alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 6, 2018 Helen Miller, one of the first female soldiers to join the U.S. army during World War II, died June 17th. She was 96. Her obituary came out today (July 6th). https://taskandpurpose.com/helen-miller-female-soldiers-death/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 6, 2018 Max Fuchs, an American army rifleman who helped lead an historic Jewish religious service in Germany during World War II, has died. He was 96. https://www.timesofisrael.com/max-fuchs-us-soldier-who-led-jewish-prayers-in-nazi-germany-dies-at-96/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 Harold Eatman, a World War II paratrooper who was one of less than 20 still alive who'd made four combat jumps during that war, has died. He was 102. http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180707/wwii-paratrooper-veteran-of-four-combat-jumps-has-died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 11, 2018 John H. Klette, a World War II veteran who earned a Silver Star for a mission to destroy factories in the suburbs of Vienna, Austria, has died. He was 100. Klette also served in the Korean War and later became an attorney. http://www.nkytribune.com/2018/07/celebrated-war-hero-attorney-john-h-klette-100-has-died-buried-in-private-ceremony-at-highlands/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 12, 2018 Tom Ginger Neil at 97. One left of the BoB aces. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/987870/battle-of-britain-ace-pilot-dies-tom-neil-prince-harry-prince-charles 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted July 12, 2018 Neil's death leave Paul Farnes the last survivor.Turns 100 on Monday. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted July 12, 2018 Now very very obitable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted July 12, 2018 On 06/07/2018 at 21:01, alt obits guy said: Max Fuchs, an American army rifleman who helped lead an historic Jewish religious service in Germany during World War II, has died. He was 96. https://www.timesofisrael.com/max-fuchs-us-soldier-who-led-jewish-prayers-in-nazi-germany-dies-at-96/ You're telling me with that name he WASN'T a porn star - complete waste of a life, then 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2018 On 22/11/2017 at 18:02, msc said: Watching the BBC documentary about Queenie and Philip's 70th wedding anniversary. Interview in it with the 97 year old Commodore Keith Evans. Served on the Hood, various war service, but also confidante in the 30s/40s to Philip, and apparently one of the only people to know he planned to ask (not yet Queenie) Libby to marry him ahead of time. Lucid speaker and looks good for his advanced age, but a cert Telegraph obit when he goes. Pic with his old buddy from earlier this year. Keith Evans dead https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/16/commander-keith-evans-obituary/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2018 Corran Purdon, who rose to the rank of Major General and commanded a demolition team that raided the French port of St Nazaire in the spring of 1942, has died. He was 97. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/16/maj-gen-corran-purdon-obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 18, 2018 John Palumbo, a veteran who received the World War II Victory Medal and a Bronze Star, has died. He was 97. http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Lexington-business-leader-World-War-II-veteran-John-Palumbo-dies-at-97-488429791.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 19, 2018 Jack Stedman, who was a boy when World War II broke out but earned his RAF pilot's wings prior to its conclusion, has died. He was 93. http://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/former-raf-pilot-renowned-teacher-beccles-dies-aged-93-1-5614422 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted July 19, 2018 3 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Jack Stedman, who was a boy when World War II broke out but earned his RAF pilot's wings prior to its conclusion, has died. He was 93. http://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/former-raf-pilot-renowned-teacher-beccles-dies-aged-93-1-5614422 @Sir Creep Pray, do tell why you're angered by this post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted July 19, 2018 Ah, I think I figured it out. Sir Creep is Dr Bruce Banner/Hulk (which is why he’s mad at posters a lot) and I claim my ten dollars. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 19, 2018 Unconfirmed reports Geoffrey Wellum, a World War II British fighter pilot and author, has died at age 96. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Unconfirmed reports Geoffrey Wellum, a World War II British fighter pilot and author, has died at age 96. Now confirmed https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/battle-of-britain-spitfire-pilot-dies-at-96-bqhw9jt78 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted July 20, 2018 With the loss of Tom Neil and Geoffrey Wellum, of the surviving Few of the Battle of Britain there seem to remain: Flt Lt William Terence Clark (b. 1919) Wg Cmdr John "Tim" Elkington (b. 1920) Wg Cmdr Paul Farnes (b. 1918) Sqn Ldr John Stewart Hart (b. 1916) Flt Lt William Robert Kent Hughes (b. ??) Flt Lt Maurice Mounsdon (b. c1918) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 22, 2018 Marcello Citano, an Italian resistance fighter during World War II who helped free Florence in 1944 and who spent a lifetime organizing anti-Fascist gatherings, has died. He was 91. http://www.stamptoscana.it/articolo/toscana-cronaca/e-morto-marcello-citano-il-partigiano-sugo (Italian language site) More on Marcello Citano (English translation of Italian article) https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.cpafisud.org/domenica-4-dicembrebuon-compleannopartigiano-sugo/&prev=search Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 22, 2018 Could go in the podcast thread, but the latest 4 hour blast (free) from Dan Carlin is about the Japanese WW2 effort. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted July 22, 2018 46 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Marcello Citano, an Italian resistance fighter during World War II who helped free Florence in 1944 and who spent a lifetime organizing anti-Fascist gatherings, has died. He was 91. http://www.stamptoscana.it/articolo/toscana-cronaca/e-morto-marcello-citano-il-partigiano-sugo (Italian language site) More on Marcello Citano (English translation of Italian article) https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.cpafisud.org/domenica-4-dicembrebuon-compleannopartigiano-sugo/&prev=search To express a neutral point of view from Italy, who the fuck he is? Only obits he got are local, he was definitely too young to be a Resistance fighter, and his life was spent as a common person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, drol said: To express a neutral point of view from Italy, who the fuck he is? Only obits he got are local, he was definitely too young to be a Resistance fighter, and his life was spent as a common person. Would have to do more research to find out if he was an underage soldier or a civilian resistor. If the latter, he'd not be in the correct thread. I've never heard of him either but fame is a relative thing. He appeared in multiple searches when seeking out info. Edit: Read more in the link about him. Was part of the Garibaldi brigade, a volunteer military unit. That makes him a World War II soldier. Gets back to the 'fame' thing as to whether he's worthy of inclusion in a Deathlist thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted July 22, 2018 Before the war everyone in Italy was a fascist. After the war everyone was a resistance fighter. Even my father says he was a resistance fighter and he was barely 15 when the war ended. I guarantee there were very very few real Resistance fighter in Italy and many of their actions caused great sufferings to common people. Citano (surname is from Campania, but he is billed from Tuscany) was completely completely unknown outside of his village. Can't see how he deserves a mention here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 26, 2018 Alena Duerk, the first woman to rise to the rank of admiral in the Navy, who spent her career in the Navy's nursing corps and was first deployed overseas during World War II into the Pacific Theatre aboard the USS Benevolence hospital ship in 1945, has died. She was 98. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/07/25/first-woman-promoted-navy-admiral-dies-98.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Happy Reaper 223 Posted July 26, 2018 Mary Ellis, who delivered planes from the factory to their airfields during WWII, has died aged 101. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44962253 The story originally described her as the last of the female pilots but they've changed it to point out that another three are still alive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 26, 2018 Could go in many threads, but in here she goes. Anne Olivier Bell at 102. Was the widow of Quentin Bell, part of the Bloomsbury Group and mother to Virginia Nicholson and Cressida Bell. Was part of the Monuments Men crowd, who tried to get back the Art stolen by Adolf. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/19/anne-olivier-bell-obituary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
