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Captain Henry Thomas Waskow (September 24, 1918 – December 14, 1943) was a United States Army officer, with the rank of captain, memorialized in Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow," which in turn was faithfully portrayed in the movie The Story of G.I. Joe.
Henry T. Waskow (1918-1943 †), killed at the Battle of San Pietro. Max Brand (1892–1944 †}, war correspondent and author, killed at Lazio, Italy; Allen Tupper Brown (1916–1944 †), killed near Campoleone. Brown was the stepson of U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall.
Captain Henry T. Waskow: Battle of San Pietro Infine [2] 1980 Lieutenant Jack L. Knight: Medal of Honor, Texas Legislative Medal of Honor [2] 1981 Lieutenant General (Brevet) Clayton P. Kerr [2] 1981 Lieutenant General (Brevet) Everett Selden Simpson [2] 1981 Major General William O. Green [2] 1981 Colonel Albert C. Pendergast [2] 1981 Major ...
Mitchum's character of captain Bill Walker was modeled on two soldiers who had impressed Pyle. Walker was based on Captain Henry T. Waskow of the 36th Division's Company B 143rd Infantry. Waskow's death in combat on December 14, 1943, was the subject of Pyle's most famous column. Sgt.
The sentence, "Waskow was born in DeWitt County, Texas, the seventh of eight children, by children of German immigrants" should be reworded. Consider breaking the sentence, "He attended the public schools and graduated from Belton High School in 1935, as president of the student council, receiving top grades and showing a particular aptitude ...
Henry T. Waskow, alumnus, US Army captain memorialized in Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow"; W. J. Adkins, the dean of Temple Junior College during the 1940s, became in 1947 the founding president of Laredo Community College in Laredo.
Waskow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Waskow (born 1933), American author, political activist, and rabbi; Dieter Waskow (born 1957), German diver; Henry T. Waskow (1918–1943), American World War II captain; Thomas C. Waskow (born 1947), American Air Force officer
William K. Suter (B.A., sociology 1959) – clerk of the United States Supreme Court; former Major General in the United States Army; Henry T. Waskow (B.A., history, 1939) – US Army officer in World War II; Susan Weddington – former Chairman, Republican Party of Texas; Oscar K. Allen – 42nd Governor of Louisiana, 1932–1936