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William F. Lukes (February 19, 1847, Niderbergdorf, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) – December 13, 1923, Los Angeles) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the 1871 Korean Expedition.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
William W. Chisman (1843 – 1925) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Alexander Bradley (September 19, 1851 – March 6, 1925), also known as Neil Bonner, was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
On the morning of September 22, two battalions of marines and an artillery battery under Major Smedley Butler, U.S.M.C . had entered Granada, Nicaragua (after being ambushed by rebels at Masaya on the nineteenth), where they were reinforced with the marine first battalion commanded by Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton, U.S.M.C... The event trigger is marines. | Military Service |
In May 2009, William Windsor (known as Billy), a goat mascot of the British Army's Royal Welsh regiment, retired to the zoo after eight years' distinguished service performing ceremonial duties.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Harry Jeremiah Parks (February 24, 1848 – October 19, 1927) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Salvatore Augustine "Sal" Giunta (; born January 21, 1985) is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Mikio Hasemoto (July 13, 1916 – November 29, 1943) was a soldier in United States Army.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Patrick Ginley (December 11, 1822 – April 5, 1917) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Benjamin F. Wilson (1922–1988) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
John Purcell VC (1814 – 19 September 1857) was an Irish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Elbridge Robinson (January 7, 1844 – January 19, 1918) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian KB (1747 – 23 November 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Alexander Haure Turvelin (born 1847, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Carmel Bernon Harvey, Jr. (October 6, 1946–June 21, 1967) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Ovila "Frenchy" Cayer (February 9, 1844 – February 7, 1909) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Globe Tavern.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Joseph Clancy (September 29, 1863–February 2, 1929) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Jimmy Goethel Stewart (December 25, 1942 – May 18, 1966) was a United States Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Lt. Col. Aleksandra Zagórska, "primo voto" Bitschan, "secundo voto" Zagórska, "aka" Aleksandra Bednarz (born 24 April 1884 in Lublin, died 14 April 1965 in Warsaw) – Lieutenant Colonel of Polish Armed Forces, soldier of Legions, organizer and commandant of Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet, independence activist.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Samuel Frickleton (1 April 1891 – 6 August 1971) was a soldier in the New Zealand Military Forces who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First World War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Richard Taylor (1834 – 1890) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (January 29, 1932 – February 26, 1967) born in Lodi, California, was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions near Phu Hoa Dong in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Frank Morey (July 11, 1840 – September 22, 1890) was a soldier in the Union Army (1861-1865), reaching the rank of colonel; afterward he moved to Louisiana, where he became a planter and sold insurance.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Robert D. Booker (July 11, 1920 – April 9, 1943) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
John Noble Holcomb (June 11, 1946 – December 3, 1968) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Leonard C. Brostrom was a soldier in the United States Army who died during the Philippines Campaign of 1944–45 during World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Zealous Bates Tower (January 12, 1819 – March 20, 1900) was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Joseph Frantz (March 9, 1837 – October 4, 1913) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Werner Goldberg (October 3, 1919 – September 28, 2004) was a German who was of half Jewish ancestry, or "Mischling" in Nazi terminology, who served briefly as a soldier during World War II and whose image appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt as "The Ideal German Soldier", and his image was later used in recruitment posters for the Wehrmacht.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
James M. Cumpston (1837 – May 24, 1888) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Darwin Keith Kyle (June 1, 1918 – February 16, 1951) a veteran soldier in the United States Army in World War II, Darwin Kyle earned both a Silver Star and Bronze Star for his heroic actions in France and Germany.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
George R. Crook (September 8, 1830 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
William Bradford Stacy (March 4, 1838 – May 3, 1921) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Jesse Whitfield Covington (September 16, 1889 – November 21, 1966) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
George Dashiell Bayard (December 18, 1835 – December 14, 1862) was a career soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Alfred B. Hilton (1842 – October 21, 1864) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
George G. Wortman (August 15, 1841 – May 19, 1913) was a 19th-century Canadian-American soldier who served in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
David Emanuel Twiggs (February 14, 1790 – July 15, 1862) was a United States soldier during the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War and a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Herschel Floyd Briles (February 7, 1914 – July 17, 1994) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Barry Winchell (August 31, 1977 – July 6, 1999) was an infantry soldier in the United States Army, whose murder by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, became a point of reference in the ongoing debate about the policy known as "Don't ask, don't tell", which did not allow U.S. military gays, bisexuals, and lesbians to be open about their sexual orientation.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
David Charles Dolby (May 14, 1946 – August 6, 2010) was a United States Army soldier who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Stand Watie, the leader of the Ridge Party, raised a regiment for Confederate service in 1861.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Morgan Henry Chrysler (September 30, 1822 – August 24, 1890) was an American soldier who served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Alex M. Diachenko (1919–1943) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II who received a posthumous Silver Star for his actions.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
John Lilley (1826 – May 12, 1902) was a soldier in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
David H. Scofield (December 12, 1840 – September 30, 1905) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Isaac L. Fasseur (born 1860, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he made his film debut in the musical "This is the Army" starring Ronald W. Reagan, for which he was uncredited as the stage manager and as a soldier in the background.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
James Alms (15 July 1728 – 8 June 1791) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Carnatic and Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Zinn did not get along well with Captain Hyman G. Rickover, the US Navy's Director of Naval Reactors, but nonetheless Argonne assisted in the development of nuclear marine propulsion, eventually producing two reactors, a land-based prototype Mark I and a propulsion reactor, the Mark II.. The event trigger is marine. | Military Service |
John Benjamin Sanborn (December 5, 1826 – May 6, 1904) was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of New Hampshire who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
The last surviving veteran of the battle, Henry Allingham, a British RAF (originally RNAS) airman, died on 18 July 2009, aged 113, by which time he was the oldest documented man in the world and one of the last surviving veterans of the whole war.. The event trigger is airman. | Military Service |
