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Nguyễn Qúy An (born January 18, 1943) is a former Major in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force who risked his life to rescue four Americans in a downed chopper while he was on a different mission. For his actions he was awarded the United States Dis
Tsunamasa Shidei (四手井 綱正, Shidei Tsunamasa, 27 January 1895 – 18 August 1945) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray, GC (1917–1944), known as Cy Gray, of the Royal Canadian Air Force was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his self-sacrifice in putting the lives of his comrades ahead of his own.
Ignacy Oziewicz (pseudonyms: Czesław, Czesławski, Netta, Jenczewski; 1887 – 1966) was a Polish military colonel. During the First World War, he served in the Russian Tsarist army in various NCO and officers’ posts. In 1919, he joined the Polish A
Louis-François, Baron Lejeune (3 February 1775, Strasbourg – 29 February 1848) was a French general, painter, and lithographer. His memoirs have frequently been republished and his name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe.
Otto Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he accompanied the rescue mission that freed the deposed Ita
Franciszek Karwowski (10 December 1895 – 12 April 2005) was a Polish World War I veteran. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and then in the Polish Army.
Lim Kim Choon is a Singaporean civil servant and former air force general. He was the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force from 2001–2006 and held the rank of Major-General. After retiring from active military service in 2006, Lim served as
Robert Burton served in the first and second Nile campaigns (Gordon Relief Expedition 1884-85), and had been wounded at Ginnis, Sudan in 1885. He also served in the Boer War (1889 – 1902). He re-enlisted with the Lancashire Fusiliers on the 18th Augu
Rudolf Gerhardt (26 March 1896 – 10 November 1964) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise ex
Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov (May 1, 1922 – February 6, 2010, Russian: Виталий Иванович Попков) was a Soviet fighter pilot in the Second World War, an ace credited with 41 victories and a two-time Hero of the Soviet Union.