Hershel "Woody" Williams (Retired Marine Corps warrant officer, received the United States Military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. He is the last living Medal of Honor recipient from WWII)

Charles Coolidge (United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States Military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in France during WWII)

Bob Buckler (B-17 Tail Gunner, flew 22 missions during 1943 and 44 out of England. He flew with the "Glory Girl" of the 562 Squadron, 388 Bomb Group, 8th Army Air Corps. On his last mission over Germany flying the ship, "Veni, Vidi, Vici," Bob's plane was fatally hit and the crew landed in Sweden, then a neutral country. He once had dinner with the King of Sweden. The bomber crew's entire stay in Sweden was a grand affair)

Fred Lunde (Glider Pilot, flew missions into Holland with the 82nd Airborne during Operation Market Garden)

Donald Mcpherson (US Navy Fighter Ace, 5 Victories in the Pacific. Flew the F6F-5 Hellcat "Death & Destruction"; his is one of the many planes in the famous photos of the USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945, when Japan surrendered. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross)

John T. Wolf (US Navy Fighter Ace with 7 victories, flew 7 different planes including the Hellcat F4F, served on the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet)

Ed Goetz (Flight Engineer aboard a B-29 Superfortress, flew 37 missions over Japan. On the 21st mission, the Propeller began to windmill and wrecked the engine, the plane exploded, and he and the rest of the crew had to bail out into the Pacific at 3 in the Morning)

George Lentz (B-17 Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, flew 29 missions during the war, including the huge March 18, 1945 Mission to Berlin)

Lester Schrenk (B-17 Ball Turret Gunner, damaged but on purpose not shot down by German Ace Hans Hermann Muller, and they later became friends. He was captured and taken POW, and then sent to Stalag Luft 6, where the conditions were utterly horrible. As Russian troops closed in on the area, the Germans evacuated the camp to prevent their liberation. Mr. Schrenk, along with the other POW's, were jammed into boxcars and forced to stand. Then they were loaded into a coal ship and sent to Stalag Luft 4. Again, they were evacuated as the Russians closed in, and were forced to march under horrible winter conditions)

John Meller (RAF Bomber Command, flew the Avro Lancaster during the war)

Robert Thacker (American Test Pilot, aeromodeling enthusiast and designer, one of the few pilots in history to do tours of duty in two different theaters of operation in WWII and a holder of a number of aviation records. Flew a F-82 Mustang from Honolulu to New York)

George Brewster (Fighter Pilot, enlisted in the RCAF, the Canadian Air Force. Flew a Spitfire, tasked with attacking German Ground Troops. After the war, he saw the recently liberated concentration camp, Buchenwald)

Jack Mcewan (B-17 Bomber Pilot, flew 58 missions in the Pacific during the war)

Dean "Diz" Laird (The only US Navy Ace to have Combat victories in both the Pacific and European Theaters of war. He is given credit for 5.75 aerial victories. He flew 138 Fighter missions during the war)

Peter Hale (RAF Fighter Pilot, flew the Spitfire during the war and participated in countless missions into Europe)

Frank Riesinger (Army Air Corps, trained to become a navigator for B-29 Bombers)

Edward Stone (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Pyro when the Japanese Attacked. By chance he survived being strafed and later served on a submarine, the USS Bumper)

Earl T. Williams (Pearl Harbor Survivor, B-17 Flight Member flying over Pearl Harbor by chance during the attack. Shot down by the Japanese, landed at Hickam Field. Plane broke apart, shown in iconic photo of the day)

Ken Potts (Pearl Harbor Survivor, 1 of only 2 living survivors from the USS Arizona left)

Richard Higgins (Pearl Harbor Survivor who was at the Naval Air Station on Ford Island during the attack. Also survived the Dust Bowl of the 1930's)

James Morgan (Civilian Pearl Harbor survivor, survived and witnessed the attack when he was just 9 years old. His father David Jay Morgan was serving on the USS Ward)

