Famous Soldiers
Thanks, Joe!
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Famous Soldiers |
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This list
is comprised of people whose main fame comes from their life OUTSIDE their
military service,
and should not be confused with "Noteworthy Soldiers",
although the two are not mutually exclusive.
NOTE: This page is in the process of
being separated into smaller sections. This will allow for greater
stability,
ease of updating, and much faster uploading for you. The other three sections (G
- L, M - R, and S -
Z) have
already been removed to their own pages. Before my computer crashed in May
of 2005, I had a long list
of additions and corrections to add once this tedious and time consuming process
was completed. It never
happened, and now they are all lost. I apologize for the many errors and
omissions which still exist.
- Carol Harty, 02/15/05, 02/11/06
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A - F |
UPDATED 06/02/18 | ||
G - L |
UPDATED 12/13/13 | ||
M - R |
UPDATED 03/01/17 | ||
S - Z |
UPDATED 01/24/17 |
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PHOTO |
NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
OTHER CLAIM TO FAME |
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Liz Alvey (Merle Elizabeth Alvey) |
23 Aug 1932 San Pedro, CA |
Living |
* Music, English and Sociology Teacher * My Friend |
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James Arness (James King Aurness) |
26 May 1923 |
03 June 2011 |
* Actor |
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Bobby Artman (Robert Bennett Artman) |
02 Jan 1945 Newport News, VA |
25 Oct 2000 Placerville, CO |
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Newport News High School,
Class of 1963 * My Friend |
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Jimmy Atkinson
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15 Apr 1913 |
11 May 2006 |
* Salesman |
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Hank
Barbe (Henry James Barbe) |
17 Jan 1974
San Antonio, TX |
Living |
* Blanco High School,
Class of 1992 * Football Coach * My Friend * LDS Fast Tracker * Awesome Dude |
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Ernie Blanchard (James Ernest Blanchard) |
03 Aug 1947 |
11 Jan 2004 Mathews, VA (pneumonia) |
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Newport News High School,
Class of 1965 * Fire Captain |
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Cadet Booth (second from left) firing an M-16 rifle during training at the Fort Knox ROTC summer camp. |
Clarke Booth |
10 May 1939 |
30 Aug 2015 |
* Dental Surgeon |
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Mike Booth |
17 Apr 1904 |
25 Mar 1974 |
* Highway
Engineer - |
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Jimmy Brandon (James Miles Brandon, Jr.) |
01 Feb 1946 |
17 Mar 1967 Binh Duong, South Vietnam |
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Newport News High School,
Class of 1965 |
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David Brinkley (David McClure Brinkley) |
10 July 1920 Wilmington, NC |
11 June 2003 Houston, TX (complications from a fall) |
* Broadcast Journalist | |||||
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Bill Brinkopf (William Henry Brinkopf) |
11 Mar 1926 Cape Girardeau, MO |
06 Aug 2005 Cape Girardeau, MO |
* Owner Sunny Hill Garden and Pet Center, Cape Girardeau, MO * Paul's Uncle |
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Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky) |
28 June 1926 |
Living |
* Actor |
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Michael, Ben and Leneen Brophy |
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Mike Brophy |
23 July 1969 |
Living |
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Jack Buck |
21 Aug 1924 |
18 June 2002 |
* Cardinals
Baseball |
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Graham and Barbara Buckley |
Graham Buckley |
22 Aug 1919 |
21 May 1992 |
* My Uncle |
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Robert Buckley |
19 Oct 1907 |
25 Apr 1960 |
* John Marshall High School,
Class of 1925 |
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 Ft. Gordon, GA |
 Ft. Gordon, GA |
Bill Campbell (William Austin Campbell, Sr.) |
27 Apr 1936 Thomasville, NC |
Living |
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Newport News High School,
Class of 1954 * Basic training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. and Signal Corps School at Camp Gordon (now upgraded to FORT Gordon), GA * Saxophonist in the Southeastern Signal School Band * University of Virginia * Engineer with N.A.S.A. at Langley * My Friend |
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"The
time that I spent in the U.S. Army was the best investment I ever made,
because it allowed me to go to the
University of Virginia
on the G.I. Bill (couldn't have afforded it
otherwise), which allowed me to graduate with an engineering degree, which
allowed me to get a job as an engineer with N.A.S.A. at Langley, which
allowed me to get jobs with N.A.S.A contractors, which allowed me to make a
lot of money, retire, and live happily ever after. " - 06/18/06 |
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Ernest F. Canaday (Ernest Franklin Canaday) |
05 May 1893 Carroll County, MO |
16 Sep 1987 Richmond, VA |
* University of Missouri - Columbia: M.A., 1916 * Duke University: Ph.D, 1940 * Professor of Mathematics * Maternal Grandfather of Al Simms (Newport News High School, Class of 1960) of VA |
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(Arthur William Matthew Carney) |
04 Nov 1918 |
09 Nov 2003 |
* Actor |
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Julia Child (Julia McWilliams Child) |
15 Aug 1912 Pasadena, CA |
12 Aug 2004 Santa Barbara, CA |
