. Covered later world events. Chicago Tribune's London corespondent for many years. Retired there, awarded an honorary MBE
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Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist. In 2014 they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with John O'Keefe
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Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist. She shared the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014, together with her husband Edvard and John O'Keefe
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Professional astronaut and Chief Astronaut Instructor at Virgin Galactic. She is the first female to work in space as a member of the flight crew on a commercial vehicle on Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity flight on February 22, 2019
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Flight scientist, NASA, Vice President of Operations at Virgin Galactic
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American urban planner, public official (1888-1981). Controversial figure led projects including Triborough Bridge, Jones Beach, Shea Stadium, Lincoln Center, and 1964 World's Fair. Later questions on if his work did more harm than good
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JFK/After military service, he was a member of the staff of the Warren Commission (President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy) and a clerk to California Supreme Court Justice Mathew Tobriner
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SSgt, USA, 66th Infantry Regt., 71st Inf. Div., 3rd Army Combat Intantryman Battle of the Bulge veteran
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WWII: Last living survivor of the sinking of the HMS Parramatta, 27 November 1941
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WWII Flying Tigers (weatherman)
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Author
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Navy Admiral
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Neopagan priest, Finnish WWII Veteran. Fought in the Finnish Army during WWII
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Competed in the 'Battle of the Bands' on the USS Arizona the night before, later served at Midway
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WWII: ETO. Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge, Germany. 9th Armored Division
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Writer
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Lawyer
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Lawyer
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Member of the Little Rock Nine; group of African-American students who enrolled in all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal in 1999
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WWII Flying Tiger Pilot
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Born 1942 US Air Force Vietnam Veteran. POW from 1972 to 1973. 1 Bronze Star, 1 Distinguished Flying Cross, 1 Legion of Merit, and 1 Defense Superior Service Medal
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nobel phy. laureate 1975
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Born: 1900. She is now 112 and is one of the worlds oldest people and is the last living survivor of The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. She lives in Basse-Pointe, Martinique, Carribean. Irenise Jean-Baptise
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Flew the 747 that carried the Endeavour on its last flight
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Anti-Apartheid activist. Escaped from Pretoria Local Prison in 1979. The character of Leonard Fontaine in the film Escape from Pretoria is based on him
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WWII Battle of Britain pilot, one of 7 remaining
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Scientist
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Midway (June 1942), USS Hammann, DD-412. Survived the sinking of his ship when she was hit by a torpedo. He jumped overboard and would remain in the water for nearly 6 hours before being rescued. Also Korea/Vietnam
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WWII: D-Day, Sword Beach. Sapper in the 263 Field Company of the British Royal Engineers
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French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers and Nobel laureate. Along with Donna Strickland and Arthur Ashkin, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics
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One out of 4 who won nobel Peace price 2015 and he is from Tunis
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WWII: US Navy. Survived the sinking of the USS Bismarck Sea in the Battle of Iwo Jima
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Inductee of National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Author of OMG That's Me!: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and More. Mental health advocate and stand-up comic. Former businessman and politician
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WWII: ETO. US Army. Battle of the Bulge
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Member of the legendary WWII Flying Tigers; not an original (AVG) Flying Tiger, but a successor in the 14th AIr Force
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Survivor of the Holocaust who, with her twin sister Miriam, was subjected to human experimentation under Josef Mengele at Auschwitz
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Ex - marine, horror stories youtuber
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Survivor of 1944 Hartford Circus Fire/Age 4&1/2 time of fire
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Flight attendent in the D. B. Cooper flight in 1971; now a nun
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Great Grandson of DR Samuel A Mudd the DR who treated Abe Lincoln