Gilbert Meyer (Pearl Harbor survivor, was aboard the USS Utah during the attack. Later served on the USS Detroit CL-8 and watched the Surrender Ceremony on-board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Also fought in the battles of Attu, Kiska, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa)

Jack Holder (Pearl Harbor Survivor, PBY - Squadron VP23/ Ford Island, also fought in the Battles of Midway and Guadalcanal, later a B-24 flight engineer for anti-submarine patrols of the coast of France)

Dorinda Nicholson (Known as "The Pearl Harbor Child", Dorinda is an award-winning author, and Civilian survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. When the bombs fell on December 7, 1941, she clung to her father's side as enemy torpedo bombers screamed overhead skimming the treetops)

Lou Conter (Pearl Harbor Survivor, 1 of only 2 living survivors from the USS Arizona)

Bill McAnany (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the Navy Hospital ship USS Solace, later served on the USS Samaritan in the Battles of Midway and Iwo Jima)

Armando "Chick" Galella (Pearl Harbor Survivor, Hickam Air Force Base. Lost his best friend that day, John Horan)

Raymond Wans (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Curtiss)

William Chase (Pearl Harbor Survivor)

Ed Johann (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was recovering aboard a hospital ship in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, already in the water aboard a small shuttle boat as the attack began, Johann rescued men from the oil-slicked and burning waters)

Mickey Ganitch (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Pennsylvania)

Joe Gasper (Pearl Harbor Survivor, Schofield Barracks. He was atop a mountain when the raid began and was catapulted into a canyon when a bomb exploded near him and turned over his car during the first wave of attacks. He has 3 Bronze Stars)

Walter Pasiak (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was at the Schofield Barracks during the attack)

Myles Garrigan (Congressional page of the 1940's, and one of the last few living witnesses to have seen FDR's Pearl Harbor 'Day of Infamy' speech before Congress on 12/8/41. Later in 1942, had lunch at the White House with the other pages and Eleanor Roosevelt)

Donald Long (Pearl Harbor Survivor, Kaneohe Bay. Later served at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal in the famous "Cactus Air Force" and fought at the Battle of Midway)

Warren Upton (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Utah)

David Russell (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Oklahoma)

J.C. Alston (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS California. Later fought in the Battles of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Saw MacArthur return to the Philippines, the flag go up on Iwo Jima, and the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay)

Gebhard "Geb" Galle (Pearl Harbor Survivor, was aboard the USS Nevada. Survived the sinking of two ships during the war, the Nevada and the USS Northampton)

Charles Sehe (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Nevada. Stayed on the Nevada through most of the war, supporting the landings of D-Day, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa)

Isaac George (Pearl Harbor Survivor, Hickam Field Air Base. 324 Signal Company, 5th Air Force. Chief Radio Operator at Hickam Field Air Base)

Stuart Hedley (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS West Virginia. One of two men who survived the direct hit of a Japanese Bomb on Turret No. 3, lived through 13 sea Battles in WWII, and also saw combat in the Korean War)

Herbert Elfring (Pearl Harbor Survivor, Camp Malakole)

Richard "Dick" Henry (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Helena)

George Coburn (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Oklahoma)

Joseph Richard (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Riegel. Later on transport USS Kittson in the Battle of Okinawa)

Francis "Frank" Leroy Emond (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Pennsylvania. Served in the admirals band, and was "Armed" with a French horn readying himself to play morning colors when the Japanese attacked)

Leonard "Tack" Gardner (Pearl Harbor Survivor, aboard the USS Reid. The Reid supported landings at Adak, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, and New Britain. Got transferred off the ship in 1944 and then served in the Battle of Okinawa)

Received a note from his wife that he had unfortunately passed away, however she did send me a copy of his signature and what looks like an original postcard of his ship! Pretty cool and I very much appreciate her effort to fulfill my request.

