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Oscar Godfrey Johnson Jr. [1] (March 25, 1921 – May 13, 1998) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Clarence O. Johnson USAAF 7 SS KIA 23 September 1944 [583] Evan M. Johnson V 5 DFC [584] Gerald R. Johnson: 22 DSC (2), SS, LOM KIFA 7 October 1945 [585] Gerald W. Johnson: 16.5 DSC POW 27 March 1944 [586] James K. Johnson: 1 Claimed 10 additional victories during the Korean War [587] Robert S. Johnson: 27 DSC [588] [589] Wallace R. Johnson USN ...
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
SS Reverdy Johnson: Reverdy Johnson: 51 standard 15 May 1942: 10 July 1942: Scrapped 1967 SS Richard A. Van Pelt: Richard A. Van Pelt: 2401 standard 9 January 1945: 17 February 1945: Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 SS Richard B. Moore: Richard B. Moore: 2705 standard 12 November 1943: 30 November 1943: Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 SS ...
The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II.
Oscar Johnson may refer to: Oscar Johnson (baseball) (1895–1960), Negro leagues baseball player; Oscar G. Johnson (1921–1998), United States Army soldier;
World War II was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in July 1937 as the Second Sino-Japanese War ; the other began in Europe in September 1939 with the German and Soviet invasion of Poland . [ 1 ]
Leon W. Johnson: Air Forces: Colonel: Ploiești Raid, Romania August 1, 1943: A United States Air Force general who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields during World War II. Following the raid on Ploesti, one of the war's costliest aerial encounters for all concerned, Johnson was awarded the Medal of ...