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Actor. Drafted in 1950 during the Korean War. Sent to Ft. Ord, California. Remained there until discharged in 1953. He was a swimming instructor at Ord. While on leave in 1951, the Navy AD3RE Skyraider he was in crashed in the ocean near Point Reyes. He and the pilot swam three miles to shore.
American businessman, craftsman, and billionaire. He attended the University of Washington but left college to join the Army, where he served three years in the Signal Corps. He worked in the Alaska Communications System, spending his last year of duty in Seattle. Edson made his fortune by starting a company that sold affordable plywood motor boats. In 1955 Edson founded the Bayliner Marine Corporation. He sold the company to the Brunswick Corporation in 1986 for a reported $425 million.
Son of President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower and military historian. Born August 3, 1922 in Denver, Colorado, he graduated from West Point in 1944. During World War II he had intelligence and administrative duties in England and Germany. From 1969 to 1977 he was ambassador to Belgium. He wanted to be in combat during World War II but was not allowed because his father was then a presidential candidate. During the Korean War he saw combat with the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division, 1952-53. After the war he remained in the military, retiring from the army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1963. He remained in the reserves and retired as a decorated brigadier general. As an author and military historian, he wrote best-selling, non-fiction books about World War II and other wars. John S.D. Eisenhower died December 21, 2013 in Trappe, Maryland.
At age 16, Encinias joined the National Guard in 1939. When he finished high school, the Guard was called to active duty, and he served as a Combat Engineer in the 45th Division. After Pearl Harbor he trained to become a pilot and was sent to North Africa as the campaign there was ending. Later, he flew a British Spitfire in combat, and in 1944 he was shot down over northern Italy. As a prisoner of war he was moved to Frankfurt, Germany.
When the Korean War began, Encinias volunteered for service in North Korea and flew 111 missions there. After the war, he taught French at the U.S. Air Force Academy and, in 1962, went to Vietnam where he flew 60 missions. After retiring from teaching in 1985, he turned to writing history, particularly the history of New Mexico.
Media and entertainment industry attorney. Among his clients were: Olivia Newton John, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Cher, Dixie Chicks, Joan Jett, Van Halen, Farrah Fawcett, and many more. He was drafted in the Korean War after graduating from the City College of New York. He served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer. He died January 2014 in Redwood City, California, age 84.
Director of the National Air and Space Museum and former chief of the Federal Aviation Administration. Born May 24, 1924 in Pomona, California, he enlisted as a seaman 2nd class in a Navy training program after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. By 1943 he was based on the carrier USS Lexington and took part in the liberation of the Philippines. After the war he was in the naval reserve and was a test pilot. During the Korean War he was an officer on board the USS Valley Forge and took part in the first aerial strike over Pyongyang. He later served in the Vietnam War, but didn't see combat there. Donald Engen was killed instantly in a glider accident in Nevada on July 12, 1999.
Sports information director at St. Johns 1961-84. Born September l9, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, Esposito died September 9, 1995 on Long Island. He was a noted authority and lecturer on jazz music as well as his sports knowledge. He received a Bronze Star for gallantry during the Korean War.
Radio personality in Northwest Indiana. Born April 23, 1929 in Delaware, Ohio, Al Evans began his radio career while serving in the US Army in Germany during the Korean War. He was a radio broadcaster on AFN. Back in the States, he settled in Indiana, where he was a radio personality on stations WWCA and WLTH. He opened the marketing and public communication company of Evans Communications in Indiana. Al Evans died February 01, 2017 in Florida. Prior to living in Florida he resided in Merrillville, Indiana.