Wilburn Kirby Ross (May 12, 1922 – May 9, 2017) was a retired United States Army soldier. He is a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Robert E. Simanek
Robert Ernest Simanek (born April 26, 1930) is a former United States Marine. He is a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.
The Medal of Honor was presented to him by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony on October 27, 1953. He was the 36th Marine to receive the medal in the Korean War.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, he was also awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal with two bronze service stars, the United Nations Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Duane E. Dewey
Duane Edgar Dewey (born November 16, 1931) is a former American combat Marine. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on April 16, 1952 during the Korean War. Although wounded by an enemy grenade, he fell on another exploding grenade with his own body to save the life of a corpsman and the other Marines around him.
Charles Kettles
Charles S. Kettles (January 9, 1930 – January 21, 2019) was a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. He was a Medal of Honor recipient for his services in the United States Army. Kettles received the Medal of Honor on July 18, 2016, nearly 50 years after his actions while serving as a flight commander assigned to 176th Aviation Company (Airmobile) (Light), 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, Americal Division.
Kettles died on January 21, 2019 in Ypsilanti, Michigan at the age of 89.
Bennie G. Adkins
Bennie G. Adkins (February 1, 1934 – April 17, 2020) was a United States Army soldier. He was a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for actions in March 1966 during the Vietnam War.
From March 9-12, 1966 Adkins distinguished himself during a 38-hour close-combat battle against North Vietnamese Army forces during the Battle of A Shau. At the time of the cited action, Adkins was a sergeant first class serving as an Intelligence Sergeant with Detachment A-102, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces.
In March 2020 Adkins was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Opelika, Alabama. He died on April 17, 2020 from the virus, at the age of 86.
Robert J. Modrzejewski
Robert Joseph Modrzejewski (born July 3, 1934) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer. He was awarded the United States’ highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his servies in Vietnam. In a White House ceremony on March 12, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the Medal of Honor to two Marines for their actions in Vietnam — Major Modrzejeski and Second Lieutenant John J. McGinty, III.
Wesley L. Fox
Wesley Lee Fox (September 30, 1931 – November 24, 2017) was a retired United States Marine Corps colonel with 43 years of service. Fox received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, and was thought to be one of the Marine Corps' legendary heroes.
Fox was born in Herndon, Virginia. He studied at Warren County High School. He married Dotti Fox in the 1950s.
Beginning in September 1967, Fox served in the Vietnam War for 13 months as an executive officer of a South Vietnamese Marine Battalion. In November 1968, he was reassigned to Vietnam as the company commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines until May 1969.
On February 22, 1969, during Operation Dewey Canyon in Quang Tri Province, he was wounded twice. He was wounded the first time in the shoulder when his company was attacked by a large enemy force. A first lieutenant at the time, Fox then personally neutralized one enemy emplacement and directed his company to destroy others. After his company's executive officer was mortally wounded, he continued to direct the company's actions, ordering air strikes and coordinating the advance until the enemy retreated; Fox, the only officer left in his company that was capable of resisting the enemy, was wounded again in the final assault, but refused medical attention while he reorganized his troops and prepared the wounded for evacuation.
For his heroic actions that day he was presented the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon on March 2, 1971.
Fox retired from the Marine Corps as a full colonel in September 1993 at the mandatory age of 62. Fox has written a book about his experiences in the military, "Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps" (), and was featured on the 2003 PBS program "American Valor".
Fox died in Blacksburg, Virginia in the evening of November 24, 2017 at the age of 86.
Roger Donlon
Roger Hugh Charles Donlon (born January 30, 1934) is a former United States Army officer. He is the first person to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, as well as the first member of the U.S. Army Special Forces so honored.
Patrick Henry Brady
Patrick Henry Brady (born October 1, 1936), is a retired United States Army major general. While serving as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, he received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor.
Beatrice Mintz
Beatrice Mintz (born January 24, 1921) is an American embryologist who has helped to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation and cancer, particularly melanoma.
Mintz was a pioneer of genetic engineering techniques, and was among the first scientists to generate both chimeric and transgenic mammals.
Mintz was born on January 24, 1921 in New York City. She studied at New York University and at the University of Iowa.
In 1996 she shared the inaugural March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology with Ralph L. Brinster for their work in developing transgenic mice. Much of her career has been spent at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia where, in 2002, she was named to the Jack Schultz Chair in Basic Science. Mintz is a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Ágnes Keleti
Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired artistic gymnast and coach.
While representing Hungary in the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, and is thought to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. Keleti holds more Olympic medals than any other individual with Israeli citizenship, and more Olympic medals than any other Jew, except Mark Spitz. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1957, Keleti immigrated to Israel, where she currently resides.
Edgar Morin
Edgar Morin (; born Edgar Nahoum on 8 July 1921) is a French philosopher and sociologist. He has been known for his work on complexity and "complex thought," and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology.
Morin holds degrees in history, economics, and law. Though less well known in the United States due to the limited of English translations of his over 60 books, Morin is renowned in the French-speaking world, Europe, and Latin America.
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam () is an upcoming Tamil-language action-thriller film written and directed by Vignesh Shivan and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja.
The film is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja's Studio Green along with Suriya's 2D Entertainment and music by Anirudh, with whom he collaborated for "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan" (2015). Production began on 1 November 2016.
Samaira Sandhu
Samaira Sandhu is a former beauty queen, actress and an author. She debuted in the Tamil film "Dhayam" which was released on March 24, 2017.