Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man. He is notable in American and Native American history in large part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Big Horn against Custer’s 7th Cavalry, where his premonition of defeating them became reality. Even today, his name is synonymous with Native American culture, and he is considered to be one of the most famous Native Americans in history.

Jehu Grant was born a slave in Rhode Island. He was living in Narragansett, in 1777, when he ran away from his master and served in various capacities in the American army for eight months during the Revolutionary War. His situation was discovered and he was returned to his master, who later sold him to a man named Grant. With the assistance of Joshua Swan, his freedom was purchased his from that master and in return he agreed to work for Swan for a certain time.

Joshua Sands was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born on October 12, 1757 in Cow Neck (now Sands Point), Queens County, Long Island, New York. He received a limited schooling, served as a captain in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1792 to 1799.

Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (11 February 1881 - 4 May 1931) was a British war correspondent during the First World War. Through his reporting of the Battle of Gallipoli, Ashmead-Bartlett was instrumental in the birth of the Anzac legend which still dominates military history in Australia and New Zealand. Through his outspoken criticism of the conduct of the campaign, he was instrumental in bringing about the dismissal of the British commander-in-chief, …

Eleazer Derby Wood (1783 - September 17, 1814) was an American Army officer in the War of 1812. Wood was born in New York City. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1806. He built Fort Meigs in Ohio as well as other fortifications. Woods was killed during the fighting around Fort Erie, Ontario during the War of 1812. He was the namesake of Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor on which the Statue of Liberty was built.

Albert Edward Baesel (March 21, 1892-September 27, 1918) was an American Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions near Ivoiry, France which lead to his death during World War I.

Cognitive psychologists study the human mind. "Cognitive" comes from the Latin verb cognoscere , to know, so cognitive psychologists study how people know things - how we see, hear, acquire information, remember, believe, understand, speak, think, solve problems, make decisions and much more. As a memory researcher, Tulving explores how people learn and know facts, and how they remember their experiences.

Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 - June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi.

Major General Pershing of the National Army Pershing was appointed a Major General in the National Army and his force deployed to Europe. Upon arriving in France , Pershing fought continual political campaigns to keep the AEF from being split up to augment British and French forces. During this time, George C. Marshall served as one of Pershing's assistants and Douglas MacArthur was one of his Division Commanders. General John J. Pershing

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JESSE JONES STITH was born March 14, 1818, in the same house where he now lives [ed. note: now Scott Hill Farm]. His father, Richard Stith, was born December 9, 1778, in Campbell County, Va. He was a farmer, in connection with which he engaged in wagon and carriage-making and tailoring. He removed in 1805 ( see note below ) to Kentucky, locating in the Stith Valley, in Meade County, then Hardin County, of which he was one of the pioneer settlers.

Edith Eva Eger, Ph.D. A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just 16 years old in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Using her past as a powerful analogy, she inspires people to tap their full potential and shape their very best destinies. It's a message of healing and personal growth.

Edward M. Coffman , a Kentuckian who earned all of his degrees at the University of Kentucky, served two years as an infantry officer in the First Cavalry Division during the Korean War but did not see combat. He started his teaching career at the University of Memphis and then spent 31 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harold B. Emery, Jr . fought bravely at the Battle of the Bulge with the many other brave soldiers of the American Army. He was an infantryman in General Patch掇 Seventh Army. It was December 19, 1944, just four days into the battle when Junior was in the way of a shell bomb. He heard a loud "BOOM!!" as the shell exploded in the trees and his head was injured. His buddies helped him off the battle field.

Walter Reed , M.D., ( September 13 , 1851 - November 23 , 1902 ) was an American Army surgeon who led the team which confirmed the theory first set forth in 1881 and proven by the Cuban doctor and scientist Dr. Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct contact.

Lew Millett's initial military service was with the 101st Field Artillery, Massachusetts National Guard in 1938. Before America's entry into World War II, Millett saw service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, where he was a graduate air mechanic specializing in aerial gunnery.

Isabel Cobb , graduated from Female Seminary, January 27, 1879, Glendale Female College, Glendale, Ohio, June 8, 1881 and the Womans Medical- College of Pennsylvania May 5,1892. Since that date she has been a regular practitioner at Wagoner. Martha Cobb graduated from Female Seminary, June 30, 1888 and Kansas Agriculture College June 6, 1888.

William arrived in India in about 1816, probably through the port of Calcutta (Kolkata). Calcutta was the capital of the Bengal Presidency, a military district controlling all of northern India along the route of the Ganges river. It was the wealthiest of the three Presidencies, the others being Madras and Bombay. In Calcutta William would have been appointed to his regiment, the 53rd Bengal Native Infantry of the Indian Army.

Professor Dennis Showalter of the University of Colorado has occupied numerous highly prestigious visiting military history lecturing posts (including, recently, Distinguished Visiting Professor, the US Military Academy). He is President of the American Military History Society. His published works include: The Wars of Frederick the Great ; Tannenberg: Clash of Empires , and Little Man What Now? : Der Stürmer in the Weimar Republic .

Rabbi Sol Landau was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved to the United States in 1940. During World War II, he served for three years in the American Army. He received a BA from Brooklyn College, and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1954. In 1977 Landau earned a PhD from Florida State University.

Walter Schramm and his crew and another helicopter had been tasked to fly urgently needed supply to the closed in area but when they saw the injured Soldiers they immediately knew they had to help them, and Schramm aided several times. For the injured Soldiers the sight of Schramm’s helicopter must have been a godsend, their last chance to survive. “There is a special bond between people who face death together that you can’t duplicate in civilian life,” Schramm said pensively.

Chris Natthews, commentator for Hyper Hysteric News Network, believes the ceasefire could help the Allies recuperate from what he called their recent “drubbing” by German forces. “The Nazis caught the American Army flatfooted at the Battle of the Bulge,” Natthews screamed into the camera. “Most military observers call this the biggest blunder in American military history. President Roosevelt’s poll ratings are plummeting.

George Washington was born February 22, 1732. He attained his well-rounded knowledge of literature, sciences, and penmanship through tutors. After Washington's formal education, he moved to live with another brother, Lawrence, and his family. He began to pick up surveying and attended the College of William and Mary.

President Taylor also known as Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784 in Montecello, near Barboursville in Orange County, Virginia. He was the military leader of American army and was also the twelfth U.S President. He served in military for around 40 years and fought in wars including War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Second Seminole War. He fought against slavery and headed the U.S. army to win the most vital wars of the Mexican-American War.

Judith Magyar Isaacson (1925 - ) Judith Magyar was born in Hungary. In 1944 she, her mother, aunt, and grandmother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau . Her grandmother was killed there and Judith, her mother and aunt were sent to another concentration camp, Hessich-Lichtenau; Isaacson's comments about this time appear in an April 2000 news article . In 1945 they were taken to Tekla where the US Army liberated them.