Marthe Cohn (French Author, nurse, former spy and Holocaust survivor. She wrote about her experiences as a spy during the Holocaust in the book Behind Enemy Lines)

Muriel Engelman (Army Nurse, cared for the wounded after D-Day, treated Allied soldiers on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge)

Emily Drake (Enlisted in the WACs in 1944)

Julia Parsons (Navy Wave code-breaker, helped decode enigma messages from U-Boats during the war)

Charles Mcgee (Tuskegee Airmen, fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Flew 409 Combat Missions)

George Hardy (Tuskegee Airmen, flew 21 combat missions)

Harold Brown (Tuskegee Airmen, flew 30 missions)

Enoch Woodhouse (Tuskegee Airmen)

Ted Lumpkin (Intelligence officer in the Tuskegee Airmen)

Eugene Richardson (Tuskegee Airmen)

Burke Waldron (Fought in both the Makin Island and Saipan invasions; threw out the first pitch at a Mariners game, and the video of him doing so became viral, gaining nationwide attention)

Phil Coyne (Fought in North Africa and Italy, was near rome when Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans. Became famous for working as a Pittsburgh Pirates Usher till he was 99 years old)

Sidney Walton (Enlisted in March 1941. In 1944, his unit shipped out to Europe, but Sidney had to stay behind, recovering from a training accident. His unit ended up in the Battle of the Bulge and Sidney never heard from them again. Sidney was assigned to the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of combat, where he served as a corporal and medical technician in the 34th Infantry, 8th Division, and remained until the war's end. His "No Regrets Tour", dedicated to traveling to all 50 states so everyone can meet a WWII Veteran before there all gone, gained nationwide fame)

Clarence "Bud" Anderson (Triple Ace of WWII, 17 Kills. Highest scoring living American fighter Ace. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustang squadron. Chuck Yeager called him "The best fighter Pilot I've ever seen")

Benjamin Ferencz (After graduating Harvard in 1943, he joined the U.S. Army. In 1945, he was transferred to the headquarters of General Patton's Third Army, where he was assigned to a team tasked with setting up a war crimes branch and collecting evidence for those crimes. He was sent to the concentration camps that had been liberated by the U.S. Army. He is the last surviving prosecutor during the Nuremberg Trials)

George Shultz (Former Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. From 1942 to 1945 he was on active duty in the Pacific with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was detached to the U.S. Army 81st Infantry Division during the Battle of Peleliu)

George Mendonsa (Sailor who appears kissing a nurse on VJ Day in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous Life Magazine photo. Served on the USS The Sullivans during the war)

Carl Muscarello (Man who claims to be the Sailor kissing a nurse on VJ Day in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous Life Magazine photo)

John K. Singlaub (Retired U.S. Army General, founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was a Spy during WWII, and parachuted behind German Lines in August 1944 to work with French Resistance Fighters. Before the formal Japanese Surrender, he parachuted onto Hainan Island, China, with eight other men under his command to arrange the evacuation of the US, Australian, and Dutch POW's being held by the Japanese. He headed CIA operations in postwar Manchuria during the Chinese Communist revolution, led troops in the Korean War, managed the secret war along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the Kingdom of Laos and Vietnam, worked with the Contras in Nicaragua, and Afghan resistance during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan)

Dean Ladd (Fought in the Battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Guadalcanal, and Tinian. He was shot in the stomach shortly after jumping into the water from his boat. Published his memoirs in a book titled "Faithful Warriors: A Combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War")

Ernie Andrus (Served on an LST during the war. Gained nationwide attention for becoming the oldest person to run coast to coast, and is doing so again to raise more money)

Art Schallock (Drafted into the Navy in 1943, was a Radio Operator on the Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea, later renamed the USS Anzio. He saw action in 11 engagements aboard the carrier including the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war, he was a pitcher for the New York Yankees for 5 seasons, 1951 to 1955, and then ended the 1955 season with the Baltimore Orioles. He won 3 world championships)

Gail Halvorsen (Joined the United States Army Air Forces in May 1942, but saw no combat during WWII. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949)

