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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
Alvin Cullum York was born in a two-room log cabin in Fentress County, Tennessee. [4] He was the third child born to William Uriah York and Mary Elizabeth (Brooks) York. William Uriah York was born in Jamestown, Tennessee, to Uriah York and Eliza Jane Livingston, who had moved to Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolin
American Medal of Honor recipient from the Boxer Rebellion [136] Dave Severance: 1919–2021: 102: American Marine Corps colonel, who led the company responsible for raising the flag on Iwo Jima [137] Dawn Seymour: 1917–2017: 100: American Women Airforce Service Pilot and activist [138] Surindra Nath Sharma: 1923– 101: Indian Army general ...
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, [4] and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
The leader of the US troops, Major Thomas Van Horne then ordered a withdrawal, at which point the whole US unit broke and fled in disorder. The Indians achieved the military victory against the odds, even though they were outnumbered 8 to 1. [21] [22] The Americans lost 17 people, while the Native Americans lost just 1. [23]
United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (M–Z). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients".
American soldier of fortune who fought for 18 countries during his 27-year career. Robert Hale Merriman: 1908-1938 1937-1938 Spanish Republic International Brigades: American doctoral student who fought with the Republican forces in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
To give American commanders parity of rank with their Allied counterparts, Congress allowed the president to appoint two emergency generals in the National Army, specified to be the chief of staff of the Army , Tasker H. Bliss and later Peyton C. March; and the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, John J. Pershing. [159]