Among his best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America), "Semper Fidelis" (official march of the United States Marine Corps), "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", and "The Washington Post". Sousa began his career playing violin ...
Under his decisive leadership the Third Army took the lead in relieving beleaguered American troops at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, after which his forces drove deep into Nazi Germany by the end of the war. During the Allied occupation of Germany Patton was named military governor ...
The "Pat Summerall Award" has been presented since 2006 during Super Bowl weekend at the NFL's headquarters hotel "to a deserving recipient who through their career has demonstrated the character, integrity and leadership both on and off the job that the name Pat Summerall represents." ...
She was the member of Parliament for Vancouver East from 1997 to 2015, House Leader for the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011, and Deputy Leader of the party from 2007 until 2015 (alongside Thomas Mulcair under the leadership of Jack Layton and alongside Megan Leslie and David ...
She was also a member of the Communist Party for a period, though she clashed on many occasions with the party leadership. In recognition of her 20 volumes of published literature, she received the Order of Australia, has a Writer's Walk plaque at Circular Quay, and a street named for ...
Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force and test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to land and walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 mission was aborted before lunar ...
Her father, Walter Harris, served as a Marine Corps officer and spent ten months in a Korean prison camp when Emmylou was five years old. This early exposure to hardship and resilience perhaps instilled within her the emotional depth that would later resonate through her music. After graduating...
Under his leadership, Napoli won their first-ever Serie A title in 1987 and repeated the feat in 1990, with Maradona being instrumental in both campaigns. Internationally, Maradona's crowning glory came in the 1986 World Cup, where he led Argentina to victory. His infamous Hand of God goal ...
Herschler served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He received his law degree from the University of Wyoming at Laramie in 1949. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1959—1969. He was city attorney for Kemmerer as well as the prosecutor of his native...
Peppard kickstarted his career in the world of acting by attending the prestigious Actors Studio in New York City after serving in the United States Marine Corps. His breakthrough came with the Broadway play The Pleasure of His Company in 1958, which led to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-...