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George G. Klein, an American veteran who for decades has been hailed as a hero who took part in the D-Day landings, has revealed he is nothing more than a fraud. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Légion d'Honneur for his 'bravery', although at age 96 he has admitted he made the whole thing up and was in fact in Northern Ireland at the time of D-Day. The story is covered by The Telegraph, and so he perhaps may gain coverage in the British press when he goes.

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Not a veteran, but WWII related.
 

Prominent nuclear disarmament campaigner Sumiteru Taniguchi, who was delivering mail in Nagasaki when the United States dropped an atomic bomb in 1945, died on Wednesday aged 88.

Taniguchi, once considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize, died of cancer at a hospital in the southwestern Japanese city, according to Nihon Hidankyo, a group that represents survivors of the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.  The then-postman, aged only 16 when the attack happened in the closing days of World War 2, suffered horrific burns to his back and left arm that took years to heal properly. He had been riding his bicycle some 1.8 kilometres from the epicentre of the blast.

Wonder if they're going to cremate him?  The postman always burns twice...
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One of the last of 'The Few', Battle of Britain pilot Squadron Leader Nigel Rose has died aged 99.

 

His daughter is novelist Barbara Erskine, who drew on his experiences for her novel 'The Darkest Hour'.

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Arjan Singh, one of the members of the Arakan Campaign (getting the Japanese out of Burma during WWII) has died at 98.

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Mitchell Flint, an American Navy fighter pilot during WWII, has died aged 94. After WWII, he helped form the Israeli Air Force and served during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. 

 

Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

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12 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said:

Lieutenant General William J. Ely dies at 105.

Even when you post something worthwhile you screw it up.
Never mind pointing out he is West Point's oldest graduate.  About the only reason his obit was noticeable.
He also loved golfing and designed a course in Pennsylvania, and actively golfed until five years ago (age 100).
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Earl Michael “Mike” Schaeffer Jr. of Hays, KS was a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a pilot in the first wave of planes in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
Dead at 95.
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Modest "Frank" Kornicki outed as - maybe - the best Spitfire pilot of all. 

 

Also alive, 100 years old and resident in a care home. Therefore a kill we could claim one day, or summat

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/21/polish-war-hero-leads-way-raf-campaign-find-best-spitfire-pilot/

 

 

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On 9/21/2017 at 19:33, Drewsky1211 said:

Lieutenant General William J. Ely dies at 105.

Now the Oldest Living USMA Graduate is COL Kermit R. Dyke USAF, Retired, Class of 1940. He is 103 years old.  IF William Ely doesn't get a QO you can ignore.  If he does, you can ignore at your peril.
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Navy veteran and  Pearl Harbor survivor Louis William Moran died in Billings, Montana on Sept. 20 at age 98.

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Joe Bailon, a soldier during WWII , the inventor of the "Candy Apple Red" car color, and the person who customized the cars of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. dies at 94.

(you need to scroll down for a while to find the date)

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It's already been mentioned in his thread that he died, but technically Hugh Hefner was a WWII vet.

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12 hours ago, Lewd_Squirrel said:

It's already been mentioned in his thread that he died, but technically Hugh Hefner was a WWII vet.

Technically he was a lot of things, doesn't mean we post them in every possible thread.  Technically he's part of the Dead of 2017, a CEO, etc.
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Well, I thought that it was worth mentioning, jackass. :P lol

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Technically, wasn't he a journalist?

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Technically, wasn't he a journalist?

and/or technically a publisher/editor.  Technically Class of 1926.  blah blah.  [Dare I suggest technically a pedophile?].  Did he ever technically act (i.e. appear as himself)?

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Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., a fighter pilot during WWII, one of President Eisenhower's assistants, and heir to Colgate-Palmolive, has died at 97.

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