JFK - Head of the Blue Key Society of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette (now ULL) who met and got photographed with future President Kennedy at the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959
In 1954 Ed Andrews was the New York Yankees' first Negro League pitcher. Unfortunately Andrews never panned out as expected or he and not Elston Howard would have been the first black player in team history.
Born 1916.Last living female 'Monuments Men' of the 2nd wave of Monuments Men which began their work after the war had ended. She is related to writer Virginia Woolf
Saxophonist/Singer - The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Sang lead on 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' & 'I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo'. Featured sax on 'Bugle Call Rag' & 'Sunrise Serenade'
Actor Director Writer active from the 50's into the 70's. Directed several religous themed films in the 50's. Appeared in small tv roles. Was the son of censor Joseph Breen
American Former Male Comedian & Actor - TV Series - 'The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show' (1950-1958). Movie - 'Six of a Kind' (1934), 'Oh God!' 1977), ' The Sunshine Boys' (1975), '18 Again!' (1988), 'A Damsel In Distress' (1937) Plus Many More Roles
German ww2 ME262 pilot born 1924. Was never in the Wehrmacht; author - The last of the few: An Me.262 Pilot remembers, flew the buckner 181, 131, fw 44, ar 66, f-13, w33, w34, ju86, ju88, ju52, me110, me210, me40, me262, klemm 35, sg38, kranich
American Female American Football Player - Defence Back/Fullback. Lingerie/Legends Football League (LFL) 'Baltimore Charm' (2010-2013 ) 'Las Vegas Sin' (2014-2015)
American Former Male Singer (1934-1965). Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening Musical Genres. Single - 'Mona Lisa' (1950), 'Nature Boy' (1948), 'Unforgettable' (1951), 'Rambling Rose' (1962), 'Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer' (1963), 'I Love You' (1946)
American Former Female Singer (1956-2015). Soul, R & B. Pop, Jazz Musical Genre. Single - 'This Will Be' (1975), 'Sophisticated Lady' (1976), 'I've Got Love on My Mind' (1977), 'Miss You Like Crazy' (1989), 'Pink Cadillac' (1988), 'Unforgettable' (1991)
WWII - Mine Platoon of the Anti-Tank Company, 69th Infantry Division, 271st Regiment. First combat at the 'Siegfried Line' in February 1945; crossed the Rhine on March 27, 1945; arrived at the KZ Buchenwald one day after its liberation
American Former Male Singer, Actor and TV - Host (1932-1997). TV Series - 'The Perry Como Show' (1948-1967) Pop Music Genre. Singles - 'Catch a Falling Star' (1958), 'Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes' (1952), 'Some Enchanted Evening' (1949)
Director/actor/writer 'Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story' 'Random Passage'/4 years Naval officer in WW2. Landing craft officer-Boat Group Commander for my ship-landing assault troops on the beaches of six Japanese island strongholds
U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson
Author;'Just A Kid, A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials' 18 years old when drafted in 1944, into infantry. Found himself standing guard over Nazi war criminals, & watched as atrocities were described in detail throughout the Nuremberg Trails
WWII veteran, born in 1913, believed to be the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor. He served on the USS W> Virginia during the attack, and later served in the Korean War
U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the White House detail during the Kennedy years, Duncan served as the advance agent for Fort Worth during the Texas visit in November 1963
Legendary Grammy and Emmy winning singer alongside husband Steve Lawrence. Also made many Latin albums which are very popular. Host of 'The Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme Show' (t.v., 1958), and series regular The Tonight Show (t.v., 1954-57)
former Reds, Braves, Cubs, Mets & Royals outfielder; holds minor league record for stolen bases in one season (155); currently plays in White Sox minor leagues
Actress - The Slime People, Pajama Party, Ride The Wild Surf, City Under The Sea, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (title role). Wife of A.I.P. president James H. Nicholson from 1964 until his death in 1972
Trumpeter/Composer - Batman Theme (TV). Film Scores/Selected Music - The Odd Couple (including theme), Barefoot In The Park, Harlow, Sex & The Single Girl, How To Murder Your Wife