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WWII - Pearl Harbor survivor, Army Air Corps, Hickam Field
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'Dr. Werner Von Braun Rocket Scientest Team Member'
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WWII: ETO. Veteran of the Battle of Jebsheim ('Colmar Pocket') in early 1945
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Associate Administrator, NASA, 1963-1969, 'The Father of the Space Shuttle'
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WWII. PTO. USMC. Combat action at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Peleliu Island, and Okinawa. 1st Marine Division
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Mother of the Nation of Islam. Born: 03/20/1906
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, trapped inside USS Maryland, but escaped. Later Fighter Pilot USN VF-16 USS Randolph-Fighter Bomber 16
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Supercentenarian (1893-2004). Born in Canada, she witnessed bodies being brought in from the Titanic to be buried in Halifax, plus was one of the last survivors of the huge 1917 Halifax ammunition explosion that killed 2,000 people. Moved to Boston in 192
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Former Payload Specialist Astronaut
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Indian historian known for her work on the role of peasants in the Indian independence movement. She is an ex-chairperson of the Centre for Historical Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and author of several books
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Cancer physician, researcher & assistant professor at Columbia University. Mukherjee is also the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, and The Laws of Medicine
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Co-winner of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize/ awarded the prize for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war
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WWII: PTO. 24th Infantry Division, 19th Infantry Regiment. 'Lost Battalion', which operated behind enemy lines for several weeks in the Philippines
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White student civil rights activist, born 1941. Sit-ins and Freedom Rider, jailed. Raised in the deep south by a racist family whose ideas she had to fight against
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NASA Mission Specialist astronaut, Author
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Navy Chief of Staff, Member of the Joint Chiefs
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Born April 7, 1917 is a retired American soldier who served during World War II in the United States Army with the 11th Airborne Division between 1944 and 1945
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American game producer and designer. He created the 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, produced the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developed Heroes of Might and Magic III and Heroes of Might and Magic IV
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Rigel (AR-11)
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Awarded 2 Silver Stars, 8 Air Medals, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and 2Purple Hearts, as well as the POW medal. Guest of Hanoi Hilton. Author/'The Hanoi Commitment'
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Serial killer who committed 13 murders in California in the early 1970's
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WWII: D-Day, Utah Beach (Carentan). C Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry (aka 'Bastogne Bulldogs'), 101st AB. Also Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge, all the way to Hitler's Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden and Austria
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Blue Angels, U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
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1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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WW2 vet, member of the Tuskegee Airmen, awarded Congressional Gold Medal; grandfather of basketball player Channing Frye. flew the pt-17, bt-13, at-10, c-47, c119, c-97, a-10
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101 Year old WW 2 Navy vet from the Normandy Landing and now resides in Washington Township, New Jersey
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WWII: Survivor of the Battle of Coral Sea (1942), USS Sims
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WWII: Sole survivor of the sinking of the UK steam passenger ship Ceramic, which sank on 7 December 1942, leading to 654 deaths
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Canadian daredevil. Went over the Niagara Falls in a barrel twice
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Pilot who was in the movie Cocaine Cowboys
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Nobel economics laureate 1999
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marine corps general
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Centenarian (1902-2007). US Navy veteran of the WWI era. Did not enlist until 1919 (after the war's end), but fits into the post-war era of veterans
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Scientist
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Colombian criminal, bombing of Avianca flight 203
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1960s civil rights activist who accomplished Extraordinary Deeds changing face of the Nation & began Modern Civil Rights Movement."/founding chair Chicano Studies department in 1968 at California State University & founding chair of NACCS)
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Dam Busters World War 2 VeteranPilot: F/L John Leslie Munro ? Born 1919 New Zealand. . Retired as Wing Commander. Still living in Te Kuiti in New Zealand where he was Mayor for several years.