Daniel D. Fernández (June 30, 1944 – February 18, 1966) was a United States Army soldier in the Vietnam War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Henry Frank Schroeder (December 7, 1874–January 26, 1959) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor during the Philippine-American War at Carig in the Philippines.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Daniel Poole DCM & Bar (21 April 1882 – 13 August 1959) was a seaman and soldier of the Australian Army.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Emile Lejeune (born 1853, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Andrew Parker (born 1962) is the Director-General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
John P. Yount (March 8, 1850 – December 11, 1872) was a soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 3rd U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars against Cochise.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Wilburn Kirby Ross (born May 12, 1922) is a retired United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
William Steinmetz (September 2, 1847 in Newport, Kentucky – June 10, 1903) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Chief Warrant Officer Two Louis Richard Rocco (November 19, 1938 – October 31, 2002) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration—for his actions near the village of Katum, in the Republic of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Edward Carl Dahlgren (March 14, 1916 – May 31, 2006) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
After President Ulysses S. Grant signed a joint resolution of Congress 1870 establishing a weather service within the United States Army, the Signal Corps opened 22 observation stations.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
José Mendoza López (July 10, 1910 – May 16, 2005) was a Mexican and United States Army soldier who was awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions during the Battle of the Bulge, in which he single-handedly repulsed a German infantry attack, killing at least 100 enemy troops.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Thomas McCoy Wells (1841 – February 5, 1901) was an Irish born Union Army soldier and officer during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Robert Toshio Kuroda (November 8, 1922 – October 20, 1944) was a United States Army soldier.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
George W. Cutter (born 1849, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Frank Charles High (June 7, 1875 – December 13, 1966) was a United States Army soldier received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Philippine-American War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
William Wells (born 1832, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Joseph Cushing Edmands (March 26, 1842 – December 28, 1878) was a volunteer soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War who attained the grade of colonel and in 1866 was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
During this period in the 1930s, one notable member of the 11th SS-Standarate was Amon Göth who would later join the German Concentration Camp service and be immortalized in the film "Schindler's List".. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
George Robert Cholister (December 18, 1898 – October 21, 1924) was a United States Navy sailor awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1924.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Frederick Franklin (1840–1873) was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the 1871 Korean Campaign.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Arthur Frederick DeFranzo (March 20, 1919 – June 10, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Edward Allen DeVore, Jr. (June 15, 1947 – March 18, 1968) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Moses Orr (1847 – May 10, 1897) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 1st U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Hugh Clifford intended to follow his father Henry Hugh Clifford, a distinguished British Army general, into the military but later decided to join the civil service in the Straits Settlements, with the assistance of his relative Sir Frederick Weld, the then Governor of the Straits Settlements and also the British High Commissioner in Malaya.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
James Buck (1808 – November 1, 1865) was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient and a sailor in the United States Navy.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Ronald Niel Stuart VC DSO RD RNR (26 August 1886 – 8 February 1954) was a British Merchant Navy commodore and Royal Navy captain who was highly commended following extensive and distinguished service at sea over a period of more than thirty-five years.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
John McCarton (born 1847, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Benjamin William Brice (November 30, 1809 – December 4, 1892) was a lawyer and soldier who served in the United States Army during the Black Hawk War and Mexican-American War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Graham Moore, a British sailor and career officer in the Royal Navy, continued escorting the Portuguese royal family to Brazil with the ships "Marlborough", "London", "Bedford", and "Monarch".. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
David Bruce Bleak (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2006) was a soldier of the United States Army during the Korean War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Edward Welsh (January 3, 1843 – February 1, 1929) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Robert H. Dietz (January 22, 1921 – March 29, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
That month he was one of several veteran pilots, including Lieutenant Colonel Oswald Watt and Major Bill Anderson, appointed to serve on a committee examining applications for a proposed Australian air service to replace the AFC; the Australian Air Corps, immediate precursor to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), was duly formed on 1 January 1920 under Anderson's command.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Robert T. Henry (November 27, 1923 – December 3, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Henry Lawrence Eustis (February 1, 1819 – January 11, 1885) was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
August P. Teytand (April 6, 1878 – March 4, 1956) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard the.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
USS "Morris" (DD-417), a World War II-era "Sims" -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Commodore Charles Morris.. The event trigger is service. | Military Service |
Richard Bates (born 1829, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
Larry Gilbert Dahl (1949 – February 23, 1971) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Lieutenant General John M. Riggs (born c. 1946) United States Army retired, is an American Army general who was retired, apparently as a result of his contradiction of the U.S. government stance on troop strength needed to support the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.. The event trigger is troop. | Military Service |
William Edward Holyoke (March 13, 1868– April 3, 1934) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.. The event trigger is sailor. | Military Service |
William Wayne Seay (October 24, 1948 – August 25, 1968) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Franklin M. McDonald (1850-unknown) was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in defeating Indians who attacked the mail.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn (September 21, 1824 – May 17, 1901) was a farmer, soldier and Baptist Minister, most famous for his service as a Union general during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
George H. Eldridge (May 12, 1844 – November 20, 1918) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War and the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas–Indian Wars.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Robert A. Pinn (March 1, 1843 – January 5, 1911) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
Henry W. Downs (August 29, 1844 – July 2, 1911) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.. The event trigger is soldier. | Military Service |
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