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James Elbert "Jake" McNiece (May 24, 1919 – January 21, 2013) was a US Army paratrooper in World War II. Private McNiece was a member and eventual leader of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the 1965 E. M. Nathanson novel and the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen.
He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Oklahoma State University, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration in 1971. After college, he went to work for Nickles Machine Corporation in Ponca City, a business started in 1918 by his grandfather, Clair Nickles. He became the company's vice president and general manager.
Forcum was born in Downey, California, and attended high school in Ponca City, Oklahoma, graduating in 1960. [2] After high school he competed on the rodeo circuit as a bull rider for four years. [2] In 1964 he was drafted into the United States Army and served two years in Wurzburg, Germany. [2]
Ponca City (Iowa-Oto: Chína Uhánⁿdhe) [5] is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 24,424 in the 2020 census , [ 6 ] down from 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census .
Clyde Merton Warrior was born 31 August 1939 near Ponca City, Oklahoma to Gloria Collins and was raised by his grandparents in the Ponca traditions. [1] He was a member of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. He spoke the Ponca language, [2] learned a wide range of tribal songs and was a champion fancy dancer in his teens. [3]
Seventeen months after her aunt and adoptive mother's death, E. W. Marland and Lydie petitioned a court in Philadelphia to annul her adoption. Immediately afterward they announced plans to marry, but because of a negative response from friends, family, and the public to her relationship with her uncle and adoptive father the wedding was delayed six months.
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Luciean Louis Clinton (October 13, 1937 – December 6, 1997), nicknamed Lu or Lou, was a Major League Baseball outfielder who batted and threw right-handed. His major league career spanned eight seasons (1960–1967), during which he played for five American League teams; the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles/California Angels, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.