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Casino

A group of commandos recruited from stateside prisons to use their special skills against the Germans in World War II. They had been promised a parole at the end of the war if they worked out (and if they lived). The alternative was an immediate return to prison; if they ran, they could expect execution for desertion. The four were: "Actor", a handsome, resonant-voiced con man; "**Casino**", a tough, wiry safe-cracker and mechanic; "Goniff", a slender, likable cat burglar; and "Chief", a rugged, somber American Indian who handled a switchblade like he was born to it. No real names were ever used, only their "monikers" or aliases. Led by West Pointer First Lt. Craig Garrison and headquartered in a secluded mansion in London, this slippery group ranged all over Europe in exploits that often took them behind enemy lines. Other recruits were sometimes brought in where special skills were required.

## Gallery

Casino and Goniff.Goniff, Casino and Chief.Goniff, Chief, Casino, Actor and Craig Garrison.Chief, Goniff, Actor and Casino.
Centis

Colonnello **Centis** was a Royal Italian Army officer serving in North Africa. He was transporting wounded men in a truck through the desert when it's axel broke. They were later attacked by the Rat Patrol with one of his men been shot and killed. Centis surrendered to Sergeant Sam Troy and ask if he would help his wounded men. Troy couldn't help at the time but promised to give them some water and that once they got to headquarters Centis could lead a truck back to his wounded men to pick them up.

Whilst travelling in the jeep, Centis recognised the man calling himself Major Lansing was a German soldier he had once met at a meeting. When they were alone "Lansing" told Centis he was a German and was on a mission for Hauptmann Hans Dietrich. The plan was for him to be taken to the Americans headquarters and that they were been followed Dietrich thanks to a tracker he had hidden in Troy's jeep.

Centis thought it foolish and suicidal, because the Allied generals would be well guarded. When he refused to cooperate, Lansing shot him and claimed it had been self defense. Centis survived however. The Rat Patrol decided to take him to divisional headquarters for medical treatment, much to Lansing's dismay. Centis then through himself from the jeep and then tried to tell the Rat Patrol, but was unable to get the words out due to his condition.

Realising something was amiss with Lansing, Troy pretended that Centis had told them something, whereupon Lansing panicked, shot and wounded Troy, then stole the Jeep and drove off. He attempted to make it back to Dietrich, but Moffitt shot him just as he was about to reach Dietrich's halftrack.

Centis was then picked up and taken to an American field hospital and his men picked up and brought back.

## Notes

* Although a Colonnello he has the rank insignia of a Capitano.
* He has the collar patches of the 13th Infantry Division "Re", which never served in North Africa.
Caron

Soldat **Caron** was a French Army soldier of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment. He was one of the new replacements along with Melbarte. In January 1945 he and his comrades were serving in Alsace near the village of Jebsheim. During a German artillery attack he was hit by shrapnel and later died of his wounds.
Charles E. Madison

Lieutenant Commander **Charles "Charlie" E. Madison** United States Naval Reserve, is a cynical and highly efficient adjutant to Rear Admiral William Jessup in London in 1944. Madison's job as a dog robber is to keep his boss and other high-ranking officers supplied with luxury goods and amiable Englishwomen. He falls in love with a driver from the motor pool, Emily Barham, who has lost her husband, brother, and father in the war. Madison's pleasure-seeking "American" lifestyle amid wartime rationing both fascinates and disgusts Emily, but she does not want to lose another loved one to war and finds the "practicing coward" Madison irresistible.

Rear Admiral Jessup decides that "The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor". A combat film will document the death, and the casualty will be buried in a "Tomb of the Unknown Sailor". He orders Madison to get the film made.

Despite his best efforts to avoid the duty, Madison and his now gung-ho friend, LT. Commander Paul Cummings, find themselves and a film crew with the combat engineers, who will be the first sailors ashore. When Madison tries to retreat from the beach, the manic Cummings shoots him in the leg. A German artillery shell lands near the limping-running Madison, making him the first American casualty on Omaha Beach. Hundreds of newspaper and magazine covers reprint the photograph of Madison running ashore, alone (in reality trying to escape from Cummings), making him a war hero. Jessup, having recovered from his breakdown, is horrified by his part in Madison's death. He plans to use the heroic death in support of the Navy when testifying before a Senate committee in Washington, D.C. Losing another man she loves to the war devastates Emily.

Then comes unexpected news: Madison is not dead, but is alive and well at the Allied 6th relocation center in Southampton. A relieved Jessup plans to show him off during his Senate testimony as the "first man on Omaha Beach," a sailor. Madison, limping from his injury and angry about his senseless near-death, uncharacteristically plans to act nobly by telling the world the truth about what happened, even if it means being imprisoned for cowardice. By recounting what he'd told her previously, Emily persuades Madison to choose happiness with her, instead, and to keep quiet and accept his role as a hero.
Buford K. Stanton

Private **Buford K. Stanton** was a soldier of the U.S Army. He was chosen to go on a mission with Privates Wyoming and MacInroy, led by the Sarge. Their mission was to find some secret codes hidden in a strongbox, in a damaged Nazi building. Buford wanted to be a Minister before joining the army, and still hoped that if he didn't kill anyone he could still be one when he returned home. In his first engagement with the enemy, he fires his weapon at the ground and even with his eyes closed. The Sarge calls him up on this and tells him to get his act together and to shoot at the enemy the next time or he might have to shoot him.