Musician-Michael Andrew 'Peanuts' Hucko (April 7, 1918 - June 19, 2003) was an American big band musician. His primary instrument was the clarinet but he sometimes played various saxophones
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
Jazz/Blues/R&B Bandleader & Songwriter - G.I. Jive, Caldonia, Sat. Night Fish Fry, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Five Guys Named Moe, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Ration Blues. Known as 'King Of The Jukebox'. Arguably the Father Of Modern Rhythm &
U.S. Congressman (4th CD) from Massachusetts. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy II, grandson of Ethel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy. Elected to Congress in 2012
Singer & Actor: The Blues Brothers, The Lonely Guy, Hardcastle & McCormick, The Nanny, The Contract, The Yards, Ocean's Eleven, The Christmas Pageant // Host: The Steve Lawrence - Eydie Gorme Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Tonight Show
Last surviving witness to 'The Sutton Hoo excavation' in 1939, considered to be one of the most important excavation's made in British archaeological history. She lives in Chester, UK and is now 84 years old
Australian WWII veteran and a member of Semut 1, a group of undercover allied operatives lead by the eccentric English Major Tom Harrisson in Borneo in 1945. Now lives in Bayswater, West Australia with his wife Margery
British actor and singer born 1928.made 7 movies from 1956-62.Richard Barlow in'Horror Hotel'(1960),'Sword of Sherwood Forest','What Every Woman Wants','Its a Wounderful World','Thank Your Lucky Stars'
R&B Singer - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, I Want You To Be My Girl, The ABC's Of Love, Out In The Cold Again, Who Can Explain?, I Promise To Remember, Goody Goody
American Actor and 'Rat-Pack' Singer born 1917.'Rio Bravo','Scared Stiff',Stooges','Thats Amore','Everybody Loves Somebody','Young Lions','Career'4 for Texas','Robin and 7 Hoods','Kiss Me Stupid','Silencers','Bandolero','Airport'
Pop Singer/Crooner - Spanish Eyes, I Love You Because, Painted Tainted Rose, I Love You More & More Every Day, To The Door Of The Sun, Living A Lie, Here In My Heart, Silver Bells. Actor - The Godfather 1 & 3 (as Johnny Fontane)
Donald Francis Mason was a U.S. Navy pilot with Patrol Squadron Eight-Two (VP-82), stationed at Argentia, Newfoundland.Responsible for the saying 'Sighted Sub, Sank Same.
US Marine Sgt./Vietnam/Last out before the fall of Saigon/sent to attache office to guard millions of dollars before cash was burned & compound blown up by the Americans to keep the enemy from raiding it and obtaining classified documents
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft and the Seattle Mariners in the 19th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft, Also played for Team USA Baseball team in 1991
Pulitzer Prize Winning Jazz Pianist/Composer. Big Band/Jazz HOF/During World War II, Powell was drafted into the U.S. Army, but fought his battles from a piano stool, having been assigned to Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band from 1943 to 1945
Trumpeter/Composer/Swing-Jazz-Big Band Leader. His biggest hit was 'That Old Black Magic' in 1959 with his wife, Keely Smith. Major Las Vegas act in the '50s & '60s
Bodybuilder, born 1944, Munich, Germany,
Mr. Germany 1965 , Mr. Europe 1970 (Tall Division), Mr. Europe 1972 (Tall Division), famous physic model in the 1960s
This is the Venezuelan-born left-handed pitcher who was born April 7, 1993. He was traded by the Orioles to the Red Sox in the Andrew Miller deal, and, as of spring, 2018, is a starting pitcher for Boston
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/Drove bus through Saigon & pick up eligible to leave. Saw anger growing among those on the streets as people realized the end was near & U.S. was pulling out. A rocket hit near the bus & was shaken by shrapnel
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
Stuntman: Rio Bravo, The Alamo, The Misfits, Daniel Boone, Point Blank, Planet of the Apes, Rollerball, King Kong, Bronco Billy, The Fall Guy, Escape from New York, Road House // Actor: Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter, Starman, Silverado, The Hidden
Texas Ranger, drove Mayor's car in JFK's Dallas motorcade. Helped remove the President's body from the limo on arrival at Parkland Hospital. Later served 16 years as a county sheriff