Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO (27 October, 1884 - 22 January 1978) was a British general during World War II.

General Sir Neil Ritchie GBE, KCB, DSO, MC (July 29, 1897 - December 11, 1983) was a British commanding officer during the Second World War. Ritchie's military career started in 1914 when he was commissioned as an officer in the Black Watch. During the First World War he served in France and in the Mesopotamian campaign where he won the Military Cross in 1918. By the start of the Second World War Ritchie had risen to the rank of brigadier, …

William Henry Ewart "Strafer" Gott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (13 August 1897 - 7 August 1942) was a British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant general when serving in the British Eighth Army. An officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), Gott served with distinction with the BEF in France during World War I. Arriving in Egypt in 1939 as a lieutenant colonel commanding the 1st Battalion KRRC, …

John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born John Patrick Goggan in Louisville, Kentucky, his parents soon abandoned him and he spent a delinquent youth in foster homes and boarding schools. At age 19, he secured a job as an announcer at KPO Radio in San Francisco, California, marrying Mildred Legaye in 1925. He wrote over one thousand scripts for the "Cecil and Sally Show" broadcast by NBC between 1929 and 1933.

Lieutenant General Herbert Lumsden, CB, DSO, MC, (1897 - January 6, 1945) was a British Army general during World War II. Lumsden was widely praised for his command of an Armoured car regiment during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was promoted and commanded a tank brigade before being appointed GOC of 1st Armoured Division. It was in this role that he first saw service in North Africa.

Isaac D. White commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC) from July 1957 to March 1961. He gained his commission into the Cavalry in 1923 and went on to serve in World War II and the Korean War. Because of his extensive experience in tank warfare, "Armor Magazine" dubbed him "Mr. Armor" upon his retirement. White graduated with a bachelor's degree from Norwich University in 1922. He subsequently earned a Master of Military Science from Norwich in 1951.

Cornelius H. Charlton was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Korean War. Cornelius Charlton was born in West Virginia to Van and Clara (née Thompson) Charlton. In 1944, the family moved from West Virginia to the Bronx in New York City. Cornelius attended James Monroe High School there and, after graduating, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1946.

Samuel W. Koster (29 December 1919—23 January 2006 was a United States Army officer and the highest-ranking officer charged and punished for his role in the My Lai massacre was slated for promotion to the rank of lieutenant (three star) general at the time of his being charged, only to eventually end his military career in mild disgrace. Born in West Liberty, Iowa, Koster graduated from West Point in 1942.

Colonel Ruby Bradley was one of the most decorated women in United States military history. She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia. Bradley entered the Army Nurse Corps as a surgical nurse in 1934. She was serving at Camp John Hay in the Philippines when she was captured by Japanese forces three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. In 1943, she was moved to the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila.

General Dwight Edward Beach commanded the U.S. Forces Korea from 1965-1966 and U.S. Army, Pacific from September 1966 to July 1968. He gained his commission in 1932 into the Field Artillery. He served in World War II in the Pacific theater, participating in four amphibious assaults, as well as in the Korean War. Beach was born in Chelsea, Michigan, on July 20, 1908, …

Eric "The Rabbit" Parsons (born 9 November 1923 in Worthing, England) is a former footballer who played for West Ham United, Chelsea and Brentford. A winger and crowd favourite whose blistering pace earned him the nickname "the Rabbit", Parsons started his career with West Ham United, spotted by the club during a game against West Ham Boys at Upton Park while playing for Worthing Boys. He played his first game for the Irons on 4 January 1947, …

Fred Kite MM & Two Bars (January 5 1921-June1993), known as Buck, was a highly decorated British soldier who fought in the Second World War. Kite was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1921. He attended Hassell Street School followed by The Orme School. At the age of 17 years he joined the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. For gallantry in action, Kite received the Military Medal and two Bars.

Francis Townsend Dodd (born October 5, 1899) was an U.S. Army brigadier general who became noted when, as commander of the United Nations-administered prisoner-of-war camps on Koje Island during the Korean War he was held hostage by North Korean POWs during a camp uprising. The incident led to a North Korean propaganda victory after the Army was forced to make embarrassing admissions to secure Dodd's release.

Fritz Wilhelm Theodor Karl von Below was a commander in the German Army during the First World War. Below commanded the Eight Army after Hindenburg from 1914 to 1918 and the Second Army at the beginning of the Somme offensive in 1916. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite medal on 16 February 1915. He was the cousin of Otto von Below, another German commander during the war.