![]() ![]() ◊ 'Band of Brothers' veteran Buck Compton dead at 90 ◊ Tina Strobos, Dutch student who rescued 100 Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 91 ◊ Decorated World War II vet who later fought for right to fly U.S. ◊ George Kerchner, Army Ranger who led D-Day attack on German gun positions, dies at 93 Charette, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 79 Stephenson, decorated World War II Army officer, Prince Georges teacher and coach, dies at 93 ◊ Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance leader, dies at 97 ◊ OSS agent who led WWII rescue of more than 500 US airmen shot down by Nazis dies in NY militarys official pinup in World War II, dies Brown, first black Naval Academy graduate, dies at 85 ◊ Bob Slaughter, D-Day veteran who helped create National Memorial in Bedford,Va. ◊ Neil Armstrong, first man to step on the moon, dies at 82 Crockett dies decorated Tuskegee Airman served in World War II, Korean War ◊ Joe Vaghi dies Navy beachmaster who helped lead the invasion of Omaha Beach on D-Day was 92 ◊ Reis Leming, American airman who rescued 27 people in historic 1953 British storm, dies at 81 ◊ Hard-working actor Charles Durning dies at 89 ![]() ◊ Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, conspirator in plot to kill Hitler, dies ◊ Emil Kapaun, who ministered to Korean War POWs, to receive posthumous medal ◊ Maureen Dunn, Vietnam widow and advocate for POWs, MIAs and their families, dies at 72 ◊ Bob Fletcher, who saved farms of interned Japanese Americans, dies at 101 ◊ Bud Day, Vietnam veteran who received the Medal of Honor, dies ◊ Nicholas Oresko, Oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 96 "Bud" Hawk World War 2 veteran and Medal of Honor recipient has passed away at the age of 89 ◊ Mavis Batey, code breaker during World War II, dies at 92 McGinty III, Vietnam veteran who received the Medal of Honor, dies at 73 ◊ Nick "Nicky" Bacon, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for heroism during the Vietnam War passed away at the age of 65. Ehlers, Medal of Honor recipient who took part in D-Day, dies at 92 ◊ Kurt Chew-Enn Lee, Marine Corps Hero dies at 88. ◊ Bill Ash, WWII prisoner who attempted multiple escapes from POW camps, dies at 96 ◊ Not all heroes are military - or even adults ◊ Last of original group of Navajo Code Talkers dies ◊ Pensioner who hid medals and absconded from care home found at D-Day celebrations in France, By Ben Farmer Mize, Honored for Heroics in Korean War, Dies at 82, By Douglas Martin ◊ Gene Windsor, who rescued Air Florida crash survivors in 1982, dies at 74, By Matt Schudel Mazzone, Navy veteran who helped lead Sealab, dies at 96, By Emily Langer ◊ Private Henry Johnson distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism, By Congressional Medal of Honor Society ◊ Nicholas Winton, rescuer of children during the Holocaust, dies at 106, By Emily Langer ![]()
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