When looking for fuel for an abandoned U.S tank they have found, they come across a German soldier hiding in a building. Buford finds him and takes him prisoner. The Sarge doesn't want a prisoner and wants to kill him on the spot, the others don't agree with him. Buford even shows the Sarge that the German's gun isn't even loaded and has never been fired, he tells the Sarge he won't stand for this. So the Sarge punches him and tells him to take a seat then. The Sarge then tells MacInroy to film him when he says so. He gives the German the gun and forces him to point it at him, then tells MacInroy to start filming. He then shoots the German. Buford and the others are disgusted.

Buford is eventually forced to kill, when they are attacked and MacInroy is killed. Buford is in the tank and fire at and kills the two German soldiers. He breaks down in tears as soon as he has done it. After burying MacInroy they continue on the mission and eventually find the secret codes, but as they prepared to leave, Wyoming is shot and Buford and the Sarge flee into the woods with bullets flying after them and chased by two German soldiers. The Sarge is hit and before he dies he gives Buford the codes and tells him he needs to get them back to HQ. Buford is then shot himself and lays there wounded whilst a German soldier approaches. The German is about to shoot him when he is shot in the back by the wounded Wyoming, who has manged to catch them up, then falls and dies of his wound. Buford gets up and walks off into the woods.

We next see Buford's girlfriend receive a letter informing her of his death.

## Gallery

Buford, Sarge, Wyoming and MacInroy.Buford, Wyoming and MacInroy.Buford and Sarge.
Casey (Disambiguation)

**Casey** is a given name and also a surname.

**Casey** may refer to:

* Casey, a U.S Army Private First Class, in *Amazing Stories*.
* Casey, a British Army Private, in *Sahara (1995)*.
* Casey Abbott, a U.S Navy Commander, in *Hellcats of the Navy*.
* Lawrence Casey, a USMC Captain, in *Baa Baa Black Sheep*.
Bruckner (Operation Overlord)

**Bruckner** was an officer of the Schutzstaffel, serving under the command of Obersturmführer Siegmund. He was captured by Corporal Brown and Technician Fifth Grade Anderson, who questioned him, before killing him.

## Notes

* His SS runes collar patch is not an officers type.
* He wears collar insignia of a Schütze (Private).
* He wears a Luftwaffe eagle on his chest.
* He wears the shoulder straps of a Heer Artillery Unteroffizier.
* His Nazi Party brassard is not the SS type.
* He wears the U.S Army medal ribbon of Army of Occupation Medal, backwards.
Captain (Far is the Road)

The Kapitan is a Polish Army officer of the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade. The 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade took part in the Battle of France in May 1940. It was later reformed in Great Britain as a part of the 1st Armoured Division.

## Gallery

Colonel, Captain and Adam Włodarczyk.Captain and Adam Włodarczyk.Adam Włodarczyk, Captain and Krystyna.
Brunner (Disambiguation)

**Brunner** is a German surname.

**Brunner** may refer to:

* Brunner, a Heer Unterfeldwebel, in *Combat!*
* Brunner, a Heer Hauptmann, in *Garrison's Gorillas*.
* Brunner, a SS Hauptsturmführer, in *The 25th Hour*.
* Brunner, a Swiss Army Oberleutnant, in *The Last Chance*.
* Aribert Brunner, a Gestapo Gruppenführer, in *Passport to Freedom*.
* Hermann Brunner, a SD Sturmbannführer, in *More Than Life at Stake*.
* Ulrich Brunner, a Nazi Party Official, in *The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission*.
Charles Coward

Sergeant-Major **Charles Coward** is a British non-commissioned officer incarcerated in the prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German army guards at every opportunity.

When he was being transferred to Stalag VIII-B, the injured Coward escaped from a forced P.O.W march, finding refuge in a French farmhouse and barn that is soon requisitioned by a German army unit needing to set up a field hospital. Inadvertently thought to be a wounded German soldier, Coward is taken to a hospital, where his identity is soon discovered, but not before he is awarded the Iron Cross as he lies in his hospital bed.

Coward is sent on to P.O.W camp Stalag VIII-B, but on the way to the camp he engineers the total destruction of a passing enemy ammunition train using tossed bundles of straw, lit on fire with his cigarette lighter. At the camp, he is involved in the camp's elaborate tunnel digging schemes and plans an escape with fellow prisoner Corporal Bill Pope. Unfortunately, an older, closed tunnel is discovered by camp officials , but not their primary tunnel. Coward then attempts to deceive his camp commander and Luftwaffe officials that he has knowledge of a secret allied bomb sight. He receives special favours, which he uses to bribe guards to get vital materials needed for the coming escape.

When his ruse is discovered, Coward is transferred to a Polish work camp where he is set up by the Germans as a traitor, with the camp's commanding officer trying to use his fellow British prisoners to kill Coward. When the scheme fails, he blackmails the Unteroffizier, who thinks he was responsible for a devastating fire that Coward had actually engineered. Coward extracts an extraordinary privilege in being able to go to and from the neighbouring town without an escort. When he makes contact with an attractive Polish resistance agent, he attempts to leave Germany by rail with his new friend providing assistance, but he is captured at a railway station.