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American cartoonist, author, engineer, anf creator of the award-winning webcomic xkcd. He has written three books: What If?, Thing Explainer, and How To. Was also contract programmer and roboticist for NASA
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nobel med. laureate 98 paved way for viagra
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German-based Yazidi-Iraqi human rights activist and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She was kidnapped and held by the Islamic State for three months. She is the first Iraqi to be awarded the Nobel Prize
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Japanese WWII Veteran, Last participant of the Cowra breakout 5 August 1944
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Flight scientist
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Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa
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Scientist
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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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Canadian WWII-Fighter Ace (Spitfire pilot)
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Astrophysicist. He discovered the first Black Hole in 1971. He found out that the bright X-ray source Cygnus X-1 was a binary system, with a giant blue star orbiting a dark object, which he realised had to be a black hole
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WWII: ETO. US Navy. USS Savannah
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. USS Pennsylvania
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WW2 Fighter Ace - 6 Kills - USAAF
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Oldest Person Living in the United States born 1905
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Most decorated American soldier during World War II; Author 'Recived the Medal of Honor' Actor/Westerns & war films
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WWII - WASP (Women Army Service Pilot)
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Newsman. Dallas TV reporter who worked on the scene of the JFK/Oswald shootings for NBC, who he then began a career with. Led one of the few JFK colorcasts, which B&W NBC soon shut down to save face. On the scene at Parkland when Oswald died and cover
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Centenarian (1899-2009). 1918 Flu survivor. One of the last living women to vote in the 1920 election. Teacher, and reading advocate throughout her life. Died 3 days before her 110th birthday
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Founder of the Pinewood Derby, A Cub Scout Main Event
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Executive Officer of USS Pueblo, held as a POW by the North Koreans for a year
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WWII Marine veteran, Peleliu and Okinawa
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Jewel Thief Minister
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american psychologist
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Mary Murphy (6) One of the last survivors from The Halifax Explosion that occured on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc. She is now 97 and resides in Halifax, Nova Scota
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USS Indianapolis Survivor
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medal of honor marines korea
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WWII: 82nd Airborne Division, 505th PIR. It is confirmed by historians that Bob Murphy was the first guy out and on the ground on the 82nd's lift into Normandy
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Steve Murphy (4)DEA agent that hunted Pablo Escobar, portrayed on Netflix's Narcos
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Son of actor and Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy
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medal of honor army ww11
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Cardiologist and personal physician of the late Michael Jackson
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941. Company A, 1st Separate Chemical Battalion, Schofield Barracks. Fought in Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. Retired from the military in 1969 after 30 years of service
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Military, 14th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
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WW2 Veteran with 82nd Airbourne Division/Author 'To Be As Brave'
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Nobel med. laureate 1990. Born: 04/01/1919
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Canadian civil servant, retired Vice Admiral and former acting Chief of the Defence Staff
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WWII Fighter Pilot Aviation Ace (10.3 Kills) US Navy, VF-29
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Simon Murray, CBE (born 25 March 1940) is a Hong Kong - based British businessman, adventurer, author, and former French Foreign Legionnaire. He was the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported, at the age of 63
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. USMC
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U.S. Army veteran, retired businessman, author and sought-after lecturer. In 1989, he was one of the most famous men in Panama, the leader of a plot to overthrow the dictatorship backed by Gen. Manuel Noriega
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NASA astronaut (retired). Six space shuttle missions
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OSS Operation HalyardLargest rescue of downed airmen in WWIIForgotten 500
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head of state pakistan, army general
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Oldest Living Person born 1899
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WWII: Pearl Harbor survivor, 7 December 1941, USS Oglala
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Former astronaut from Kazakhstan, is now the head of the Aerospace Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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WWII: ETO. Bombardier in the 445th Bomb Group
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Architectural Historian.
