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Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", [1] was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II.
Eugene Bennett Fluckey: 1935 Rear Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for submarine combat during World War II; commander of USS Barb, which won the Presidential Unit Citation for its eighth through eleventh patrols and the Navy Unit Commendation for the twelfth patrol [47] [68] John James Powers: 1935
Springfield National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Springfield, in Greene County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 18.1 acres (7.3 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 14,685 interments.
Sep. 4—A burial stone dating to 1794, the oldest in the Middle Village Cemetery in Springfield, received a roadside historical marker Friday, Aug. 30, funded by the private William C. Pomeroy ...
Eugene B. Fluckey: Navy: Commander: USS Barb, along east coast of China: December 19, 1944 – February 15, 1945: Joseph J. Foss: Marine Corps: Captain: over Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands: October 9, 1942 – November 19, 1942 and January 1943: For shooting down 26 aircraft as leader of the Flying Circus. Later became 20th Governor of South Dakota.
Images from the Memorial Day commemoration ceremony at the Springfield National Cemetery on May 27, 2024. Retired Col. James Robinette, the event's keynote speaker and a Springfield native, gave ...
Convoy Hi-81 (ヒ-81) was the designation for a formation of Japanese transports that carried soldiers bound for Singapore and the Philippines during World War II.The transports were escorted by a large force of surface combatants including the escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru which were sunk in the Yellow Sea by American submarines.
Eugene B. Fluckey † 1948 Navy submarine commander during World War II who received the Medal of Honor [128] Tom Foley † 1945 c. Representative from Washington (1965–1995); Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1989–1995); ambassador to Japan (1998–2001) Christopher Fogt: 2000 Olympic bobsledder [129] Gerald Ford † 1927