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The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Richard E. Cole (1915–2019), shown second-from-right in this 1942 photograph, was a World War II veteran and the last living participant of the Doolittle Raid. Lou Conter (1921–2024) – U.S. Navy. Last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona. [62] [note 1] Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (1923–2022) – U.S. Marine Corps. Last Medal of ...
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
Of all the attacks on American monuments that have happened this year, the vandalism of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., certainly ranks among the worst. Nothing better illustrates ...
World War II veteran Joseph Eskenazi, who at 104 years and 11 months old is the oldest living veteran to survive the attack on Pearl Harbor, is greeted by staff as he arrives at the National World ...
Hershel “Woody” Williams was the last living veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor. Now an effort to build a monument on the National Mall will be named after him.
American World War II flying ace [26] Kenneth O. Chilstrom: 1921–2022: 101: American air force colonel and test pilot [27] Sir Philip Christison: 1893–1993: 100: British general [28] Richard E. Cole: 1915–2019: 103: American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid [29] Lewis Combs: 1895–1996: 101: American ...
Yet on Tuesday, hundreds of people gathered at the graveside of World War II veteran Stephen Kolesnik Jr. and watched him laid to rest. The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97 ...