* PBS-TV's "The French Chef" * Author |
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 1932 - Fort Knox, KY |
Harry Covert (Harry Melvin Covert, Sr.) |
20 Sept 1908 Bear Creek (Palmer), IL |
04 Dec 1985
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* Served three-year tour in
Panama (14th Infantry Regiment); reenlisted in the Army Air Corps at
Selfridge Field, Detroit, MI; trained at Chanute Field, IL * 1937 - B-17 Radio Operator, Langley Field, VA * 1943 - Ordained by the Church of God * Father of Harry ('57), Norm ('61), and Rachel ('64) |
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Norm Covert (Norman Marshall Covert) |
10 Feb 1943 Newport News, VA |
Living |
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Newport News High School, Class of 1961 * Public Affairs Officer and Command Historian at Fort Detrick, MD (1977-1999) * My Friend |
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Peggy Crotty (Margaret Atkinson Crotty) |
18 Jan 1922 Hampton, VA |
25 Sept 2006 Newport News, VA |
* Registered Nurse * My Daddy's Nurse at Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital, Hampton, VA * My Friend |
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Joe DiMaggio (Joseph Paul DiMaggio) |
25 Nov 1914 |
08 Mar 1999 |
* Baseball Legend |
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James C. Dobson (James Clayton Dobson) |
21 Apr 1936 | Living |
* Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine * Attending Staff of Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics * Author * Founder and President of Focus on the Family
family.org/docstudy/ |
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Robert J. Dole (Robert Joseph Dole) |
22 July 1923 |
Living |
* Political Leader (R) |
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Charles Duke (Charles Edward Duke) |
10 Oct 1943 Newport News, VA |
14 June 2004 Richmond, VA |
* Newport News High School, Class of 1962 | ||||||
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John E. Ellis (John Eugene Ellis) |
18 Aug 1919 Franklin County, VA |
15 Dec 1987 Lakeland, FL |
* Police Officer, City of Newport News, VA * Superintendent of Sanitation, Department of Public Works, City of Newport News, VA * Father-in-Law of Joe Madagan, Newport News High School, Class of 1957 |
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 United States Military Academy - Class of 1915 ("The Class the Stars Fell On"). |
 1916 - Mamie and Dwight Eisenhower - Wedding Portrait |
 1919 - Capt. Eisenhower beside a U.S. Renault light tank |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dwight David Eisenhower) |
14 Oct 1890 |
28 Mar 1969 |
* 34th President of
the U.S., |
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 This is the Official Army portrait of General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, painted posthumously in 1973 by Nicodemus D. Hufford, using photographs of General Eisenhower. |
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Fred Eubank (Frederick Craig Eubank) |
26 June 1946 | Living |
* US Army, 1968 to 1971 * US Army Corps of Engineers for 30 years * Newport News High School, Class of 1964 * My Friend |
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 1967 - Ft. Bragg, NC |
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Al Farber (Alan Lee Farber) |
22 Oct 1946 Newport News, VA |
Living |
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Newport News High School,
Class of 1964 * My Friend * US Army, 1967 to 1969 * Atlanta, GA Retailer for 36 years * Husband; Father of Two Daughters; Grandfather of One Girl |
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Shelby Foote (Shelby Dade Foote, Jr.) |
17 Nov 1916 Greenville, MS |
27 June 2005 Memphis, TN (heart attack) |
* Novelist * Historian |
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| Colonial Army Color Guard | Friday, June 11, 2004 | Friday, June 11, 2004 | |
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| U.S. Army soldiers in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban in the mountains |
Here is the new Stryker
Brigade vehicle. The Humvees are
being replaced by this armored vehicle to provide more fire power and better protection for our soldiers. They are being deployed to Iraq as rotations take place. |
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Courtesy of Maj.
Joseph A. Madagan, USAR Ret. ('57) of FL - 06/25/04 |
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Celebrities who participated in WWII
http://www.armyhistoryfnd.org/
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http://www.mdw.army.mil/
The
name "Tank" was given to the
Armored Weapon
Platform Vehicle
when it was a Top Secret project
in development in England during World War I. When it came time to ship by
rail flatcars, some of the proto types,
from the factory to the field for testing, the British covered them with
canvass. This huge cargo got a lot of attention,
and when asked what was under the canvass, the British General in charge
answered, "a Tank", as in a large container
that holds liquids. That name stuck as the name of the "Secret Project
Vehicle", and it still sticks today.
- Joe Madagan ('57)
of FL - 06/25/04
Thanks, Joe!
May I nominate General George Catlett Marshall for the Famous Soldiers page.
General of the Army Marshall lead the United States Army during World War II,
and was later named Secretary of State.
He is the only military person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The reconstruction of Europe following World War II was a monumental task
and it was conducted and completed under the Marshall Plan.
He is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
The George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, VA provides scholarships,
education, and services
from the dedicated building, library and museum on the campus of VMI.
