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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 ...
American World War II flying ace [26] Kenneth O. Chilstrom: 1921–2022: 101: American air force colonel and test pilot [27] Sir Philip Christison: 1893–1993: 100: British general [28] Richard E. Cole: 1915–2019: 103: American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid [29] Lewis Combs: 1895–1996: 101: American ...
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.
The Kennedy Middle School in Natick hosted its annual Veterans Breakfast on Thursday, welcoming 27 area veterans to speak with students. Veterans Day: War heroes share stories, poems with students ...
Philippine Army personnel of World War II (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Filipino military personnel of World War II" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
"Dorothy Still Danner: Reminiscences of a Nurse POW" (PDF). Navy Medicine. 83 (3): 36– 40. Louis Morton, US Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific--The Fall of the Philippines (United States Army Center of Military History, 1952) "A Tribute to Our Nurses" (PDF). The Quan. 58 (2). American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor: 1, 6– 7, 9 ...
Last rebel Boy Scout messenger. Later trained the Brazilian pilots during the World War II. [270] Olimpio Martins Pires (1910–2020) – Brazil. Served in the PMMG. Also participated in the Revolution of 1930. [266] [267] Maria de Lourdes Pinto Picarelli (1913–2019) – São Paulo. Last female rebel combattant. [271] [272]
On January 30, 1945, during World War II, United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas attacked the camp and liberated more than 500 prisoners. After the surrender of tens of thousands of American troops during the Battle of Bataan, many were sent to the Cabanatuan prison camp after the Bataan Death March. The Japanese ...