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unusual facts about war veteran



My Heart of Darkness

Together with three other war veterans, black Africans Samuel Machado Amaru, Patrick Johannes and Mario Mahonga, he travels up the river Cuando to the place of one of the last proxy war scenes of the Cold War.


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2005 in France

8 January – Michel Thomas, linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran (born 1914).

A Street to Die

Colin Turner (Chris Haywood), a Vietnam War veteran, blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.

Barbara Flügel

Flügel was born in Bavaria, daughter of a gentleman farmer, reserve officer and highly decorated war veteran, Hans Flügel.

Bruce Carter

Bruce W. Carter (1950–1969), Vietnam War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient

Canton, Connecticut

William E. Simonds (1842–1903), US Civil War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and congressman for Connecticut born in Collinsville

Claude Thomas

Claude AnShin Thomas (born 1947), American Zen Buddhist monk and Vietnam War veteran

Conrad Shindler House

Conrad Shindler was born in 1778, the son of Georg Conrad Shindler Sr. of York, Pennsylvania who was a Revolutionary War veteran of the York County Militia.

Craig Williams

Craig E. Williams, Vietnam War veteran and co-founder of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

David French

David French Boyd (1834–1899), American academician and Civil War veteran; first president of Louisiana State University

Đặng Thùy Trâm

In March 2005, he and his brother Robert (also a Vietnam War veteran) brought the diaries to a conference on the Vietnam War at Texas Tech University.

Elisha Dyer, Jr.

Dyer was admitted as an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati in 1898 by right of his descent from Revolutionary war veteran Captain William Jones.

Gazimestan

The name originates from the Ottoman Turkish word "gazi", meaning 'hero' (or in specific contexts 'war veteran'), which in turn is a loanword from Arabic.

Generation Love

It is contrasted with the early generations of the Great Depression, War veterans and the post-World War II generation that performed feats such as landing on the moon.

George McLain

George P. McLain (1847–1930), Civil War veteran and member of the Los Angeles City Council

Gold Against the Soul

"La Tristesse Durera" (literally "the sadness will go on") is the title of a biography of Vincent van Gogh, although the song is not about him, but about a war veteran.

Hard Tack and Coffee

Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran.

Isaiah Rose

Isaiah R. Rose (June 26, 1843 - November 26, 1916) was a Republican state senator for Ohio, a Washington County sheriff and a Civil War veteran.

Jack Crawford

John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917), American Civil War veteran & Old West scout, poet of western lore

Jagdev Chandra

Air Commodore Jagdev Chandra, (Punjabi) (6 Oct 1916- 19 Apr 1991), Royal Indian Air force and later one of the first recruits of Indian Air Force, was a war veteran, served with excellence in Burma during World War 2.

James Carson

James S. Carson (1874–1960), American corporate executive and Spanish–American War veteran

James Lide Coker

Major James Lide Coker (January 3, 1837 in Society Hill, South Carolina – June 25, 1918 in Hartsville, South Carolina) was a businessman, merchant, industrialist, philanthropist, and Civil War veteran, and the founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College.

Kenwood, Minneapolis

Joe Roche, an Iraq War Veteran and political commentator grew up in Kenwood.

Lauri Nurminen

Aarne Arvonen was believed to be the last Finnish Civil War veteran at death until Nurminen was found and verified as a veteran in 2010, nearly one year after his death.

Lucy Durán

She is the daughter of Spanish composer and civil war veteran Gustavo Durán and the sister of poet Jane Duran.

Mia Elliott

Mia was the Amerasian daughter of the late War correspondent and Korean War veteran, Mark Elliott and Eurasian doctor, Dr. Han Suyin.

Montrose, Iowa

Montrose is the resting place of Cato Mead, the only known Black revolutionary War veteran buried west of the Mississippi River.

Naples, New York

The town, known at one time as "Watkinstown" (after Captain Nathan Watkins, a Revolutionary War veteran and early settler) and "Middletown," was finally given the name "Naples" in 1782.

North Brentwood, Maryland

"Brentwood" was created by Wallace A. Bartlett, a Civil War veteran, former foreman for the Government Printing Office, Patent Office examiner, and inventor originally from Warsaw, New York.

Oliver Sherman

The film stars Garret Dillahunt as Sherman Oliver, a war veteran seeking to reconnect with Franklin Page (Donal Logue), a fellow soldier who saved his life during the war.

Operation In Their Boots

Tristan Dyer (U.S. Army, Iraq War veteran), Kyle Hartnett (U.S. Army Paratrooper, Afghanistan War veteran), Chris Mandia (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War veteran), Victor Manzano (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars veteran), and Clint Van Winkle (U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War veteran) were the combat veterans chosen to produce and direct films.

Ormsbee

Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834–1924), teacher, lawyer, U.S. politician of the Republican Party, American Civil War veteran

Perth, New York

Robert P. Aitken (1819–1873), Michigan State Representative and Civil War veteran

Piltown Cross ambush

Returned Great War veteran John Riordan helped plan the engagement involving a feint attack on the RIC barracks in Ardmore.

Schoendoerffer

Pierre Schoendoerffer, a French director, writer, war reporter, and a renowned First Indochina War veteran.

Shkotovsky District

The district is named for Nikolay Shkot, a war veteran of the Siege of Sevastopol.

Triskaidekaphobia

In 1881 an influential group of New Yorkers led by US Civil War veteran Captain William Fowler came together to put an end to this and other superstitions.

Tristan Dyer

Tristan Dyer is an American film director, stop-motion animator, and Iraq war veteran from Waldoboro, Maine.

Tuscola, Illinois

Tuscola; his partner Cozy Chavous; the musician Cecil "Pete" Bridgewater, father of internationally-known musicians Cecil Bridgewater and Ronnie Bridgewater; the educator and musician Ruth Calimese, daughter of automobile worker "Big Jim" Calimese; musician Solomon "Sol" Chavous; mail carrier and war veteran Bruce Hayden (father of distinguished violinist Bruce Hayden, Jr.); Lemuel and Nettie Riley; football star and garage owner Tommy Wright; and dozens of other people.

Western Massachusetts

After the American Revolution, a rebellion led by Daniel Shays, a Revolutionary War veteran from East Pelham, culminated in a battle at the National Armory in Springfield.

William Simmons

Chuckawalla Bill, born William Simmons, Spanish-American War veteran, prospector, and vagabond

Wish Upon A Hero

In 2011, the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation sponsored Iraq War veteran Troy Yocum in the "Hike for our Heroes" as he hiked across the U.S. to raise money for military families in need.