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Richard Winters
Richard "Dick" Winters (1918–2011) was a U.S. Army major who led Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, at Brecourt Manor on D-Day, Market-Garden, and Bastogne, later made famous by Band of Brothers.
Robert B. Hood
Robert B. Hood (1891-1964) was a US Army colonel from Kansas, commissioned in 1917, who won the Distinguished Service Cross for artillery heroism in World War I, survived Pearl Harbor at Schofield Barracks, and retired in 1961.
Robert Sink
Robert Frederick Sink (1905-1965), American Army lieutenant general, commanded the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment through World War II (D-Day, Market Garden, Bastogne), later led STRAC; portrayed by Dale Dye in Band of Brothers.
Ronald Speirs
Ronald C. Speirs (1920-2007), US Army officer of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne; Dog Company platoon leader who took command of Easy Company at Foy on January 13, 1945, ran through German lines to contact I Company and back; later Korea, Spandau Prison governor, Laos.
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (1840–1924), American Army general; Civil War cavalry officer, frontier veteran, first Army War College president, and first U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1903–1904).
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886-1945), American Army general, son of the Confederate general and Kentucky governor of the same name; built Alaska's WWII defenses, commanded Tenth Army at Okinawa, and was the highest-ranking U.S. officer killed by enemy action in the war.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Theodore Roosevelt III, 1887-1944), eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was an Army brigadier general and Medal of Honor recipient who landed in the first wave on Utah Beach on D-Day and served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Puerto Rico, and Governor General of the Philippines.
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Bedell Smith (1895–1961), 'Beetle' Smith, was Eisenhower's chief of staff at AFHQ and SHAEF, signed the German surrender at Reims, then served as U.S. Ambassador to the USSR, Director of Central Intelligence 1950–53, and Under Secretary of State.
Walter Krueger
Walter Krueger (1881–1967), German-born US Army four-star general, rose from private to command the Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific, leading New Guinea amphibious operations and the Leyte and Luzon campaigns under MacArthur.