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LT, Bruce Carlton Fryar
(Right)
VA-196, CVW-2, USS RANGER
United States Navy
28 March 1944 - 28 June 1974
Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Brutus
(Left)
K-9 Congressional Medal of Honor Winner!
SPC Channing Moss
(Right)
March 16, 2006. Southeastern Afghanistan. A fierce ambush and bloody firefight. It was over in a flash and Moss was left on the verge of death. SPC Channing was impaled through the abdomen with a rocket-propelled grenade! Medal of Valor Honoree!
COLONEL BUD DAY (Left)
First he won the Medal of Honor, then he took on the U.S. government—the riveting story of Colonel George "Bud" Day, the most decorated officer in modern U.S. history.
SGT BILL MAULDIN - WWII Cartoonist (Right)
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Sergeant Leonard B. Keller (Not Shown)
"SHIFTY" (Left)
Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty.
"Dr. Hal Kushner" (Right)
... I was captured 2 Dec.1967, and returned to American control on 16 Mar.1973. For those of you good at arithmetic - 1931 days. ...
 Col Robert L. Howard
(Left)
In addition to the Medal of Honor -- the military's highest award for valor -- Col. Howard received two awards of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, the Defense Superior Service Medal, four awards of the Legion of Merit, four Bronze Star Medals and eight Purple Hearts.
(Video - Real Rambo)
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Major Harry Johnson, USMC (R) (Left)
Harry Johnson went to the Pacific in November 1943, joining VMF-214 as a replacement pilot. He destroyed a [Japanese] Zero in combat on January 6, 1944, two days before VMF-214 were disbanded. Serving later with VMF-218 and VMF-253, he flew a total of 84 missions on Corsairs during WWII, and another 69 missions in Korea. (Photo Left: Major Harry Johnson, USMC (R) & Msgt H.G. Robby Robinson, USAF (R), talking war stories at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida - October 31, 2009.) LINKS: http://www.acepilots.com/usmc_vmf214.html
  
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