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Monuments
WWI
Songs
WWI
WWII
All the Way to Tokio , a WWII song
America Needs You (song) , a WWII song
Defend Your Country
He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings
Here Come the Americans
Here's to You, MacArthur
Hit Kit (song book series) , distributed through The War Department's Special Services Division during WWII
Johnny Zero - links to the person
Just so! Tokyo: We'll Bomb Old TO-KY-O
Let's Pommel Rommel: The Roaring Tune Of The Times
Look Out Below
Magical "V": Official Song of the Fight for Freedom, Inc.
Man to Man: Infantry Song
Preparedness Song
Second To None: Marching Song of The II Corps
Sever's Quick Step 1979
Song of freedom: for chorus of unison voices with piano or organ accompaniment
Song of the Army Nurse Corps (Official Anthem of the Army Nurse Corps)
Songs of the Fighting Forces
The Army Air Corps : official song of the United States Army Air Corps
The Blond Sailor
The Bombadier song
The Men of the Merchant Marine: Song For The Unsung
There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
Till The Infantry Moves In
Tiny Hill's all-time old-timers song folio. For voice and piano, with guitar diagrams and chords
To Each His Own (needs to be disambiguated when article is created)
Uncle Sam Goes to Town , a WWII song
Uncle Sam, Here I Am , a WWII song
Victory Symphony Eight to the Bar , a WWII song
You're a Sap, Mister Jap
We Must Be Vigilant
We're gonna have to slap, the dirty little Jap : and Uncle Sam's the guy who can do it
We're On Our Way (Infantry Song)
What do you do in the infantry : official marching song, 264th infantry regiment
Other
People
Historians
Andrew Cayton (historian) , frequently writes with Fred Anderson
Charles P. Neimeyer , historian
Charlie T. Morrissey , historian
David L. Sears , historian
Earl J. Hess , historian
Edward Marolda , historian
Edgar F. Puryear , historian and lawyer
Elliot Carlson , historian
Gary Weir , historian
James R. Arnold (historian) , author of
The Moro War: How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913
Jeffrey G. Barlow , historian
John Lundstrom , historian
Jonathan W. Jordan , historian
Joseph Gustaitis , historian & author of
Chicago Transformed: World War I and the Windy City
Kevin Weddle , historian
Martin P. Johnson , historian and past recipient of the
Lincoln Prize
Michael Doubler , historian
Michael Norman (historian)
Michael Pearlman (historian)
Niall Barr , historian who specializes in WWII
Raimondo Luraghi , historian
Robert Coram , historian
Roger Pardo-Maurer , historian
Sean M. Maloney (historian)
Vanya Eftimova Bellinger , historian and journalist
John House (Army officer) , Colonel (ret.), professor at Walden University, Columbus State University, and Northcentral University
Former servicemembers
Mark DePue , historian & retired military officer
Paul H. Herbert , historian, retired Army colonel, and former Executive Director of the Cantigny First Division Foundation
Robert C. Doyle , historian & retired naval intelligence officer
Military historians
Donald Chisolm , military historian
Edward J. Marolda , military historian
James R. Reckner , military historian
Jonathan Parshall , military historian
Joseph T. Glatthaar , military historian
Paul Stillwell , specializes in the Navy
Peter Maslowski , military historian
Rebecca S. Dalessandro , historian who specializes in WWI
Richard S. Lowry , historian who specialized in the Marines [obit
RICHARD LOWRY Obituary - Leesburg, VA | The Washington Post
Robert A. Freeman (1928-2005), military historian
Major
Geoffrey Tylden , British military historian
Steven Rabalais , military historian
Military people
Prior to 1800
Currently serving
Eric Wesley (soldier) , Brigadier General, currently Deputy Commanding General (Support) and Acting Senior Commander of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division
Joseph Streff , current Alaska Army National Guard commander
Ryan F. Gonsalves , Major General, currently commanding the 4th Division
Veterans
Stephan Wolfert , U.S. Army veteran, actor and playwright
Joseph F. Callo , Rear Admiral who wrote John Paul Jones
Richard Todas , Colonel in National Guard, attorney, and was the Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Aurora, IL
Joseph Teti (soldier) , former Marine who currently stars on the reality TV show
Dual Survival
Eunice Dessez , served as a United States Navy Yeomen during WWI
Rodrigo Garcia (soldier) , Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
David H. Hymes , former National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA and World War II veteran
Gordon F. Hohne , a veteran of USS Pillsbury and member of the USS Guadalcanal's U-505 Boarding Party
Wayne M. Pickels , a veteran of USS Pillsbury and member of the USS Guadalcanal's U-505 Boarding Party
Phyllis Josephine Thompson (born on 25 March 1906), 109-year-old US Army veteran
Phillip N. Trusheim , a veteran of USS Pillsbury and member of the USS Guadalcanal's U-505 Boarding Party
Martin "Marty" Conatser , military officer & National Commander of the
American Legion from 2007–2008
Percy W. Clarkson , Maj. Gen. who commanded the 33rd Infantry Division during WWII
Gary A. Linderer , served with LRPs in Vietnam, received 2 Silver Stars and a Bronze Star with V device, author
Kathryn M. Hobbs , Captain, USN (ret.)
Craig E. Bennett , Brig. Gen., Assistant Adjutant General, New Hampshire Army National Guard
William D. San Hamel , former U.S. Army captain
Richard Durrance, Jr. , award-winning professional photographer and author/editor of
Where War Lives: A Photographic Journal of Vietnam ; served in
Department of the Army Special Photographic Office
Theodore Acheson , Vietnam veteran and a former motion picture photographer with the
Department of the Army Special Photographic Office
Arthur A. Jones , a military officer who led the
Department of the Army Special Photographic Office
James Capers , Maj. USMC (ret.)
The Hero Who Never Was
Carlson, Capers, Inducted into inaugural class of Commando Hall of Honor
Stewart Barbee , cinematographer who served with the
Department of the Army Special Photographic Office
Stewart Barbee
Daniel R. Green , currently a defense fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, served in the Navy as a Lt. Cmdr.
World War I & World War II Leaders & Personalities
Clyde Rush Abraham , Assistant division commander of 5th Division
Claude Mitchell Adams , Aide to General George C. Marshall
George E. Dulf , Lieut. & Band Leader 370th Infantry Regiment (see
Black US Army Bands and Their Bandmasters in World War I )
Charles Dorsey , Sgt. & Assistant Band Leader 370th Infantry Regiment (see
Black US Army Bands and Their Bandmasters in World War I )
F. Blue , Drum Major & Sgt. 370th Infantry Regiment (see
Black US Army Bands and Their Bandmasters in World War I )
John R. Harding , D.F.C., aviator
John Henry Sherburne, Jr. , American WWI general
William Cowan Short , American WWI general
Charles Cooper King , British Army officer and author
John Walter Beresford Merewether , Indian Army officer and author of The Indian Corps in France
Charles Boswell Norman , British Army officer and author of Battle Honours of the British Army
Walter Francis Stirling , Lt. Col., D.S.O., M.C.
Daniel J. Canty , 1880-1968, served with 9th Mass. Infantry, N.G. and was Instructor of Bugles for Service Schools
Thomas G. Hearn , Chief of Staff China-Burma-India Theater (1944); Commanded Infantry Replacement Training Center (1944–1945)
James A. Lester , Commanded 24th Division Artillery, XIV Corps Artillery, 24th Infantry Division
Arthur A. White , Chief of Staff, U.S. Seventh Army (1944–1945); Commanded 75th Infantry Division and 71st Infantry Division (1945–1946)
Carl C. Bank , Artillery Officer Allied Forces Headquarters, North African Theater of Operations (1942–44); Commanded 13th Field Artillery Brigade (1944–1945)
Frederic W. Boye , Served in China (1944–1945)
Charles M. Busbee , Commanded 102nd Division Artillery (1942–1946)
Michael F. Davis , Commanded 78th Flying Training Wing (1944–1945), Army Air Force Central Flying Training Command (1945–1946)
Reese M. Howell , Commanded 4th, 17th, and 13th Field Artillery Brigades (1940–1944); Assistant Division Commander 82nd Airborne Division (1944); Commanded 9th Infantry Division Artillery (1944–1946)
Pearson Menoher , Chief of Staff XV Corps and Seventh Army (1943–1945); Commanded 24th Infantry Division in the Korean War (1949–1950)
Lehman W. Miller , Chief of Military Mission to Brazil (1940–1942); Commanded Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Belvoir (1942–1944)
Earl L. Naiden , Chief of Staff, Ferry Command, China-Burma-India Theater of Operations (1942); Chief of Staff Tenth Air Force (1942)
Barney Oldfield , COL USAF and author; served in public affairs; here's the link to his obit
Barney Oldfield, 93; Aide to Gen. Eisenhower and Hollywood Publicist
Hume Peabody , Commandant Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics (1942–1944); Commanded III Tactical Air Command (1942–1944)
Other
Musicians
Will R. Anderson
Harry Appel
Harry Andrieu
Georg von Benoit
Peter F. Biehl
F. E. Bigelow
Nat Binns , early 20th century composer
Roger K. Blakely
C. Bohm
Al W. Brown
Genevieve C. Cannon
Howard Carr
N. A. W. Carty , composer and music publisher
Leonard Chick
N. J. Clesi
Marie Cowan, not to be confused with the nurse by the same name
Irving Crocker , early 20th century lyricist
Harry De Costa
Sherman Dicks
Oscar Doctor
John J. Donahue
Francis Dorel , composer active during WWI
The Farber Sisters , a musical group
Pearl Fein
John C. Egan
T. Jay Flanagan
Leon Flatow
Allan Flynn
Jack Frost (composer)
Ted Garton
I. W. Gernert
Dorothy Rich Godfrey
Maxwell Goldman
M. Greenwald
Bernie Grossman , composer & lyricist active during WWI; worked with
Andrew B. Sterling and Harold Lewis
Jim Hall (composer)
Al Harriman
Earl Haubrich , composer active during WWI
Grace Henkel
Samuel Hershfield
E. S. S. Huntington , composer active during WWI
Harry Jentes
M. K. Jerome
Harry Johnson (composer)
Ellis O. Keller
M. F. Kelly
James Kendis
Ada de Lachau , composer known for
Li'l Liza Jane
James Frederick Lawton , (1888-1969), lyricist active during WWI
Vee Lawnhurst
Blanche Wood Leger , composer
Harold Levey
Evans Lloyd
Frederic Knight Logan
Robert Loyd
Bert Lowel
E. Mack
Alex Marr
James Edwin McConnell (composer)
Ida K. Mervine , early 20th century composer
Bob Miller (composer)
Betty Morgan (lyricist) , early 20th century lyricist
Jimmie Morgan
William Nassann
Ed G. Nelson
C. B. Nitsche
Frederick H. Pease
J. Pfeil
William T. Pierson , (1845-1906) composer
Don Reid (composer) early 20th century composer
Harry Richardson (composer) early 20th century composer
Eva Rendell Richardson , lyricist active during WWI
Alberto Rivieri , musician who did the arrangement for
Descriptive Fantasie on the Battles of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge , etc.
Paul Roberts (composer)
Charles Roth (composer)
E. D. Rupert
W. Sanderson
Henry S. Sawyer , early 20th century composer and lyricist
J. H. Seipp
Louis C. Singer
Jack Stanley (musician)
Luella Stewart
Anne W. Stimson
Albert C. Sweet
Jacob J. Tanner
Gilbert C. Tennant , early 20th century composer and lyricist
William Tracey (composer)
John Thompson -- early 20th century composer -- check VIAF: is this
John Sylvanus Thompson ?
Carl D. Vandersloot
Frederick W. Vanderpool , composer active during WWI
Frank L. Ventre
Gus Wackrow
Barclay Walker
J.F. Wagner early 20th century composer
Alfred E. Warren , composer active during the late 19th century
Jack Wells (composer)
Joseph Woodruff (lyricist)
Louis Weslyn , lyricist active during WWI
Leonard Whitcup
Lew Wilson (musician)
Gurdon S. Worchester
Fred Ziemer , lyricist active during WWI
Artists
A. W. Parsons , artist during WWI
Abian A. Wallgren , artist, aka. Wally , his works include The A.E.F. in Cartoon and numerous cartoons for
Stars and Stripes
Arnold Binger , artist
Arthur Beaumont , naval artist (see:
The U.S. Naval Art of Arthur Beaumont for starters)
Carolyn Moorhead Edmunson (artist)
Dale Gallon (artist)
David Paul Venell , artist known for his scupltures
L. L. L. Mamburg , artist during WWI
Louis Valentine Bonhajo , (1885-1972) artist
Richard Fayerweather Babcock , (1887 - 1954)
Jocelyn Russell , sculptor whose work includes the monuments to
Sergeant Reckless
Authors
Ann Todd
Anthony Weller , author
Bernard C. Nalty , author
Bill Yenne , author
Charles Vernon Jones , author
D. M. Giangreco , author
Edward W. Wood Jr. , author
Gillum Ferguson , attorney and author
Glenna Whitley , author and
Colby Award recipient
Harry Butowsky , author
James Bilder , author of
Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I
James Campbell (American author) , wrote Ghost Mountain Boys
James Carl Nelson , author
Jann Robbins , author and
Colby Award recipient
Jerry Scutts , author who specializes in aviation
Karla K. Goodhouse (author)
Kevin Maurer , author
Martin W. Bowman , author of books on aviation topics
Marvin J. Wolf , author
Matthew Davenport (author)
Neil Hanson (author)
Pamela Kaufman , author of historical fiction including the novel
Shield of Three Lions
Paula Thornhill , political scientist, blogger, author
Ralph F. Wetterhahn , author and
Colby Award recipient
Robert D. Schulz , author
Robert J. Clasby , author
Ron Werneth , author
Terence Kelly (1920- ), author & playwright whose works include The Carib Sands , Share in the Sun , Hellship to Hiroshima , & etc.
Tom Clavin , author; frequently writes with Bob Drury
Walter A. Musciano , author who wrote biographies and on aviation topics
William Peter Grasso , novelist who writes the Jock Miles WWII series
Journalists
Scientists
Ian Hurd , assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University
James Schwoch , Associate Professor at Northwestern University in both the Center for International and Comparative Studies and the Department of Communication Studies
Activists
Public servants
Edward G. Buikema , Regional Director of Region V of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Harold B. Hinton , former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Jeffrey Murawsky , current candidate for undersecretary of health at the Department of Veterans of Affairs
Richard E Friedman , served as the Regional Director (Midwest) for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and was President and Chair, National Strategy Forum, Inc.
Cortez Trotter , was Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management and Communications for the city of Chicago
Other
redlinked names from this list:
Early Birds of Aviation
Clare L. De Ceu , one of
The Sacred Twenty (possible, see
this journal article ,
mentions in this book , and
this report from the Judge Advocate )
Estelle Hine , one of
The Sacred Twenty . . Some info
in this book , and prior service
in this book , but more is needed.
Dann Gire , film critic
Forrest Bryant Johnson
Joseph A. Morris , partner in the law firm of Morris & De La Rosa
Keith Gill (museum curator)
Michael Wilmington , film critic
Literature
Events
Ships
Organizations
Military formations
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Especially into French, Spanish, German, and Russian
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PMathew42 , Fall 2013 Wikipedian in Residence
SarahPML , Summer 2013 Wikipedian in Residence
I JethroBT , Wikipedia editor and Chicago resident.
S. Rich , very minor donor to the library
Keilana , Wikipedia admin and Chicagoan
Bgschick , Volunteer at PMML
Rjensen , historian now based in Montana
bvizz84 , Spring & Summer 2014, Wikipedian in Residence
KyleMathers , Spring & Summer 2014, Wikipedian in Residence
Pigsonthewing (Andy Mabbett), assisting remotely, from the UK.
Arickord524 , Summer 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
SamanthaMes , Summer 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
EvanRo , Summer 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
Stormbattalion3414 , Summer 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
VCJeon , Fall 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
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Bmurph9 , Fall 2014 Wikipedian in Residence
Mchuedem , Spring 2015 Wikipedian in Residence
Jdanbeck , Spring 2015 Wikipedian in Residence
RosemarySullivan , Spring & Summer 2015 Wikipedian in Residence
mareklug , Wikipedia editor and
Cincinnatian /Chicagoan.
RayLimbach ,Wikipedia Pritzker Volunteer
jwolf2 , Summer 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
Omallepj , Summer 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
MohnJcIntyre , Summer 2015, Summer Intern
BBoruMcD , Summer 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
Julianaknot , Summer 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
FilterKaapi71 , Summer 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
ChiTownDev , Wikipedian
Cakoelsch , Fall 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
Sturmvogel_66 former Chicagoan
Ethanze , Fall 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
baileywenzler , Fall 2015, Wikipedian in Residence
NicMik16 , Summer 2016, Summer Intern
Cutelip , Summer 2016, WW1 Curatorial Intern
Crispien , Summer 2016, Reference Intern
Asaxophone , Summer 2016 Wikipedia Volunteer PMML
Jcgage14 , Summer 2016 Wikipedia Intern
EricaCuba , Fall 2016 Wikipedia Intern
Natassi , Fall 2016 Wikipedia Intern
GrinandGregBearit , Fall 2016 Wikipedian in Residence
Acfrue , Fall 2016 Vietnam Curatorial Intern
Harts0610 , Spring 2017 Wikipedia Intern
Jdimaggio1 , Spring 2017 Wikipedia Intern
apritzker , Spring 2017 Wikipedia Intern
rossna20 , Pritzker Wikipedia Volunteer
Stasiek2 , Summer 2017, Wikipedia Intern
BiancaMilligan , Summer 2017, Wikipedia Intern
Titi Animashaun , Summer 2017, Wikipedia Intern
MsiPMML , Winter 2018, Wikipedia Intern
Ana_Sherer-Estevez , Summer 2018, Wikipedia Intern
Fprocaccio , Summer 2018, Wikipedia Intern
User:1990'sguy , regular Wikipedian & Summer 2018 Wikipedia Intern
User:YuRegi , Fall 2018 Wikipedia Intern
Charlie.gao , Spring 2019 Wikipedia Intern
Cuestaoc , Summer 2019 Wikipedia Intern
Multibrando88
User:BusterD , Wikipedian and Chicago area resident
User:Jeebsedits
Wes Morrison , Summer 2021 Wikipedia Intern
User:NickMartin , Wikipedia editor and Chicagoan
User:Scheney009 , Collections Management Assistant at Pritzker Military Archives and Memorial Park Center
Lincolnabe16 , Combat Veteran {Iraq and Afghanistan Wars} Military Officer and Chaplain