World War II
One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Charles McGee flew fighter combat missions over three wars.
Ernie Reda went to boot camp in 1943 and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge and took part in the Normandy invasion.
Col. Ed Shames used Hitler's cognac taken from the Eagle's Nest to toast his eldest son's bar mitzvah, his obituary said.
As a teen, Manfred Steiner wanted to become a physicist, but his mother and uncle advised him that studying medicine would be a better choice in turbulent times.
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All three were honored during a ceremony at the hall after winning over a panel of experts who voted for them from a group of 12 finalists.
“I’ve done it all my life, so I might as well keep doing it,” Virginia Oliver said.
On Monday, Martin Adler, 97, met the three siblings — now octogenarians themselves — in person for the first time since the war.
The writer of the now-deleted review said the Nazi concentration camp was “fun for the family.”
Historians say his work cracking Nazi code may have saved millions of lives. But Turing died at a young age following charges for homosexuality.
“There was no buffet, no jolt, no shock. Above all, no brick wall to smash into. I was alive," Yeager wrote in 2016 about breaking the sound barrier.