Here us a photograph of an informal pose while his Official Photo was being
taken,
and I will send you links for your readers to become more familiar with the work
of this Famous Soldier.
He asked General Omar Bradley to manage an Officer Candidate School during World
War II
to provide the Army more commissioned officers during the time of war.
That school still exist today at Fort Benning, Georgia and it provides our Army
with fine leaders
who are selected for a commission from the enlisted ranks.
- Joe Madagan ('57)
of FL - 07/02/04
Certainly, Major
Madagan!
Although of course I'd not forgotten the Marshall Plan, I somehow had not
thought through the Secretary of State role.
While it's obvious that Gen. Marshall belongs on anyone's list of Noteworthy
Soldiers, it's clear that his activities
outside his military career brought him an equal amount of fame, and I'm
honored to add his name now.
And as you yourself, sir, are a graduate of the aforementioned Officer
Candidate School,
if it had to be brought to my attention, you are the very man to do it.
Thank you once again.
May I nominate Jackie Robinson; Soldier and Professional Baseball Player.
Attended Pasadena Junior College in 1938.
Entered UCLA 1939-Lettered in Four Sports. On June 10, 1984 inducted into UCLA
Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1942 given Draft Notice, on April 3, 1942 Inducted into the United States
Army as a Private, and stationed at Fort Riley, KS.
On January 28, 1943 graduated from Officer Candidate School and commissioned as
2nd LT, Cavalry, posted at Camp Hood, TX. Discharged on November 28, 1944.
Professional Baseball: Kansas City Monarchs, Montreal Royals, Brooklyn Dodgers.
Number 42.
June 1972 Number 42 retired, along with Roy Campanella #39, Sandy Koufax #2.
Died October 23, 1972
- Joe Madagan ('57)
of FL - 07/14/04
Certainly, Major
Madagan!
May I nominate Robert E. Lee, a beloved Virginian, for inclusion on your Famous
Soldiers page?
Lee graduated from West Point and distinguished himself in the Mexican War
1846-48.
In 1861 he joined the army of the Confederacy of Southern states; in 1862 he
received the command
of the Army of Northern Virginia and won the Seven Days' Battle defending
Richmond, Virginia,
the Confederate capital, against General McClellan's Union forces.
In 1863 Lee won victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, both in
Virginia,
and in 1864 at Cold Harbor, Virginia, but was besieged in Petersburg, Virginia,
June 1864-April 1865.
He surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse.
Following the war he was paroled and served as president of Washington College
(now Washington and Lee University).
His home had been seized by Union forces and now is part of Arlington National
Cemetery.
Best regards,
Kelly Loose Bustamante ('58) of TX - 07/19/04
Kelly, my face is too red at this omission to make an adequate response.
My only defense is that I wasn't dipping this far back in time before now.
Thanks, Kelly!
Hey, since Neil A. Maxwell passed away today,
the Church's website has a bunch of pictures of him throughout his life
including a couple of shots of him in uniform.
I figured you might want em....
Love ya, and bye. Oh yeah, the site to look at is
http://lds.org/newsroom/extra/0,15505,3881-1---2-849,00.html.
- Nathaniel Harty of IL - 07/22/04
Thanks,
Nathaniel!
I discovered a tid-bit of information today, while reading "The Burma Road" by
Donovan Webster.
I may have discovered another Famous Soldier. Julia McWilliams served in the OSS
in the India, Burma, China theatre.
She was stationed at the SEAC Headquarters at Kandy, Ceylon during World War II.
SEAC commander was Lord Louis Mountbatten.
She later became famous as "The French Chef" after marrying and became the well
known Julia Child.
How about that for a bit of information. Just might qualify her as a Famous
Soldier.
- Joe Madagan ('57)
of FL - 08/07/04
It most certainly does, Major
Madagan! Thanks!
May I please nominate Secretary of State Colin Powell as a Famous Soldier.
Also, David Brinkley (Deceased) was a soldier in World War II,
and most of his unit was killed in action on the beaches of Normandy. Thanks.
- Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 08/18/04
Oh, what an embarrassing oversight! Thank you, Major Madagan!
Something said that someone mentioned not having a military photo for James
Arness for the famous soldiers section?
One is attached. Also his given name is James King Aurness (notice last name
spelling change).
- Eric Huffstutler (BHS - '75) - 11/08/04
That would have been Joe Madagan - and today is his 65th Birthday! What a
nice surprise for him! Thanks, Eric!
"Caisons Go Rolling" midi courtesy of http://members.tripod.com/~Son_Struck/pmm.html.
Images of Eisenhower courtesy of Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 06/25/04
Thanks, Joe!
MOST of the full given names on this page were supplied by Eric Huffstutler
(Bethel High School - '75) of VA
Thanks so much, Eric!
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If you (or a family
member) served our nation as a member of the United States Army, and would consent to being included on this page, please send your full name, date and place of birth, other occupations, and images in uniform to the Web Mistress: Carol Buckley Harty of NC: cluckmeat@yahoo.com Thank you. |
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