- John Kerry
John Kerry is a senator from Massachusetts. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004. - John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, decorated war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a presidential candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by George W. Bush for the Republican nomination. On February 28, 2007, during a guest appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman", … - Colin Powell
General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) is a former American military leader and statesman. He became the first African-American to be confirmed as United States Secretary of State. As the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-05) under President George W. Bush, Powell became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States. - Chuck Hagel
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. He is a potential candidate for the 2008 presidential election. - Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier in World War II, and later became a famous actor, in 44 American films, in addition to being a songwriter. In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. medals, five from France, and one from Belgium. - John Murtha
John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. is an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, Murtha has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1974, representing Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. The district's largest city is Johnstown and includes Pittsburgh's eastern and southern suburbs as well as a large rural area encompassing the southwest corner of the state. - Jim Webb
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb was a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, … - John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy , also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, or JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. In 1960 he became the youngest person ever to be elected President of the United States, and the second youngest, after Theodore Roosevelt, to serve. Kennedy served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. - Morley Nelson
Morlan "Morley" Nelson (1917 - September 21, 2005), was a falconer and educator. He is best known as a seminal influence on raptor conservation in the Western United States. - John Basilone
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. He held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal, after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. Basilone was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, after which he was posthumously honored with the Navy Cross. - Jim Marshall
James Creel "Jim" Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, and has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 8th District (formerly numbered as the 3rd District) of Georgia (map). The district is based in Macon and includes much of rural Middle Georgia. - Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map) Rangel's district, the smallest in the country in geographic size, encompasses Upper Manhattan and includes such neighborhoods as Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and part of the Upper West Side, … - Bob Parsons
Bob (Robert) Parsons (born 1950) is the CEO and founder of domain registrar and web host Go Daddy which owns registrars Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains, the domain privacy company Domains by Proxy, and the registration authority Starfield Technologies. - Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. - Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin was a United States Senator from Alabama, and a member of the Democratic Party. Although born in Poulan, Georgia, Heflin was the nephew of prominent Alabama politician James Thomas Heflin. Following graduation from high school, Heflin attended Birmingham-Southern College (graduated 1942) and the University of Alabama Law School (graduated 1948). - Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin and grew up in Massapequa, New York. His autobiography, Born on the Fourth of July, was adapted as an Academy Award winning film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Cruise as Kovic. Academy Award winning Actress Jane Fonda has stated that Ron Kovic 's story was the inspiration for her film Coming Home. - Douglas MacArthur
Jean Marie Faircloth (December 28, 1898 in Nashville, Tennessee - January 22, 2000), was a socialite and philanthropist. After attending Ward-Belmont College, Faircloth married MacArthur on April 30, 1937. They remained married until the general's death in 1964. She called him "Sir Boss". In her later years she often gave speeches on her late husband's military career. She died at the age of 101 of natural causes on January 22, 2000 in New York City. - Clarence R. Huebner
Clarence Ralph Huebner (November 24, 1888 - September 23, 1972) was a general of the United States Army. A farm boy from Bushton, Kansas who spent almost seven years serving from private to sergeant in the 18th Infantry, Huebner received a regular commission in November 1916. During World War I, he led a company, battalion, and regiment of the 1st Infantry Division-the "Big Red One"-from the first American regimental assault at Cantigny through Soissons, Saint-Mihiel, … - Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996, serving part of that time as United States Senate Majority Leader. He was the Republican candidate in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election and the Republican vice presidential candidate in the 1976 Presidential election. In 2007, President George W. Bush appointed Dole as a co-chair of the commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, along with Donna Shalala. - Wayne Gilchrest
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (born April 15 1946) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing (map) since 1991. The district includes the entire Eastern Shore and a few suburbs of Baltimore, including parts of Anne Arundel County and Harford County. - Robert L. Howard
Robert L. Howard (b. July 11 1939 in Opelika, Alabama) is a highly decorated officer of the United States Army and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam Conflict. He entered the Army at Montgomery, Alabama and retired as Colonel. As a Staff Sergeant of the highly-classified Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG), … - Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 - February 7, 2001) was a United States Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. He was the sole survivor of an escape attempt from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos. - Milton Ernest Ricketts
Milton Ernest Ricketts was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Ricketts graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and then from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935 and subsequently served on the USS "Ranger" (CV-4) and USS "Yorktown" (CV-5). On May 8 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, … - Bud Day
George E. "Bud" Day (born February 24, 1925) is a former U.S. Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions in combat. Day enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served thirty months in the South Pacific during World War II. - Oliver Laurence North
Oliver L. North is a combat decorated marine, a #1 best-selling author, the founder of a small business, an inventor with three U.S. patents, a syndicated columnist, and the host of War Stories on the Fox News Channel. Yet, he claims his most important accomplishment is to be "the husband of one, the father of four and the grandfather of eleven." North was born in San Antonio, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and served 22 years as a U.S. Marine. - Sam Johnson
Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson (born October 11, 1930) is an American politician. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Third District of Texas (map). - Casey Sheehan
Casey Austin Sheehan (May 29, 1979-April 4, 2004) was a Specialist in the United States Army who was killed by enemy action while serving in the Iraq War. He is the son of Patrick Sheehan, a sales representative, and Cindy Sheehan, who subsequently became a prominent anti-war protester. - William Smith
William Smith (born March 24, 1934 in Columbia, Missouri, USA) is an American actor. He worked as a child actor, but is best known for his numerous roles in low-budget action films playing bikers, cowboys, tough-guys, and villains. He is possibly best-known for playing Falconetti on the TV mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man". - Frederick Kroesen
Frederick James Kroesen was the Commanding General of the Seventh United States Army and the commander of NATO Central Army Group. Kroesen is a graduate of Rutgers University. He earned an M.A. in International Affairs at George Washington University. He commanded troops in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal. He also served as the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army. - James Robinson Risner
James Robinson "Robbie" Risner (b. 1925) was one of the most accomplished fighter pilots in the history of the United States Air Force. He retired as a Brigadier General in 1976. Risner was decorated for service in the Korean War due to dramatic success in aeronautical dog fights, becoming the 20th Jet Ace of the war, credited with eight enemy aircraft destroyed. During service in Vietnam he was shot down twice. - James Jones
James Jones (November 6, 1921 - May 9, 1977) is an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. - Elijah Churchill
Elijah Churchill, was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Enfield, Connecticut, a carpenter, he entered the 8th Connecticut Regiment as a private on July 7, 1775. On May 7, 1777, he re-enlisted for the duration of the war as a corporal in the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, later the 2nd Legionary Corps, and was promoted to sergeant on October 2, 1780. He was cited for gallantry in action at Fort St. George near Brookhaven, … - Michael Durant
Michael 'Mike' J. Durant (born July 23, 1961) is the American pilot who was held prisoner after a raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993. Durant is a native of Berlin, New Hampshire, and served in the United States Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. He retired from the Army as a CW4 Blackhawk helicopter master aviator in the 160th SOAR after participating in combat operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, … - Guy Gabaldon
Guy Louis Gabaldon (March 22, 1926 - August 31, 2006) was a United States Marine in World War II. He was credited with capturing (or persuading to surrender) about 1,000 Japanese soldiers and numerous civilians during the Battle of Saipan (1944). Only a Private First Class at the time, he was nominated for the Medal of Honor but was first awarded the Silver Star. This was later upgraded to the Navy Cross, for these actions. - Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28 2005 after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and underreporting his income for 2004. - Montgomery Meigs
Montgomery Meigs (b. January 11, 1945 in Annapolis, Maryland) is a retired United States General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1967. He served as a cavalry troop commander in the Vietnam War. After study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a year at the Army's Command and General Staff College, … - Doris Miller
Doris "Dorie" Miller was an African American cook in the United States Navy and a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the second highest honor that can be awarded by the US Navy, after the Medal of Honor. - Joe Toye
Joseph D. Toye (1919 - 1995) was a Staff Sergeant veteran of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) attached to the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during the Second World War. He was portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" by Kirk Acevedo. Joseph Toye was the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner. He enlisted in the army after the attack on Pearl Harbor. - Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known as Oliver Stone, is a American film director, and screenwriter. - Gerald F. Deconto
Gerald Francis DeConto was a Captain of the U.S. Navy assigned to Chief of Naval Operations, Washington D.C. DeConto had a masters degree in mechanical engineering. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy. He perished during the September 11 attacks against the Pentagon. He commanded the guided missile frigate USS "Simpson" (FFG-56) from August 1998 through April 2000.
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