After the failure of that escape, Coward, along with his other escape partner, Pope, are assigned to the IG Farben work camp. They manage to escape again by masquerading as workmen clearing rubble in a rural area. After learning that the American front line is only a mile away, they steal an unattended fire engine in order to get past the enemy soldiers blocking their escape. Their plan works. A German troop convoy on the road moves aside to allow them to speed past to get to a non-existent fire, and they drive off to freedom.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Charles Coward. [1]
Bruce (Disambiguation)

**Bruce** may refer to:

* Bruce, a Chinese man, in *Exodus to Shanghai*.
* Bruce Cameron, a USMC Lieutenant, in *Wake Island*.
* Bruce Carrey, a Canadian Army Corporal, in *Hope and Glory*.
* Bruce Clay, a U.S Army Captain, in *The Battle of the Damned*.
* Bruce Derringer, a USAAF Lieutenant Colonel, in *Memphis Belle*.
Captain (4 Days in May)

It is one of the last days before the capitulation of Nazi Germany in May 1945 on the Baltic coast in Pomerania. A unit of the Soviet Army, comprising seven men and led by a Kapitán nicknamed **"Gorynych"** ("Dragon") by his companions, has left for reconnaissance and observation of the movements of the retreating Germans. The group is housed in a large building, a shelter for orphaned girls. A German Army detachment is situated close by, awaiting transport for evacuation by sea to Denmark, where they plan to surrender to the British. Both parties understand that the war is almost over; they do not want to engage each other and choose to wait things out. But resistance is not over for a teenage orphan Peter, who was indoctrinated in the "no surrender" tradition of National Socialism. Soviet intelligence officers disarm him and patiently try to neutralize his youthful aggression.

On May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day, a Soviet Major who is commander of the division that includes the reconnaissance unit, arrives with Red Army troops. He was drunk on the occasion of Germany's capitulation. The Major tries to rape one of the German girls, but the Kapitán disarms him and stops the attempt. Wishing to eliminate witnesses of his indecent behavior, the Major said that the enemy, in disguise, infiltrated the building, and began an assault by his unit. The German detachment did not surrender but came to rescue the children. Then they made provisions for the safe withdrawal of the orphans on a fishing launch to Denmark.
Brownshirt

He was a member of the Sturmabteilung serving in Berlin. He took part in Kristallnacht in November 1938. Whilst he was loading a group of Jewish men into the back of a truck, he was approached by Hauptsturmführer John Halder who asked him if he had a Maurice Israel Glückstein in the truck. He said he didn't know and asked if there was a Glückstein in there and a man said he was Glückstein. Halder know this wasn't Maurice Israel Glückstein but said it was. Once the man got out of the truck he was handed over to Halder, who then let him go.
Cellini

Private **Cellini** is a U.S Army Ranger serving in the platoon of Technical Sergeant Abe Stimmler. He takes part in the Allied landings at Anzio. He is later part of the Battle of Cisterna, where he is one of the lucky survivors of that battle but is later shot and killed when they try to make it back to the Allied lines at Anzio.
Carl-Theodor Schütz

Hauptsturmführer **Carl-Theodor Schütz** was a Sicherheitsdienst officer serving in Italy under the command of Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler. He helped plan and participated in the Ardeatine Massacre.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Carl-Theodor Schütz. [1]

## Gallery

Erich Priebke, Carl-Theodor Schütz and Herbert Kappler.Carl-Theodor Schütz, Obersturmführer, Borante Domizlaff and Wetjen.Carl-Theodor Schütz, Herbert Kappler and Obersturmführer.Carl-Theodor Schütz, Obersturmführer, Herbert Kappler and Borante Domizlaff.
Busse

In late 1944, Inspector General **Busse** sends Wilhelm Klink advance notice that he is coming to inspect Stalag 13 for the Red Cross. On his way there, he learns that Major Wolfgang Hochstetter has captured four top leaders of the underground, whom he is temporarily holding in the cooler at the P.O.W. camp before sending them to Berlin. But when Busse arrives at Stalag 13, he is shocked to find the camp in a shambles, with guards and prisoners carousing together. He immediately confronts Klink and Hochstetter, who tell him that they have received word that the war is over. Busse angrily informs them that the war is far from over, and that they have obviously been tricked by the underground (actually Colonel Robert E. Hogan and his men), and is outraged to discover that Hochstetter has been so taken in by the ruse that he has released the captured underground leaders. After Hogan slyly points out to Klink that he still has his own prisoners, the Kommandant quickly has the camp secured again, leaving Busse to focus his wrath entirely on Hockstetter, immediately ordering the Major to follow him in his car. When Hochstetter is forced to admit that he has lent his car to the underground leaders, Busse ends up taking him in the Inspector General's own vehicle, presumably to be turned over to his SS superiors to be punished for his stupidity.

## Awards

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Carl Dorfmann

Soldat **Carl Dorfmann** was a soldier in the Heer. Before the war, he'd been a magician in a carnival. He didn't like fighting. As a boy, he'd avoided fights with other boys, much to the annoyance of his father. After being drafted into the Wehrmacht, he turned deserter and fled, hiding in a rundown building, where he was found and captured by Sergeant Saunders' team. He spoke good English, and befriended Doc. He had less luck with Kirby, who insulted him and tried to make him eat a rotten apple.

When a German patrol came along, Saunders made Dorfmann go outside and tell them he was alone in the building. The other soldiers seemed to believe him and left. Despite this, Saunders remained distrustful of Dorfmann. He joked with Doc that the other Americans thought he was a master spy or a monster. When the Americans were preparing to pull out, Saunders revealed he intended to take Dorfmann back with them, and when Kirby suggested killing him instead, Saunders refused. When the group came under fire from a German tank, he decided they'd slip out one by one.

