| Name |
Description |
#books |
| Commercial - Aeronautical |
| |
| Pangborn, Clyde Edward |
An American aviator and barnstormer who performed aerial stunts in the 1920s ('Upside-Down' Pangborn). He and co-pilot Hugh Herndon Jr. flew their plane, Miss Veedol, in 1931 on the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean. | 1 |
| Vanderkloot, William J. |
A pilot who volunteered with the Royal Air Force Ferry Command and later flew Winston Churchill over enemy territory on diplomatic missions during WW2. | 1 |
| Media |
| |
| Brewer, Sam Pope |
An American journalist who was a foreign correspondent with the Chicago Tribune during WW2 including being with the British in the Middle East and previously with the New York Herald Tribune. Later was Chief News correspondent for the NY Times and part of its United Nations bureau. | 1 |
| Denny, Harold |
An American correspondent of The New York Times who covered was captured by the Germans early in the War. Was later with the British 8th Army in Africa and captured again at Tobruk. He had a heart attack within 6 months of returning to the USA. | 1 |
| Knox, William Franklin 'Frank' |
An American newspaper editor and publisher who was also the Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of WW2. | 1 |
| Mix,Thomas Edwin |
An American actor who was the star in many early Western movies between 1909 and 1935 and helped define the Western genre for cowboy actors that followed. | 1 |
| Mowrer, Richard Scott |
An American Pulitzer-prize-winning correspondent and editor of the Chicago Daily News, and later in life, Poet Laureate of New Hampshire. He traveled with the RAF Eighth Army to cover the North African campaign and with the Western Allies for the invasion of Sicily against the Axis. | 1 |
| Ogden, Nash |
An American poet who was known for his comic verse, born in Rye, New York. | 1 |
| Reynolds, Quentin James |
A journalist and WW2 war correspondent. As associate editor at Collier’s Weekly from 1933 to 1945, Reynolds averaged twenty articles a year. He also published twenty-five books. | 1 |
| Whitney, William Dwight |
American Author of such books as 'Who are the Americans,1942'. | 1 |
| Military - Air Force |
| |
| Arnold, Henry Harley 'Hap' |
A U.S. aviation pioneer who was Chief of the Air Corps (1938-41) and commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War 2. | 1 |
| Brereton, Lewis Hyde |
TBD. | 1 |
| Tobin, Gilbert Shepard |
An American pilot who enlisted in the RCAF in Montreal before the USA entered WW2 and later flew with RAF Ferry Command. | 1 |
| Military - Army |
| |
| Clark, Mark W. |
A US Army officer who saw service during WW1, WW2, and the Korean War. During WW2 he commanded the US Fifth Army, and later the 15th Army Group, in the Italian campaign. | 1 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight David |
An American politician and Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. During WW2 he served as a five-star general and as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He planned and supervised Operation Torch in 1942–43, the invasion of North Africa and the invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. | 3 |
| Patch, Alexander McCarrell |
TBD. | 1 |
| Ridgway, Matthew Bunker |
TBD. | 1 |
| Rogers, Robert |
An American colonial frontiersman who served in the British Army during the American Revolution and the French/Indian Wars where he raised and commanded the famous Rogers’ Rangers. | 1 |
| Military - Navy |
| |
| Farragut, David Glasgow |
TBD. | 1 |
| King, Ernest Joseph |
A United States Navy Officer who was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during WW2. He directed the Navy’s operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | 1 |
| Read, Albert Cushing |
An aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4 Curtiss flying boat. He trained naval aviators during WW2 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. | 1 |
| Political |
| |
| Acheson, Dean |
An American statesman and lawyer.As assistant secretary of state in 1941, Acheson implemented much of United States economic policy aiding Great Britain and harming the Axis Powers. Acheson implemented the Lend-Lease policy that helped re-arm Great Britain. | 0 |
| Bankhead, William B. |
An American politician from Alabama who served as U.S. Representative and the 47th Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 1 |
| Kirk, Alexander Comstock |
A United States diplomat who served as Chargé d’affaires in Berlin beginning in May 1939. | 1 |
| Lehman, Herbert H |
A Democratic Party politician from New York. He served from 1933 to 1942 as the 45th governor of New York and represented New York State in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. | 0 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. |
An American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from March 1933 to his death. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of total war. | 3 |
| Scientific |
| |
| Bushnell, David |
TBD. | 1 |
| Coyle, David Cushman |
Economist and engineer who designed the Washington State Capitol and wrote such books as 'America,1941' and 'Land of Hope, 1941'. | 1 |
| Fulton, Robert |
TBD. | 1 |
| Wiener, Alexander Solomon. |
An outstanding leader in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics. His pioneer work led to discovery of the Rh factor in 1937, along with Dr. Karl Landsteiner. | 1 |
| Sporting |
| |
| Dickey, William Malcolm |
A Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees for 19 seasons who managed the team after retiring from his playing career. | 1 |
| DiMaggio, Joseph Paul |
An American Major League Baseball player who played 13 seasons with the New York Yankees and went on to marry Marilyn Monroe. | 1 |
| Gordon, Joseph Lowell |
A Major League Baseball player and manager who played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians from 1938 to 1950. | 1 |
| Henrich, Thomas David |
A Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the New York Yankees between 1937 and 1950. | 1 |
| Keller, Charles Ernest |
A left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers between 1939 and 1952. | 1 |
| Priddy, Gerald Edward |
An American who played in Major League Baseball for 11 years with the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers. | 1 |
| Rizzuto, Philip Francis |
An American Major League Baseball shortstop who played his entire 13-year career with the New York Yankees between 1941 and 1956. | 1 |
| Rolfe, Robert Abial |
An American third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1942. | 1 |
| Rosar, Warren Vincent |
An American who played in Major League Baseball for 13 years with the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. | 1 |
| Russo, Marius Ugo |
A starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played during 1939-43 and 1946 with the New York Yankees. | 1 |
| Ruth, George Herman Jr |
An American baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1935 and famed as a slugging outfielder with the New York Yankees. | 1 |
