John McCain

John McCain

male, 73 years old (Phoenix, Arizona, United States)
2008 GOP Presidential candidate, prisonerofwar, Vietnam War veteran, torture victim, Republican, senator…vietnam war, inmate of Hanoi Hilton, inmate of Hoa Loa Prison, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, Supports war in Iraq
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, decorated war veteran, and currently the Republican...
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

male, deceased (1965) (United Kingdom)
World War II political leader, Time Magazine Person of the Year, orator, anti-communist, British, Légion d'honneur recipient…Secretary of State for War, First World War, Second Boer War, Boer War prisoner of war, Secretary of State for Air
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as...
Jessica Lynch

Jessica Lynch

female, 26 years old
Iraq War prisoner of war, Women in the United States Army, American military, Women in the Second Iraq War, Iraq War, Recipient of the Bronze Star medal…2003 invasion of Iraq, prisonerofwar, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, American Iraq War veteran
Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983 in Palestine, West Virginia) is a former Quartermaster Corps Private First Class (PFC) in the United States...
Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

male, 82 years old
Catholic pope, German, Catholic, pope, nazi youth, Hitler Youth…Archbishop of Munich and Freising, University of Bonn faculty, World War II prisoner of war, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Basilica of St. John Lateran
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: "Benedictus PP. XVI"; Italian: "Benedetto XVI"), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria,...
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

male, deceased (1845)
battle of new orleans, politician, United States military governor, American Revolutionary War prisoner, Seminole War, U.S. Military Governor…President of the United States, war of 1812, prisonerofwar, Governor of Florida, Politics of the United States
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). He was also military governor of Florida...
David Hicks

David Hicks

male, 34 years old
Mohammed Dawood, taliban, Australian, convicted on terrorism charges, Terrorism in Australia, prisoner…Military Commissions Act of 2006, US House of Representatives, Extrajudicial prisoner of the United States, prisonerofwar, supreme court of the united states
David Matthew Hicks also known as Abu Muslim al-Austraili and Muhammed Dawood (born August 7, 1975) is an Australian citizen. After five years in...
Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

female, 88 years old
First Lady of the United States, First Lady, Just Say No, actress, gubernatorial, Reagan assassination attempt…Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan, vietnam war, prisonerofwar, governor of California, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of...
Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit

male, 23 years old
Israeli, Second Lebanon War, 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict, Cpl. Gilad ben Aviva Shalit, Soldier, 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict…prisonerofwar
Cpl. Gilad Shalit (b. 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas militants on 25 June 2006. The first Israeli soldier captured...