"Caje" Lemay was uncertain of what to do with Dorfmann when he was left to guard him and prepared to shoot him. Dorfmann begged for his life, and "Caje" fired, but intentionally missed. He then fled after the others and left Dorfmann behind, alive, but made it seem like he'd killed him. He later confided in Saunders that he couldn't kill an unarmed enemy.
Beck (Disambiguation)

**Beck** may refer to:

* Hans Beck, a SS Unterscharführer, in *The Last Drop*.
* Ludwig Beck, a Heer Generaloberst, in *Stauffenberg*.
* Ludwig Beck, a Heer Generaloberst, in *The Plot to Kill Hitler*.
* Ludwig Beck, a Heer Generaloberst, in *Valkyrie*.
* Reinhard Beck, a Gestapo officer, in *The Scarlet and the Black*.
* Sid Beck, a British Army Private, in *The Way Ahead*.
* Stephen Beck, a British Intelligence member, in *Foyle's War*.
Charles Bailly

Soldat **Charles Bailly** was a French prisoner of war in Germany in the summer of 1943, who decided to escape from the farm where he was forced to work and go home to France. He observed that a man with a cow and a milk pail passes unnoticed in the Bavarian countryside, his plan was to take one (who he named Marguerite) and to walk with her to Stuttgart, where he would leave her and hide aboard a train for France.

Their epic journey took weeks, during which the two met many people, some sympathetic and some not. They got into many situations, some dangerous and some hilarious. For example, on a narrow pontoon bridge over the Danube, Marguerite would not budge when a company of German soldiers tried to cross.

Reaching Stuttgart, Bailly had to part from Marguerite and jumped on a train. At its first stop in France, he got off but was challenged by French police. To escape them he jumped on another train, not knowing it was heading for Stuttgart.

## Gallery

Charles Bailly and Colinet.Charles Bailly and Helga.
Burke

First Sergeant **Burke** is a non-commissioned officer of the U.S Army. He is the platoon sergeant of Privates Jerry Miles, Mike Strager and Bob Prescott.

## Rookies in Burma

While stationed in Burma, Privates Jerry Miles and Mike Strager are assigned to kitchen duty when they end up captured and taken to a prisoner-of-war camp with other soldiers, including Sgt. Burke, a man they know well.

The three escape and encounter two stranded American women, Connie and Janie, along the way. A clever ruse causes a company of Japanese soldiers pursuing them to plunge off a cliff. An elephant helps enable the five to get back to safety, although not before a Japanese tank begins firing at them. Everyone ends up safe and sound, although Jerry and Mike end up right back where they began, peeling potatoes.

## Gallery

Jerry Miles, Mike Strager, Bob Prescott, and Burke.Mike Strager, Burke, and Jerry Miles.
Burns (Ike)

Group Captain **Burns** was a Met Office meteorologist attached to the Royal Air Force during Second World War who notably persuaded General Dwight D. Eisenhower to change the date of the Allied invasion of Europe from 5 to 6 June 1944.

## Awards

* Distinguished Flying Cross
* British War Medal
* Victory Medal
* General Service Medal
* 1939-1945 Star
Chan Derby

In the aftermath of a big battle during World War II, US Brigadier General Charles Lane, Master Sergeant Murphy "Murph" Savage, and Corporal **Chan Derby** find themselves cut off behind enemy lines. The General takes over a farmhouse belonging to annoyed Frenchwoman Simone. Lane determines that there is a gap in the German lines and decides to organize a defense from whatever stragglers he can gather together. Shortly afterwards, however, he is killed saving "Murph's" life.

The first American soldier to show up, Corporal Terry Sellers, mistakes "Murph" for Lane ("Murph" is holding the General's helmet), giving him an idea. Recalling Lane's assessment that leadership is desperately needed to rally the disorganized troops, "Murph" masquerades as the General, with Derby and Simone's reluctant help. "Murph" manages to repulse a couple of attacks spearheaded by heavy German tanks, all the while avoiding Private Orville Hutchmeyer, who knows "Murph" and holds a grudge against him.

At the end of the engagement, "Murph" is knocked out by shrapnel, allowing him to "die" and resume his real identity with no one the wiser of his masquerade as a General.

## Gallery

Chan Derby and Murphy Savage.Chan Derby, Murphy Savage and Simone.Chan Derby, Simone and Murphy Savage.
Bruce Clay

Captain **Bruce Clay** is a U.S Army officer serving in North Africa. He speaks fluent German and had lived in Germany for five years before the war.

He had previously served in the Pacific and had fought at Guadalcanal.

A small bunch of American soldiers under the leadership of Captain Bruce Clay are assigned a mission to trek across North Africa to find and destroy a large German fuel depot.

## Gallery

Clay and Wilson.Marwell and Clay disguised as Germans.Perrymore, Clay and Carter.Winter, Clay and Carter.
Bruno Grauber

Leutnant zur See **Bruno Grauber** is a captured German officer being held in a Canadian-run P.O.W camp in Amsterdam. After he is interned in the camp, his fellow German prisoners of war, led by Oberst von Bleicher, discover that he and Corporal Reiner Schultz are deserters. They are put through a formal military court martial organised by von Bleicher and charged with cowardice. They are sentenced to death and are to be executed on the "fifth day of peace". Von Bleicher pressures the Canadian camp commandant to allow the execution to be carried out and requests rifles and ammunition to carry out the sentence.
C. Wade McClusky

Lieutenant Commander **C. Wade McClusky** was an officer of the U.S Navy. McClusky became USS *Enterprise's* air group commander in April 1942. During the Battle of Midway, while leading his air group's scout bombers on June 4, 1942, he made the critical tactical decision that led to the sinking of two of Japan's fleet carriers, *Kaga* and *Akagi*.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real C. Wade McClusky. [1]
Carmel Offie

**Carmel Offie** was an officer of the OSS. At the end of the war he attended a meeting with J. Edgar Hoover, Howard P. Robertson, Harry Grimsby and others where they discussed Operation Paperclip.

