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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 ...
World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor (1 C, 472 P) ... Child soldiers in World War II (1 C, 95 P) Chinese military personnel of World War II (3 C, 104 P)
American World War II flying ace [17] Aleksey Botyan: 1917–2020: 103: Soviet colonel, spy, partisan and intelligence officer [18] Aubrey J. Bourgeois: 1907–2011: 103: American Navy officer [19] Hugo Broch: 1922– 102: German World War II flying ace [20] Lady Martha Bruce: 1921–2023: 101: British prison governor, Women's Royal Army Corps ...
Operation Copper was carried out by the Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II.The objective of the mission was to investigate the Japanese defences on Muschu Island, capture a Japanese officer for interrogation and discover the location of two naval guns on the island that covered the approaches to Wewak Harbour.
Joseph R. Beyrle (pron. BYE-er-lee) (Russian: Джозеф Вильямович Байерли; romanized: Dzhozef Vilyamovich Bayyerli; August 25, 1923 – December 12, 2004) is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army in World War II.
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...
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Alfred Zech, also known as Alfred Czech [1] [2] (12 October 1932 – 13 June 2011), [3] [4] was a German child soldier who, as one of about 3 million people, received the Iron Cross, 2nd Class at the age of 12 years.