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Christian Mary Wolseley Lamb (née Oldham, born 19 July 1920) is a British World War II veteran who helped to plan the D-Day landings in Normandy. [1] She is a lecturer on the history of plants and the author of five books, including her war-time memoir, Beyond the Sea. [2] [3] [4] As of 2024, at the age of 104, she is one of the last surviving ...
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. Last survivors This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2024) Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December ...
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 – June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
According to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 119,550 or less than 1% of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II were alive as of 2023. Roughly 130 die every day ...
They hadn't seen each other for nearly 70 years, which made the moment these World War II veterans and best friends reunited particularly sweet. Bob West told Fox News: "We had a good time ...
Louis Zamperini. Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian Evangelist. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Two veterans of World War II were among the many Ohio veterans celebrated at the Honor Flight at Home ceremony in June. The oldest, Joe Calenda, 100, joined the U.S. Army in 1943 at the age of 19 ...
Navy Cross. Purple Heart. Guy Louis Gabaldon (March 22, 1926 – August 31, 2006) was a United States Marine who, at age 18, captured or persuaded to surrender over 1,300 Japanese soldiers and civilians during the battles for Saipan and Tinian islands in 1944 during World War II. Called "Gabby" by his friends, he became known as "The Pied Piper ...