Offie died on June 18, 1972, when British European Airways Flight 548 crashed soon after take-off from London Heathrow Airport.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Carmel Offie. [1]

## Gallery

Carmel Offie and Harry Grimsby.Carmel Offie and Harry Grimsby.
Butchie

Private **Butchie** was a soldier of the 82nd Airborne Division serving under the command of First Lieutenant Chris. They were ordered to garrison a French chateau.

In reality, Butchie and the others were not World War II veterans but soldiers of the present-day American military. Their final mission in Afghanistan was to evacuate a family, who had been collaborating with the Americans. But before they could be evacuated an Islamic State group arrived and they were forced to hide. As the family was abused by ISIS fighters, the soldiers prepared to intervene against their orders, only for two more trucks full of ISIS troops to arrive outside, causing them to hesitate. The men watched as the family were slaughtered. As the men left, the despairing mother of the family detonated a suicide bomb and with her dying breath uttered the word "Vetrulek", an ancient curse on the soldiers.

Severely wounded from the bomb blast the soldiers were taken to a futuristic hospital, where they were put into a simulated reality based on World War II intended to help soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is where they lived the experience of the mission to the French chateau.

## Notes

* He is armed with a British Lee-Enfield No. 4 when in reality he would be armed with a M1 Garand.
* Although a member of the 82nd Airborne Division he also wears the shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) of the 1st Infantry Division.
* He and the other soldiers have the Spade helmet decal which was used by soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division.

## Gallery

Chris, Eugene, Butchie, Kirk and Tappert.Eugene, Butchie, Chris, Kirk and Tappert.Butchie, Tappert, Eugene, Chris and Kirk.Eugene, Chris, Kirk and Butchie.
Charles Wingham

Flight Lieutenant **Charles Wingham** is an RAF airman who is captured by the Germans after the plane he was on is shot down. He and the crew are taken to a German held French chateau where he and the others are to be interrogated by Major Heinrich Meinike. He assumes the name of Line, but after he is interrogated by the Gestapo Untersturmführer and his lackey, he finally gives his true name and rank. But when asked who the British Colonel is, he still refuses to answer.

## Gallery

Wingham and Gestapo Untersturmführer.Vincent, Steele and Wingham.
Charles B. McVay III

Captain **Charles B. McVay III** was the captain of the USS *Indianapolis*. McVay led the ship through the bombardment of Okinawa in the spring of 1945, during which *Indianapolis* anti-aircraft guns shot down seven enemy planes before the ship was struck by a kamikaze on 31st of March, inflicting heavy casualties, including eight dead, and penetrating the ship's hull. McVay returned the ship safely to Mare Island in California for repairs.

Later that year, *Indianapolis* received orders to carry parts and nuclear material to Tinian to be used in the atomic bombs which were soon to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After delivering her top secret cargo, the ship was en route to report for further duty off Okinawa.

Early in the morning of 30th of July, 1945, it was attacked by the Japanese submarine *I-58* under Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto. Hashimoto launched six torpedoes and hit Indianapolis twice. McVay was one of the lucky few who survived the sinking.

He was later court-martialed for the loss of his ship. On 6 November 1968, McVay took his own life by shooting himself with his service pistol at his home in Litchfield, Connecticut, holding in his hand a toy sailor he had received as a boy for a good luck charm. In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a Sense of Congress resolution that McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS *Indianapolis*." President Clinton also signed the resolution.

## Awards

* Silver Star
* Navy Expeditionary Medal
* World War I Victory Medal
* China Service Medal
* American Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
* American Campaign Medal
* European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze service star
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Charles Butler McVay III. [1]

## Gallery

McWhorter and McVay.Charles B. McVay III and Thomas J. Ryan.Charles B. McVay III and Thomas J. Ryan.
Campbell (Disambiguation)

**Campbell** is a surname.

**Campbell** may refer to:

* Campbell, a USAAF Brigadier General, in *Red Tails*.
* Campbell, a U.S Army Private First Class, in *The Last Rescue*.
* Campbell, a British Army Private, in *Too Late the Hero*.
* Carol Campbell, a WAC Lieutenant, in *The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission*.
* Chick Campbell, a U.S Army Lieutenant, in *Red Ball Express*.
* David Campbell, a RAF Flying Officer, in *The Longest Day*.
* George Campbell, a Home Guard Private, in *Whisky Galore! (2016)*.
* Howard W. Campbell Jr., a American spy, in *Mother Night*.
* Ian Campbell, a British Army Major, in *To End All Wars*.
* Jeff Campbell, a USAAF First Lieutenant, in *P-51 Dragon Fighter*.
* Kanga Campbell, a Royal Australian Navy sailor, in *Always Another Dawn*.
* Laura Campbell, a WAAF Leading Aircraftwoman, in *Homes Fires*.
* Richard Campbell, a U.S Army Sergeant, in *The Monuments Men*.
C.K. Luinstra

Private **C.K. Luinstra** was a soldier of a U.S Army and a crew member of an M36 tank destroyer. He was serving in occupied Belgium during the Ardennes offensive where he was under the command of Staff Sergeant Lance Dawson.

