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Dorothy “Dot” Cole was a U.S. Marines veteran of World War II who was the oldest living Marine.Cole was determined to enlist in the military after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, when the U.S.

Theodore "Ted" Lumpkin, Jr. a member of the famed all-Back squadron, died of COVID-19 on Dec.

Frank Macon was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Black pilots and support staff who served with distinction in World War II.Macon was in high school when the U.S. entered World War II.

Reginald Brewster was a lawyer who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a Tuskegee Airman, the legendary group of black pilots and support staff.Brewster served in England and France during the war as the secretary to the base commander.

Jim Feezel was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who drove a tank through the gate of Dachau concentration camp, liberating its prisoners from the Nazis.Feezel joined the U.S.

Ruth Kluger was a Holocaust survivor known for her memoir, “Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered.”A Jewish native of Vienna, Kluger was six years old when Nazi Germany annexed Austria. She and her family lived for several years amid increasing hostility toward Jews.

Alexander Horanzy was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Horanzy was stationed with the 24th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks on December 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor.

Rudolph “Val” Archer was one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, the elite group of black pilots and support staff who served during World War II.Archer first tried to join the U.S. Navy and the U.S.

George W. Biggs was a U.S.

William Gates Sr. was a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.Born and raised in Washington state, Gates was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and earned his law degree at the University of Washington after the war.

Malcolm Nettingham was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the group of elite Black pilots and airmen who fought in World War II.Nettingham was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1944, while the U.S.

Robert Kehoe was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for his work with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to aid the French Resistance.Kehoe joined the Army Signal Corps as a radio operator when the U.S.

th Marines, one of the first units to come ashore on the island of Iwo Jima in February 1945. He survived the deadly 35-day battle, laying down wire on the beach amid gunfire at night as a member of the communications unit.

th anniversary event held in Normandy.  Pickett joined the U.S. Army at the age of 18.

Col. Steve dePyssler was a U.S.

A.C. “Tony” King was a U.S.

Vera Lynn was a singer, songwriter, and actress known for the wartime hit songs “We’ll Meet Again” and “White Cliffs of Dover.”Born Vera Margaret Welch in London March 20, 1917, she took her grandmother’s last name, Lynn, when she began her performing career.

LONDON — Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103.During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.”“The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers at the age of 103,″ her family said in a statement.

Jim Jarvis was a U.S. Navy veteran who was the oldest remaining survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Carole Lombard came to Hollywood from the Midwest at the age of 7 and was making Westerns at Fox by age 9.

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On film, Jesse Eisenberg has survived a zombie apocalypse.

Patti Lupone stars in ‘Hollywood.’ (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

Helen Hunt says Nancy Campbell, the fictional reporter she plays in the war drama “World on Fire,” is based on two different real-life journalists: William Shirer, who chronicled Hitler’s rise to power for CBS Radio, and Claire Hollingworth, the Daily Telegraph reporter whose “scoop of the century” broke the news that Germany invaded Poland — triggering World War II.

In the latest trailer of Tom Hanks starrer World War II, Greyhound, Hanks leads a fierce war against the Nazi submarines. The film is set in the early days of WWII, it features Hanks as Capt. Ernest Krause leading an international convoy of 37 Allied ships. As the ships cross the North Atlantic, they are chased by wolf packs of Nazi submarines, leading to a deadly confrontation. The trailer opened with Hanks saying a prayer, apparently before leading the battle. 

Sony’s Tom Hanks World War II movie “Greyhound” is jumping from its May 8 weekend to June 12, as a means to tee off before Father’s Day weekend, which is during the weekend of June 19-21. I hear the pic’s rescheduling has nothing to do with coronavirus fears which are weighing on many distribs’ minds, rather it’s an opportune time to capture sons and fathers, while also capitalizing on the Flag Day holiday, which falls on June 14.