Vincent Speranza (Infantryman machine gunner, H Company, 501st PIR, 101st AB. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge (Siege of Bastogne), and was the soldier who unintentionally und unknowingly created the 'Airborne Beer' in Belgium)

Bob Dole (Former U.S. Senator from Kansas, Republican Vice Presidential nominee under President Gerald Ford, Republican Presidential nominee in the election of 1996. In 1942, Dole joined the United States Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps to fight in the war, becoming a second lieutenant in the Army's 10th Mountain Division. In April 1945, while engaged in combat near Castel d'Aiano in the Apennine mountains southwest of Bologna, Italy, Dole was seriously wounded by German machine gun fire, being struck in his upper back and right arm)

Thomas "Bob" Vaucher (Was in the Army Air Corps from 1939-1946, flew 117 combat missions in Asia and the Pacific. Was the Commander of the "show of force" B-29 fly-over of planes at the Japanese Surrender Ceremony on the USS Missouri in 1945)

Guy Prestia (45th Infantry Division. Part of the campaigns of Italy: Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. Saw Mussolini's body hung in an Italian square, and one of the first groups to liberate the Dachau concentration camp)

Sam Carlile

Ken Chilstrom (Flew 80 missions in the North American A-36 over Sicily and Italy. After the war, he became a test pilot. He was a pilot in the first jet air race and delivered the first mail by jet)

Gazo Nemeth (Radio man in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 'Ghost Army')

Stanley Nance (Radio Operator in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 'Ghost Army')

Gilbert Seltzer (Led a platoon of men in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 'Ghost Army' Later became a renowned Architect)

Seymour Nussenbaum (Camouflage Engineer in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, the 'Ghost Army')

Ash Rothlein (Fought at Omaha Beach during D-Day)

Jake Larson (Helped plan the D-Day invasion, which he later took part in. He also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Interviews and videos of him posted online have been viewed by millions of people)

Eugene Dettmer (Fought at D-Day, Utah Beach. Helped secure Hitler's "Eagle Nest" in Berchtesgaden)

Arden Earll (Fought at D-Day, and was wounded there at Omaha Beach)

John Bistrica (Fought at D-Day, one of the first men to land on the beach. He is pictured in one of the most iconic photographs of all time, famously known as"Into the jaws of death")

Mr. Bistrica is the soldier circled in the photo above

Steve Melnikoff (Fought in the Battles of D-Day and St. Lo. Fought in France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany)

Dick Schermerhorn (Fought in D-Day at Utah Beach. He was a Combat Engineer and a Mine Detector)

Russel Pickett (Fought in the Battles of D-Day, St. Lo, and Brest. Was seriously wounded in each Battle, he was sent home after the Battle of Brest)

Robert Curl (Fought in D-Day. He was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach)

George Mullins (Fought in the Battles of D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Also participated in Operation Market Garden. Fought all over Europe all the way to Hitler's Eagle Nest in Berchtesgaden)

Darold Rice (Fought in the battles of D-Day, Mont Castre, Le Plessis-Lastelle, and Chambois)

Elmer Gilbertson (Fought in the battles of D-Day, Carenten, Operation Market Garden. Was wounded by 7 bullets after 3 weeks)

James Kunkle (P-38 Lightning Fighter Pilot, 2 aerial victories. Fought in aerial missions during Operation Overlord, D-Day. Was shot down over Aachen, Germany on the 16th of September 1944. Also flew on many other planes during the war)

Dr. Guy DeGenaro (Glider pilot, crashed 6 miles behind enemy lines on June 6, 1944. Fought in D-Day and Market Garden)

Clarence Evans (Fought in D-Day, at Omaha Beach with the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division. Was in the first wave)

Herbert May (Tail Gunner in a B-24 nicknamed "Wild Pussy" Flew 31 Combat Missions, including 2 to Berlin and 2 on D-Day. Was almost killed on his last mission to Hamburg)