## Gallery

C.K. Luinstra and Lance Dawson.C.K. Luinstra and Lance Dawson.Erik Gretsch and C.K. Luinstra.
Bruner

Leutnant **Bruner** was a Heer officer who along with his fellow officer Leutnant Krause and their driver Feldwebel Peter happened upon a German tank sitting in the road. Getting out of his command vehicle, Bruner got onto the tank and tried to open the driver's hatch. Inside, however, were American NCO Sergeant Saunders, his wounded superior, Captain Beggs, and Beggs' driver Private Gavin. Gavin was sitting in the driver's seat and held the hatch shut as Bruner attempted to open it. Beggs, who spoke German, wore the real tank commander's beret and stuck his head out of the turret hatch, explaining that the driver's hatch was stuck and the motor had died.

Believing him, Bruner called up Peter to see if he could repair the engine. It turned out the engine really was broken, and Peter managed to fix it. Inside, Gavin started the tank up. Bruner told Beggs to follow the road, and then he and Peter got down off of the tank and returned to their car. However, Gavin almost backed into them, and they stood up in their car yelling for him to stop. After a near miss, the thoroughly perturbed Germans drove away, leaving what they assumed to be an incompetent Panzer crew to figure things out for themselves.

He was later with an oberst who tried to stop the tank to speak to its commander, but Saunders ordered Gavin to keep driving. Bruner and the oberst got out and ran after the tank on foot before returning to their command car. The oberst ordered Bruner to chase the tank in the car. Peter drove them alongside the fleeing tank and they yelled at the occupants to stop and pull over. Finally, Peter turned and stopped, blocking the tank's path. Gavin stopped, and then Saunders emerged from the turret hatch and fired into the Germans with his Thompson. Everyone except Bruner was killed instantly.

Later, two soldiers happened upon the shot up car. Although they initially left everyone in it for dead, Bruner managed to pull himself up and call after them as they were leaving, pleading for help. He told the two that Americans had taken over a German tank and asked for a radio, but was told it had been hit with bullets. However, the car remained usable despite all the bullet holes, and so the three drove off. He was eventually gotten to a radio, where he managed to send a warning to all available units about the Americans having hijacked the tank.
Carl Cutler

Korvettenkapitän **Carl Cutler** is a Kriegsmarine officer.

At the outset of World War II, June McCarthy meets Carl Cutler aboard the S.S.Aleria, a British vessel en route to New York from London, where she has been dancing. The ship is sunk in mid-voyage by an unidentified submarine, and Cutler aids in rescuing June. As they arrive safely in Manhattan, June asks Cutler to contact her fiancé, Jimmy Madden, about the use of his stranded freighter, "Apache", in Cutler's "import business." By this action, she has unwittingly aided Cutler, who is an undercover Nazi naval officer, with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic. Cutler charters the "Apache" and also kidnaps June who, he fears, might realize he was responsible for the sinking of the "Alleria." When the ship is at sea, a submarine comes along-side, and the crew climbs aboard to be met by Cutler and his aides in full uniform. Madden is informed that Cutler is now the ship's captain, and then takes the ship on missions of commerce raiding in the Carribbean, with Madden and his crew imprisoned in the ship's hold. June is allowed freedom of the ship and Madden believes she is an accomplice of Cutler's. She regains his favor and trust when she conceives the idea of cutting carbide flares from the life preservers for floating S.O.S. messages.

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Lerner, Cutler and McCarthy.Cutler and McCarthy.Cutler, Madden and McCarthy.
Carmine D'Agostino

Private **Carmine D'Agostino** was sentenced to hang before being selected to join the Dirty Dozen. He was a former "hotshot syndicate hitman." At some point he begins working for the Germans as a spy in the Dirty Dozen. He was able to contact the Germans with a small transmitter he had hidden on his person, feeding the Germans information about the Dirty Dozen's plans. He was finally found out when he tried to kill Major Wright. He placed a grenade on the front of the train right where the Major was about to go, but the Major was ready for him and managed to throw it away before it exploded. He talked to D'Agostino about why he had betrayed them before shooting him.
Casey

Private **Casey** was a soldier of the British Army serving in North Africa. Before the war Casey claimed he was a cat burglar where he stole from homes in Knightsbridge and Kensington. When Master Sergeant Joe Gunn asked him if he was joking, Casey said of course, but with a wry smile.

Casey is shot and killed during the first attack by the Germans on Bir Acroma.
Charles Graham

Colonel **Charles Graham** was a officer of the British Army. He arrived at the home of Dame Sibyl Hathaway in 1945 arrived the German forces had surrendered. He gave her a letter from her husband who was still a prisoner in Germany. They then listened to a radio broadcast from Winston Churchill.

Graham later gave permission to Major Albrecht Lanz to have a gun salute at the funeral of Soldat Wilhelm Muller.
Carl Ludwig

Kapitänleutnant **Carl Ludwig** was a Kriegsmarine officer that was defecting to the allies. He had information that he was going to pass on to them. In Denmark in 1943 he was going to meet with the American Major Wright and his team of army Rangers, but he was killed by a following German patrol before he could reach them. Major Wright and his team killed the German soldiers. Before Ludwig succumbs to his wounds, he utters the phrase, "vierundzwanzig, zwanzig" (2420), which Major Wright does not understand.
Benjamin H. Vandervoort

Lieutenant Colonel **Benjamin H. Vandervoort** is the commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

He breaks his right ankle during the landing drops during D-Day. Despite his injury, he leads his men to Sainte-Mère-Église to hold the town from Germans and orders the bodies of F Company to be buried after they were left hanging from the trees.

