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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 ...
Archie Wilmotte Leslie Bray (1883–1942) was an English-American educator. Bray served as a founder and head of Department of Biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), between 1925 and his death in 1942. [1] Bray is credited by Nobel laureate Harold Ulrey as being an inspiration for him in switching from psychology to the natural ...
William Gilmer Bray (June 17, 1903 – June 4, 1979) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served twelve terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1951 to 1975.
O. Jermaine Simmons, a well-known pastor based in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to flee a house naked after a husband came home early to find him in bed with his wife.
World War II in HD is a History Channel television series that chronicles the hardships of World War II, using rare films shot in color never seen on television before.The episodes premiered on five consecutive days in mid-November 2009, with two episodes per day.
Harold "Hal" Friedman (awarded December 13, 2024), was awarded the Légion d'honneur on his 100th Birthday for his service in the United States Army during World War Two by the French Consul General. Hal was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge, and was one of the first Americans to liberate the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria. [168]
Rodric D. "Rod" Bray (born 1969) is an American politician from Indiana. A member of the Republican Party , Bray has been a member of the Indiana State Senate since 2012, representing the 37th state Senate district, which comprises all of Morgan County and a portion of Johnson , Owen and Putnam counties.
Daniel Bray (October 12, 1751 – December 5, 1819) [1] was a Captain on General George Washington's staff during the American Revolutionary War.Captain Bray, along with members of the Hunterdon County Militia under his command, collected the boats necessary for crossing the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776 prior to the Battle of Trenton. [2]