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06/30/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/29/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/28/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/27/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/26/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/25/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/24/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/23/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/22/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/21/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/20/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/19/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/18/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/17/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/16/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/15/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/14/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/13/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/12/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/11/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/10/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/09/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/08/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/07/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/06/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/05/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/04/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/03/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/02/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/01/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/30/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/29/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/28/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/27/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/26/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/25/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/24/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/23/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/22/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/21/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/20/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/19/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/18/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/17/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/16/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/15/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/14/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/13/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/12/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/11/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/09/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/08/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/07/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/06/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/05/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/04/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/03/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/02/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/01/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve.
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06/29/2000: Sgt. Donal 'Mike' O'Callaghan--Former Nevada governor Donal 'Mike' O'Callaghan, a three-service veteran, was awarded the Silver Star after he risked his life to save fellow soldiers at an out-guard post during the Korean War.
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06/28/2000: Pvt. William McCarter -- Pvt. William McCarter wrote journals that offer a remarkable perspective on a combat infantryman's daily life in the Civil War.
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06/27/2000: Army Lt. Josephine Nesbit--Formidable and fiercely loyal, Lt. Josie Nesbit always took care of the nurses under her command -- even at Bataan and Corregidor.
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06/26/2000: Army Gen. John J. Pershing --The training programs and methods Army Gen. John J. Pershing implemented for the American Expeditionary Force formed the basis for the mobilization of 1941 to 1945, in which the U.S. Army became known as the finest and most far-flung the world had ever seen.
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06/25/2000: Susan and Anna Warner--The sisters taught Sunday school to generations of West Point cadets -- and gave the world one of its most famous hymns.
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06/24/2000: Army Col. Howard S. Levie--Army Col. Howard S. Levie acted as a legal advisor during the negotiations between the United States and North Korea to end the Korean War. Levie eventually became the author of the Korean armistice agreement.
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06/23/2000: Army Cpl. Desmond T. Doss--On his Medal of Honor citation, Army Cpl. Desmond T. Doss is credited with saving 75 lives in one day on Okinawa. Doss ignored bursts of shells and artillery fire to lower the wounded to the base of an escarpment.
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06/22/2000: Rear Adm. Grace Murray Hopper--Grace Murray Hopper's childhood passion for gadgets found its ultimate purpose in 1943, when the young Navy officer went to work on a new gadget called Mark I. It was the first large-scale digital computer.
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06/21/2000: Army Sgt. Andy Rooney--Long before "60 Minutes," columnist Andy Rooney was Sgt. Andy Rooney of the Army's 8th Air Force, a reporter for Stars and Stripes newspaper during World War II.
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06/20/2000: Maj. Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr.--On March 24, 1985, Maj. Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr. and other members of a monitoring team stopped at a shack outside Berlin. A Soviet sentry shot Nicholson and prevented other soldiers from giving him medical help. Nicholson was posthumously given the Legion of Merit award.
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06/19/2000: Seaman Martin Matthews--Young sailor Martin Matthews planned a leisurely Sunday of sightseeing in Honolulu, but first, he dropped in to see a friend stationed aboard the USS Arizona. It was Dec. 7, 1941.
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06/18/2000: Army Gen. George C. Marshall--Before the Marshall Plan, crafted by the great post-World War II statesman, there was Gen. George C. Marshall, the soldier. Like most who have experienced war, he hated it.
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06/17/2000: Sybil Ludington--One dark night in 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington mounted her horse and galloped from farm to farm, mustering the local regiment to save Danbury, Conn., from a British attack.
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06/16/2000: Vice Adm. John Duncan Bulkeley--Best known for rescuing Gen. Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines during World War II, Vice Adm. John Bulkeley later ran the Naval Board of Inspection and Survey.
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06/15/2000: Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti--She went to Vietnam to help the sick, but four years later, Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti became the first American woman imprisoned by the Viet Cong.
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06/14/2000: Gen. 'Lighthorse Harry' Lee III--As tales spread of his lightning-quick raids against the British, aristocratic Virginian Henry Lee III became known as "Lighthorse Harry."
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06/13/2000: Army Staff Sgt. Leon Weckstein--It was a hot summer day in 1944, and Staff Sgt. Leon Weckstein was determined to destroy one of the great treasures of the Italian Renaissance -- until fate intervened.
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06/12/2000: Abby Burgess Grant--In her father's absence, Abby Burgess Grant ventured out into a fierce storm to light the beacons that would guide ships safely to Maine's rocky shore.
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06/11/2000: Chief Gunner's Mate Frank W. Crilley--Chief Gunner's Mate Frank W. Crilley rescued a diver who had become entangled in the wreck of the submarine F-4, which sank with all hands off the Honolulu coast on March 25,1915. For his efforts, he won the Medal of Honor.
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06/10/2000: Army Capt. Rose Sandecki--After her service as a nurse in Vietnam, Army Capt. Rose Sandecki was a team leader at an outreach center that provided readjustment counseling and other services for Vietnam vets.
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06/09/2000: Lt. Mark Starkweather--Lt. Mark Starkweather's work in developing underwater demolition, cable cutting, and commando tactics during World War II helped the United States in its efforts to land on Axis-controlled territory.
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06/08/2000: Navy Lt. j.g. George H. W. Bush--On Sept. 2, 1944, Navy Lt. j.g. George Bush led a strike against an enemy radio station on ChiChi Jima in the Bonin Islands. Although his TBM Avenger was hit, he continued his attack on the target before making a watery landing.
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06/07/2000: Marquis de Lafayette--At 19, the French Marquis de Lafayette devoted himself to the American Revolution and became Washington's youngest general. At 24, he played a leading role in the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781.
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06/06/2000: Lt. Col. Florence Aby Blanchfield--Under the administration of Lt. Col. Florence Aby Blanchfield, the Army Nurse Corps expanded from 1,000 to 57,000 during World War II.
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06/05/2000: Army Tech. 5 Alfred L. Wilson--The men in his unit called their medic the "gentle giant," for Tech. 5 Alfred L. Wilson towered over them. Mortally wounded in France, Wilson treated others instead...
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06/04/2000: Army Capt. Edward Rickenbacker--Edward Vernon Rickenbacker gave up a lucrative racing career to enlist during WWI -- only one of the unlikely twists in the career of America's "ace of aces."
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06/03/2000: Col. Robert R. McCormick--Robert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, saw World War I from varied angles, first from the Russian Front and later from the battlefields of France.
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06/02/2000: Seaman Apprentice Douglas Hegdahl--As a prisoner of the Vietnamese, Seaman Apprentice Douglas Hegdahl memorized the names of more than 300 fellow POWs before his early release from the Hanoi Hilton, then relayed the list to U.S. officials and waiting families.
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06/01/2000: Gen. William Henry Harrison--William Henry Harrison left little legacy as president. But before his brief tenure in the White House, "Old Tippecanoe" secured the Northwest from British invasion and a place for himself in history.
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