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Notable
Vietnam Veterans
September
11, 2001 Tragedy
| Rick Rescorla |
Security
head
at
Morgan
Stanley
Dean
Witter,
was going
from
floor
to
floor,
making
sure
that people made it out safe. (Deceased WTC)
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| Captain Pat Brown |
N.Y.F.D Captain, one of its most
decorated firefighters, was in the north tower when it
collapsed. (Deceased WTC) |
| Battalion Chief Joseph Grzelak |
N.Y.F.D Battalion Chief, 28
year veteran of the NYFD. (Deceased WTC) |
| Ret. Master Sgt. Max Beilke |
Officially was the last American
combat soldier to leave Vietnam in 1973. He was a civilian
employee at the Pentagon. (Deceased Pentagon) |
| Bill Cashman |
Aboard flight 93 that crashed in
Pennsylvania. |
Government:
| Colin Powell |
Ret. General, United States Military
Current
US
Secretary
of
State |
| Tom Ridge |
Dir. Homeland Security |
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John McCain |
United States Senator (R-AZ) |
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Norman Schwarzkoph |
Ret. General, United States Military |
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Albert Gore |
Former
Vice President |
| Tony Knowles |
Governor of
Alaska |
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Gray Davis |
Governor of California |
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Jesse Ventura |
Governor of Minnesota |
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Max Cleland |
United States Senator (D-GA) |
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Chuck Hagel |
United States Senator (R-NE) |
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Bob Kerrey |
United States Senator (D-NE) |
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John Kerry |
United States Senator (D-MA) |
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Chuck Robb |
United States Senator (D-VA) |
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Guion Bluford. Jr |
The first black astronaut in space. |
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Hazel W. Johnson |
Brigadier General |
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Sherian Grace Cadoria |
Brigadier General |
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Entertainment:
| Dennis
Franz |
Actor
and star of the TV show NYPD Blue |
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Oliver Stone |
Award winning writer/producer |
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Pat Sajak |
Host of The Wheel of Fortune |
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Larry Wilcox |
Actor and star of the TV show CHiPs |
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Patrick Duffy |
Actor and star of the TV show Dallas |
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David Forsyth |
Played Dr. John Hudson on Another World |
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Media:
| Donald
Graham
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Publisher
of the
Washington Post |
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Walter Anderson
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Publisher
of Parade Magazine |
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Gerald Byrne
|
Former Publisher of Variety |
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Steve Kroft
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Correspondent for 60 Minutes |
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Sports:
Roger Staubach
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1963 Heisman
trophy winner
Two-time Superbowl Champion |
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Earl Woods
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The father of Golf pro Tiger Woods |
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Rocky Bleier
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Four Time Superbowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Woody Campbell
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Running Back, Houston Oilers |
| Larry
Nelson
|
Golfer, Senior PGA Tour. |
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Al Bumby
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Outfielder, Baltimore Orioles
(72-84)
Coach, Boston Red Sox (86-93)
Coach, Baltimore Orioles (94-95)
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Business:
| Fred Smith
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Founder and
Chairman of Federal Express
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J. Craig Venter
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President; Celera Genomics. First assembly of the human
genome
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Bill Kupper
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President of Business Week Group
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Robert Renneisen
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President & CEO; Miss America Organization
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Jann Scruggs
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Founder; Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Howard Stringer
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Chairman and CEO; Sony Corporation of America
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John
Draper
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AKA
Cap'n
Crunch
from
the
phone
phreaking
days;
13th
employee
of
Apple
computer;
Co-founder
of
ShopIP
Security
Solutions.
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