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Benjamin Hayes Vandervoort. [1]

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Sheen, Benjamin Vandervoort, Wilson, and Harding.Benjamin Vandervoort and James Gavin.Benjamin Vandervoort and James Gavin.Harding, Benjamin Vandervoort, Sheen, and Wilson.Harding, Benjamin Vandervoort, Wilson, and Sheen.Lance Waltz, Sheen, Benjamin Vandervoort, and Harding.
Carstairs ('Allo 'Allo!)

Flying Officer **"Bumbly" Carstairs** and Flying Officer Gavin Fairfax had been shot down over France. They were later found by the Resistance, who forced René Artois (the owner of Café René) to keep them in hiding after the owner of their previous safe house had been shot. There were many failed attempts by the French Resistance to get the pilots back to England.
Bruce Derringer

Lieutenant Colonel **Bruce Derringer** was an officer of the U.S Army Air Force serving in England. He was an Army publicist, visiting the base, to interview the crew of the *Memphis Belle* in anticipation of their flying their 25th mission, a requirement to complete their tour of duty. Derringer was eager to use the crew on a war bonds tour stateside. He believed their success would help the war effort and confided to Colonel Craig Harriman that many people back home were upset at the losses the Eighth Air Force had suffered. Some were beginning to think daylight bombing was ineffective, while Harriman openly favored it. Derringer informed him that it's his job to show this to the American public as a means of getting their support.

## Awards

* Legion of Merit
* American Defense Service Medal
* American Campaign Medal
Castagnoli

Sergente **Castagnoli** is a Royal Italian Army non-commissioned officer.

In 1942, disheartened at the starvation and disease in Athens, Tenente Gaetano Martino of the Italian Army requests a posting elsewhere. He finds himself, with a Sergente Castagnoli, in charge of a lorry containing twelve prostitutes who he has to deliver up country to various military establishments. This is not what he joined the army for, nor does he see how it will contribute to victory. On the way, they are obliged to accept a Seniore Alessi as a passenger. An unpleasant character, he outranks Martino and can enforce his will on the two soldiers and on the women.

One night, the party are able to sleep in comfort in some abandoned railway carriages, and the men pair off with some of their charges. The pragmatic Castagnoli links up with the older and more realistic Ebe. Martino fancies the forthright Eftichia, who has strong views on life, but in the event is approached by the gentle Elenitza who seeks no trouble. Next morning a lorry full of Blackshirts passes and their leader, a hero of the war in Spain, asks for one of the girls. On the road again, after a few kilometers Martino's party comes across the remains of the Blackshirts, their lorry and their prostitute, all killed by partisans. Alessi goes wild at the scene of slaughter and hysterically vows revenge.

Shortly after, their own lorry is ambushed and goes off the road in flames. The survivors carry the wounded to an abandoned cottage, where the still hysterical Alessi says he will go and get help. Realising he wants to escape, the wounded Castagnoli stops him at gunpoint. Meanwhile Elenitza is succumbing from her wounds and in front of everybody Alessi shoots her dead. After dark, carrying Castagnoli, what is left of the group staggers over the mountains and arrives at a village which is being emptied and burned by Blackshirts, who Alessi joins up with. They have captured some alleged partisans, who they shoot.

In the end, Martino is able to get Castagnoli into a military hospital, where Ebe makes sure he is comfortable, and to deliver the few prostitutes he has left. After what she has seen, Eftichia can no longer bear the thought of sleeping with Italians but makes one last exception in the case of Martino. After a night together, she walks off into the mountains to join the partisans. Martino is on his own again, without purpose and even more disillusioned.
Burke (Beachhead)

Private **Burke** is a U.S Marine.

In late October 1943, a battalion of U.S. Marines have landed on Choiseul Island to create a diversion for the impending Allied attack and invasion of Japanese held Bougainville Island in the Northern Solomon Islands, northeast of the large island colony of New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Four of them have been selected to carry out a reconnaissance patrol to find a French planter and his daughter. The planter has sent a solitary radio message to the Allies concerning the area the Japanese have mined; if the information is true it could save a projected 18% of the Marine invasion force. The patrol must confirm that the message is authentic, and that the planter is still alive, as he can give the Marines valuable information needed for a successful amphibious landing by the Allied forces. Once obtaining the information the small party is to make a rendezvous on the coast with a US Navy PT boat. The members of a patrol are the sole survivors of their Sergeant's platoon on Guadalcanal with both the patrol members and the Sergeant blaming their demise on their Sergeant's leadership.
Charles Pottinger

Master **Charles Pottinger** was a British Merchant Navy officer and the Captain of the SS *Ashlea*. The SS *Ashlea* was captured and sunk in the South Atlantic by *Admiral Graf Spee*. He along with all of the British prisoners were released when the *Admiral Graf Spee* came to port in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Bräuer

General der Panzertruppe **Bräuer** was a Heer officer serving on the occupied island of Crete. After Heinrich Kreipe was kidnaped by SOE agents on the night of 26 April 1944. Bräuer and other officers tried to stop them from getting away.

