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The Sole Survivor Policy or United States Department of Defense Directive 1315.15 "Special Separation Policies for Survivorship" describes a set of regulations in the United States military, partially stipulated by law, that are designed to protect members of a family from the draft during peacetime or wartime if they have already lost family members to military service.
The deadliest aviation disaster to have had a sole survivor was Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which crashed in Romulus, Michigan, on 16 August 1987, killing 154 of the 155 people on board the aircraft, as well as two people on the ground. The sole survivor of the crash was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who was seriously injured. [3] [4]
Helping lead to the adoption of the Sole Survivor Policy in National Military Establishment regulations in 1948 The Borgstrom brothers were four American siblings, including twin brothers, killed over a six-month period during World War II .
People who were the sole survivor of an incident such as a military action, shipwreck, plane crash or massacre. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Sole Survivor, a 1997 novel by Dean Koontz "Sole Survivor" (Asia song) "Sole Survivor" (Helloween song) "Sole Survivor", a song by Blue Öyster Cult from Fire of Unknown Origin; Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor, a computer game in the Command & Conquer: Tiberian series; The player character in Fallout 4 is canonically referred to as the Sole ...
Sole Survivor aired on January 9, 1970, and was the first of made-for-TV movies broadcast on CBS, and produced by CBS-owned Cinema Center Films (the company's short-lived foray into feature film production). Sole Survivor was released in Region B/2 in a DVD/Blu-ray dual-disk set on March 14, 2016. [6]
In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is a person in the presidential line of succession who is kept distant from others in the line when they are gathered together, to reduce the chance that everyone in the line will be unable to take over the presidency in a catastrophic or mass-casualty event.
"King Nine Will Not Return" is the season two premiere episode, and 37th overall, of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on September 30, 1960 on CBS. This was the first episode where Rod Serling appeared on camera at the beginning, rather than introducing the episode in a voice-over narration.