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navy admiral
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WWII veteran (born 1924) who served at the invasion of Anzio and was held as a POW at Stalag 7A
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Tanzanian WWII Veteran, General
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Flight scientist me 262
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Retired USMC General
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Bishop Abel Muzorewa, 85, the first black prime minister of an interim white-dominated government before Zimbabwe's independence
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WWII Veteran
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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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Flight scientist nasa deputy administrator 1986-1989
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WWII: ETO. 445th Bomb Group; knew Jimmy Stewart
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WWII: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. The Ghost Army used inflatable rubber tanks, wooden guns, sound trucks, and dazzling performance art to bluff the enemy
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(Born 1941) US Air Force Vietnam War Veteran. POW from 1967 to 1973. Recipient of a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit, a Distinguished Flying Cross, and 2 Purple Hearts
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NFL football player, born 10/8/1924, UCLA 1944-47, Eagles 1948-50, Rams 1952, served as an ensign during WWII
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Test pilot
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WWII: Wake Island Defender: Civilian worker, POW. Battle of Wake Island, 8-23 December 1941. POW:
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Was stripper at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club at the time of the Kennedy Assassination/ True Tales, the new movie about her life as a cabaret star in 1960s showrooms like Ruby?s clubs and the Skyliner Ballroom in Fort Worth
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British environmentalist specialising in biodiversity
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WWII: D-Day. 29th Infantry Division, 116th Regiment, Company F, in the first wave. Last surviving veteran of Company F
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WWII: D-Day paratrooper, 101st AB
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medal of honor marines korean war
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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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American economist, former university president, education adviser and civil rights advocate. One of Myers' most significant contributions is where he fought to sustain the establishment of historically black colleges
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(Born 1923) WW2 US Army Veteran. 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion as an anti-tank gunner. Legion of Honour and Bronze Star Recipient
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One of the last witnesses to The Battle of Cable Street, London in 1936. (Born: 1922) He is now 94 and lives in Barkingside, North East London
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WWII. PTO. Served on the submarine USS Skipjack, SS-184 (famous for the 'Battle for Toilet Paper'), the USS Midway and the submarine Trumpetfish
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Nobel economics laureate 2007
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Myanma businessman, CEO of Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
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German WWII fighter Ace, shot down a B-17 that Lester Schrenk was in, and they later became friends
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Nobel physics laureate 1987
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German ww2 pilot
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WWII: ETO. 306th Bomb Group (The Reich Wreckers), 8th Air Force. Silver Star
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Iwo Jima. Purple Heart. Korea. USMC
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Korean General in Vietnam war
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nobel phy. laureate 1961
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World traveller
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Israeli Flying Ace, retired Brigadier General, Israeli Air Force
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Lz xray Vietnam/Decorations include Silver Star, Legion of Merit (1 OLC), Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (3 OLC), Air Medal (3OLC), Purple Heart, & Distinguished Unit Citation/Served twice in Vietnam between 1962 and 1965
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WWII: PTO. Battle of Okinawa, Battle of North Borneo. US Navy, Landing Craft Support LCS(L)(3)-45
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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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Maurice Nadeau French literary critic, editor, and historian, 'The History of Surrealism'Born: 05/21/1911
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US Army General
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WWII Veteran, U.S. Army, born 1920
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Writer and award winning journalist. Co-wrote WE : A Manifesto For Women Everywhere with Gillian Anderson. Co-founded the campaign group Compassion in Politics. Contested several elections as a candidate for the Green Party
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Pearl Harbor survivor (7 Dec 1941), USS Nevada
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Ww II pilot
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Japanese WWII Veteran
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Afghanistan and Iraq War US Marine Corps Veteran. Received the Silver Star for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom. Silver Star and Purple Heart Recipient
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WWII vet. WASP (Women Army Service Pilot)Flew the at-10, uc-78, at-6, pt-17, C-47 sky train and B-24
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Astronaut
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Retired General
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(born 31 October 1943) is an Indian space scientist and a former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India
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Civil Rights Icon
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Japanese fighter ace from WW2, 75 kills
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Japanese-born American professor. Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano he was one of the three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics
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17th Oldest Person in the World Lives in Japan Born 1894
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Four-star general in the United States Army who currently serves as the Commander of United States Cyber Command
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Born on March 9, 1924. One of 7 remaining veterans of the Ghost Army Unit of World War 2
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Nobel laureate physics 2008
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US WWII veteran, born 1918, served in the 'Ghost Army' program
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Indian writer and historian of science, who has authored several works critiquing the influence of Hindutva, postcolonialism and postmodernism on science, and the flourishing of pseudoscience and vedic science
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WWII: ETO. 504th PIR, 82nd AB. Anzio, Battle of the Bulge. Bronze Star
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Judge, Author, and Senior Legal Analyst for FOX News
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US Army General
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The oldest living person in France and in Europe. She is now 113 and lives in Argelès-Sur-Mer