## Awards

* Iron Cross 2nd Class
* Wound Badge (Black)

## Notes

* He is probably named after Bruno Bräuer, but I don't think he is meant to be him. [1]
Charles Beeson

First Lieutenant **Charles Beeson** was an officer of the U.S Army serving in North Africa. He was called in by First Lieutenant John England, as he was part of the forward artillery. He spotted that the German tanks were fake and called it in. Moments later he and his driver were attacked by a dragon.
Bruener (The Rat Patrol)

Hauptmann **Bruener** was an Afrika Korps officer serving alongside Hauptmann Hans Dietrich. He and Dietrich monitored Allied radio transmissions and overheard the Rat Patrol being assigned to provide armed escort for a convoy. They ambushed the passing Rats, and chased them. During the pursuit, Bruener's halftrack got stuck in the sand. While his men attempted to free it, the chase ended at the nearby village of Aburah, where a young Arab girl named Kiri fell into a well.

When Kiri's mother pleaded with the Allies and Germans to help her daughter, Dietrich and Sergeant Sam Troy agreed to a truce until they could pull the child from the well. Meanwhile, Bruener and his men finally freed their halftrack and caught up to the others at Aburah. Unaware of the truce, Bruener ordered a sniper to shoot Tully Pettigrew, which almost ended the truce. Dietrich was able to explain things to Bruener, who grudgingly agreed to hold off hostilities until Kiri was rescued.

After they finally got Kiri out of the well and returned her to her mother, Bruener attempted to take the Rat Patrol prisoner. Dietrich objected, as he'd given Troy his word that the truce would include letting the Allies go free, but Bruener refused to honour this part of the agreement. As soon as Kiri and her mother were clear, Bruener's men tried to take the Rats prisoner, but a grenade thrown by Mark T. Hitchcock created enough confusion for them to escape, and Bruener was shot and killed by the escaping Allies.

## Awards

* Iron Cross 1st Class
* Panzer Assault Badge (Silver)
* Wound Badge (Black)
* Afrika Korps Cuff Title

## Notes

* His collar litzen are those of an enlisted man and not of an officer.
Chief Officer - MS Huntsman

The Chief Officer was a British Merchant Navy officer serving on the MS *Huntsman*. The MS *Huntsman* was captured in the South Atlantic by *Admiral Graf Spee*. She was later scuttled. He along with all of the British prisoners were released when the *Admiral Graf Spee* came to port in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Chuck Palmer

In April 1942 in the Philippines, an American motor torpedo boat is destroyed by Japanese planes. The survivors, among them Ensign **Chuck Palmer**, make their way ashore on Cebu. Their commander orders them to split up. Chuck pairs up with Jim Mitchell and reaches Colonel Benson on Leyte, only to be told that he has been ordered by General Douglas MacArthur to surrender his forces soon.

Chuck helps Jeanne Martinez, a Frenchwoman married to a Filipino planter, get medical assistance for a pregnant woman. Jeanne pleads with Chuck to stay and fight, but he buys an outrigger canoe and recruits a crew of Air Corps soldiers in a desperate, but unsuccessful attempt to sail to Australia. When the boat founders, the crew is rescued by Miguel, a member of the Filipino resistance. The Americans evade capture and Chuck eventually meets Jeanne again, as well as her husband Juan, a secret supporter of the resistance movement.

Chuck is ordered to stay in the Philippines to help set up a network to gather intelligence on the Japanese. Later, Juan is beaten to death in front of Jeanne in an attempt to find out where the guerrillas are hiding out. Jeanne joins the resistance and is reunited with Chuck at Christmas 1943. They begin to fall in love.

After three years of fighting, Chuck, Jeanne, Jim and the rest of their band are trapped in a church by a Japanese patrol. Just when it looks as if they will be wiped out, squadrons of American planes appear overhead and explosions are heard, announcing the liberation of the Philippines is underway. The Japanese leave to face this greater threat.

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Chuck Palmer and Jeanne Martinez.Chuck Palmer and Jeanne Martinez.
Congo

Soldat "Congo" was a soldier of the Senegalese Tirailleurs. He and is fellow soldiers were newly returned from France back to Africa and stationed at the Thiaroye camp, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal.

All is well until the soldiers start to complain about the food offered in the camp, to which the French commander says he will do nothing about, as meat is reserved for white officers.

As the Senegalese troops are about to be transferred out of the camp, they learn they will only be given half the pay for their service as the French troops are unfairly converting French francs to Senegalese francs at half the rate to save money. The Senegalese troops capture the camp and take a French general hostage, beginning a mutiny. The mutiny ends when the officer gives them his word that they will be given their proper pay. That night, they dance and celebrate. At about 3 am, Pays is in a watch tower and sees tanks approaching the camp, and wakes up the other soldiers, but is unable to tell them what is happening; they think he is saying that Nazis are invading the camp, and dismiss him as being crazy. An hour or so later, the French tanks open fire on the camp, killing Aloyse Diatta, Pays and the rest of the Senegalese platoon.

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Pays, Congo, Diatta, Diarra and Général de brigade.
Claus von Stauffenberg (The Plot to Kill Hitler)

Oberst **Claus von Stauffenberg** was a Heer officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair and remove the Nazi Party from power.

## Awards

* Iron Cross 1st Class
* Iron Cross 2nd Class
* General Assault Badge
* Wound Badge (Gold)

## Notes

* He is a fictional portrayal of the real Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. [1]

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Erwin Rommel and Claus von Stauffenberg.Ludwig Beck and Claus von Stauffenberg.Friedrich Olbricht, Claus von Stauffenberg, and Ludwig Beck.Claus von Stauffenberg and Friedrich Olbricht.Claus von Stauffenberg and Erwin Rommel.Werner von Haeften, Claus von Stauffenberg, and Wilhelm Keitel.Claus von Stauffenberg, Werner von Haeften, Friedrich Fromm, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim.