Clay Laverne Shaw (March 17, 1913 - August 14, 1974) was a successful businessman in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is notable as the only person ever to be tried for conspiracy in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Shaw was honorably discharged from the United States Army as a major in 1946. He served as a secretary to the General Staff and was decorated by three nations: The United States with the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star, …

Isaac Woodard, often written Isaac Woodward, was an African American WWII veteran whose maiming hours after being discharged from the U.S. military sparked national outrage and had a profound impact on the growing civil rights movement in the United States. Woodard, born March 8, 1919, enlisted in 1943 and served in the Pacific Theater as a longshoreman. He earned a battle star, for unloading ships under fire in New Guinea, and a Good Conduct Medal, …

Roger Christie is a minister and campaigner against the US drug policy. In 2000, he founded the THC Ministry, a religion that considers cannabis to be a sacrament. Roger Christie was born on 15 June, 1949 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Raised and schooled in the New Jersey countryside in the 1950s and 1960s, he graduated from high school in 1967, the famous "summer of love". After two years of college studies and flight training school in Miami, …

Calvin Leon Graham (April 3, 1930 - November 6, 1992) was youngest person ever to enlist in the United States Navy, and the youngest U.S. serviceman during World War II. He enlisted in the Navy at age 12 following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was wounded at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, while serving aboard the USS "South Dakota". During the battle, he helped in the fire control efforts aboard the "South Dakota", …

Marc Leepson (born June 20, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American journalist, historian, and author. His books include "Desperate Engagement: How a Little Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C. and Changed American History", "Flag: An American Biography", "Saving Monticello" and "Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War". Leepson was educated at Hillside High School in Hillside, …

James Hampton (April 8, 1909-November 4, 1964) was an African-American janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art from scavenged materials. James Hampton was born in Elloree, South Carolina in 1909. His father was a gospel singer and a traveling Baptist preacher. In 1928, Hampton left for Washington, D.C. to join his elder brother Lee. They shared an apartment.

Phillip Buford Davidson, Jr. was an American Lieutenant general, who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Davidson was born on November 26, 1915 in Hachita, New Mexico. Davidson attended West Point, graduating in 1939. During World War II, he served as assistant intelligence officer in the 96th Infantry Division. Later, he served as a squadron commander in George Patton's Third Army.

Harold Ray Presley (b. October 5 1948, Tupelo, Mississippi - d. July 6 2001) was the sheriff of Lee County, Mississippi from 1993 to 2001. Harold Ray Presley was one of six children born to Noah Edward and Christine Presley. He attended local schools, but dropped out of school in the tenth grade. In 1968 he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam in the Twenty-ninth General Support Group.

Harold L. "Tom" Sebring (1898-July 26, 1968) was a Florida Supreme Court judge, a judge at the Nuremberg Trials and, while in law school, was the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Sebring spent 22 months fighting in World War I. He was honorably discharged in 1919 with military decorations from both the U.S. and French governments.

John Freeman Mackie was a United States Marine and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the American Civil War. He was the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor. Mackie enlisted in the Marine Corps from New York on August 23 1861. By 1862, he held the rank of Corporal and was serving on the ironclad warship USS "Galena". On May 15 1862, a five-ship Union Navy squadron, including the "Galena", …

John Charles Brophy (October 8, 1901 - December 26, 1976) was a Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin. Brophy was born in Eagle, Wisconsin and graduated from Marquette Academy before enlisting in the Navy, serving from August 1919 to May 1921, when he was honorably discharged. Brophy was a Milwaukee alderman from 1939 until 1946, when was elected to the House of Representatives. Brophy remained in the House for only a single term, …

Bob Elkins is an American character actor who has appeared in movies, plays and television productions. He is sometimes credited as Robert Elkins. Bob Elkins was born in 1932 in Mount Hope, West Virginia, is the son of a struggling coal miner. At age four, he moved with his father, mother and two sisters to Muncie, Indiana, where his father took a job at a lawnmower company.

Jay J. Ferriola (b. 1973) is a U.S. Army captain who sued the United States government to prevent him from being deployed to Iraq after completing eight years of military service. In response, the Army honorably discharged him on November 3, 2004. Ferriola, a New Yorker who had served in South Korea and Bosnia, …

Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, KCB, KCMG, DSO, MC (pronounce "mingis", with a hard 'g') (January 30, 1890 – May 29, 1968) was Chief of MI6, British Secret Intelligence Service, during and after World War II. Born in London into a wealthy family, Menzies was reputed to be the illegitimate son of the future King Edward VII. He joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and later the Life Guards (British Army). During World War I he served in France, …

Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 - January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921-1927. Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland and attended the public schools. He entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1877 and graduated in 1881. After two years of service in the United States Navy, he was honorably discharged in 1883.

Harry Humphries was born on November 17, 1940 in Verona, New Jersey, and is a highly decorated former Navy SEAL who currently works as a consultant/actor on Hollywood films. After graduating High School in New Jersey, Humphries joined the Navy where he worked in Special Ops. In 1969 Humphries left the Navy with an Honorable Discharge. After which he moved out to California where he started GSGI (Global Study Group Inc.) Humphries currently resides in Huntington Beach, …

Louis Antoine Jean Baptiste de Cambray-Digny (1751-1822) was a French officer during the American Revolution. He was born in Italy to French parents. Not much is known of his early life until he joined the French artillery in 1770 and was discharged in 1774. In early 1778, he sailed to the revolting American Colonies and was made a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army on June 13. He fought at the Battle of Monmouth soon after.