Leslie Cruise (Paratrooper, in the 82nd Airborne Division. Fought in the Battles of D-Day, St. Mere Eglise, Market Garden, and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge)

Hal Urban

Eugene Schulz (Assigned to XX Corps, an administrative unit, which was later attached to General George S. Patton's third army. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate a Nazi Concentration Camp in Ohrdruf that was part of the Buchenwald Camp Network. It was the first Concentration Camp liberated by American Troops)

Harry Miller (Joined the United States Army when he was 15 years old, claiming he was 18. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the Ruhr Pocket Battle. After the war, Harry visited many of the Nazi Concentration Camps, which affected him deeply. Later fought in Korea and Vietnam)

Paul Andert (Fought in Africa and Europe. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day, and also Africa and Sicily)

Frank Cohn (Born in 1925 in Breslau, Germany, Cohn grew up as a young Jewish boy during Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Increasing Anti-Semitism and the arrest of his father by the Gestapo led to the family's escape to New York in 1938. Later became an intelligence agent in the United States Army, where he interrogated Nazis arrested for war crimes. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge)

Allan Atwell (Fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. His feet suffered permanent damage from frostbite)

Eldon Knuth (95th Infantry Division, fought in the Battle of Metz. When Knuth's battalion attacked the German-held Fort Jeanne d'Arc, he and about 30 other soldiers with the Army's 95th Infantry Division got stuck behind enemy lines, in the bitter cold, with meager supplies. He survived on military issued Chocolate Bars. His feet were swelled from Trench Foot, which would affect him for the rest of his life)

Arthur Brodin (Helped with preparations for D-Day, and survived a glider crash eight days after the operations launch. Their assignment was to place bombs on bridges coming into Utah Beach. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Saar Valley)

Phil Crenshaw (Last living Assistant Chaplain from WWII. Fought in the Battle of Okinawa)

Roland Glenn (Army Captain, fought in the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, Roland and his men were part of the Army of Occupation in Korea)

Cecil Wiswell (Fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea from the USS Lexington, and survived the sinking of that ship during the battle. Later served on the USS Card in the North-Atlantic)

Robert Shouse (Marine, fought in the Battles of Roi and Namur in the Marshall Islands, and on Saipan in the Marianas. Was wounded on June 27, 1944)

Ben Skardon (Captured, became a POW. Survived the Bataan Death March. During World War II and prior to the death march, Skardon had already received two Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for his commitment in commanding a battalion of Filipino Army recruits)

Pedro Pineda (Bataan Death March Survivor, Philippine Scouts)

Joseph Sasser (Fought in the Aleutian Campaign, in the Battle of Attu and the Battle of Kiska)

Robert "Bob" Fitz (Turret Gunner in Torpedo Squadron of Carrier Air Group 11, VT-11. Served on the USS Hornet)

Jack Morrow (Fought in the Battle of Okinawa. While on a work detail to the island, he happened to look up and saw a kamikaze hit the USS Birmingham)

Austin Wah (Fought in the Battle of Okinawa, aboard the USS Breese. Assigned to a position that handled damage control for ships, he and his fellow sailors were among the first to encounter the Japanese kamikazes of which they encountered daily)

Charles Dunn

Bud Hampton (4th Marine Division, fought in the Battles of Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. He was wounded in his legs by a thrown hand grenade on Iwo Jima, and had to be hospitalized)

Gene Iaconetti (Marine, Combat Engineer, had the job of sneaking up and hurling satchels loaded with explosives into Japanese machine gun nests and caves in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Witnessed the flag raising at Iwo Jima)

Robert Glenn 

Harry Pozanc (Served on the USS Bismarck Sea, and survived her sinking. Supported the Iwo Jima Campaign)

John Hancock (Anti-aircraft gunner on the USS Yorktown, and survived the ship's sinking. Fought in the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Solomon Islands, Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Palelieu, Leyte Gulf, Mindoro, Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa)