Willis A. Lee

Willis A. Lee

male, deceased (1945)
Shooter at the 1920 Summer Olympics, from the United States, sport shooter, shooting sports, Olympic silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist…Guadalcanal campaign, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleofguadalcanal
Willis Augustus Lee, Jr. (11 May 1888 - 25 August 1945) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. He was also a sport shooter...
John Basilone

John Basilone

male, deceased (1945)
American military personnel of World War II, the Pacific, purple heart, united states marine corps, United States Marine, Navy Cross recipient…battleofguadalcanal, medal of honor, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, battle of iwo jima, Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), received the Medal of Honor for his actions at th...
Mitchell Paige

Mitchell Paige

male, deceased (2003)
American military personnel of World War II, korean war, Distinguished Eagle Scout, United States Marine, Korean War veteran, world war ii veteran…battleofguadalcanal, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, medal of honor, Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Mitchell Paige (August 31, 1918-November 15, 2003) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. He received this most prestigious...
Samuel B. Roberts

Samuel B. Roberts

male, deceased (1942)
American military personnel killed in action II, marine, Beachmaster, U.S. Naval Reserve, American World War II killed in action, Guadalcanal…Guadalcanal Assault Force, Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, battleofguadalcanal
Samuel Booker Roberts, Jr. (12 May 1921 - 27 September 1942) was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and became the...
Nobutake Kondo

Nobutake Kondo

male, deceased (1953)
promotions, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleofguadalcanal, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, battle of midway, Imperial Japanese Navy…Guadalcanal campaign, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Nobutake Kondō was an Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Kondo graduated from the J...
John Hersey

John Hersey

male, deceased (1993)
Jewish, ghetto, warsaw ghetto, Jewish person, the holocaust, Holocaust…battleofguadalcanal, University of Cambridge
John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. Born in Tientsin, China, to missionaries Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, his family...
Merritt A. Edson

Merritt A. Edson

male, deceased (1955)
American military personnel of World War II, United States Naval Aviator, American military, National Rifle Association member, World War I, medal of honor…Recipient of the Legion of Merit, legion of merit, battleofguadalcanal, Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, Legions of Merit
Major General Merritt Austin Edson (April 25, 1897 - August 14, 1955), known as "Red Mike", was a general in the United States Marine Corps. Among...
Tameichi Hara

Tameichi Hara

male, 109 years old
World War II, Samurai, torpedo, battleofguadalcanal, christmas island, submarine…Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of the Java Sea, Battle of Christmas Island
Tameichi Hara was an Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques, famous...