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Captain Robert Moffat Losey (/ ˈ l oʊ s i /; May 27, 1908 – April 21, 1940), an aeronautical meteorologist, is considered to be the first American military casualty in World War II. [1] While serving as a military attaché prior to America's entry into the war, Losey was killed on April 21, 1940, during a German bombardment in Norway. [1]
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Benjamin Lewis Salomon (September 1, 1914 – July 7, 1944) was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon.During the Battle of Saipan, when the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he stood a rear-guard action in which he had no hope of personal survival, allowing the safe evacuation of the wounded, killing as many as 98 enemy troops before being ...
Corporal Thomas William Priday (1912/1913– 9 December 1939) was the first British Army soldier to be killed in action during the Second World War. [ 1 ] Early life
Shreveport was home to the Louisiana Hayride, a radio broadcast from the city's Municipal Auditorium. During its heyday from 1948 to 1960, it featured musicians who became noted nationally, such as Hank Williams, Sr., and Elvis Presley (who got his start at this venue). [2] The city and region suffered during and after the decline of the oil ...
Commanding Officer, England General Hospital, Atlantic City, New Jersey [35] Brigadier General: Robert M. Hardaway: September 5, 1945: Commanding General Percy Jones Hospital Center: Commanding Officer, Bushnell General Hospital, Brigham City, Utah [11] Brigadier General: Edward A. Noyes: September 6, 1945: Chief Surgeon, European Theater
Private First Class Charles Havlat (November 4, 1910 – May 7, 1945) is recognized as being the last United States Army soldier to be killed in combat in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. [2]
Clarence L. Tinker was the first American general killed in World War II. (Rear Admiral Issac C. Kidd, USN, was killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941). He received the Soldier's Medal in 1931 and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. [3] On October 14, 1942, the Oklahoma City Air Depot was named Tinker Field in his