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I was the only woman to receive the Iron Cross in WWII.

Hanna Reitsch. Hanna Reitsch was awarded the Iron Cross by the Fuehrer. She was a test pilot of the V-1 and flew the last plane out of Berlin before it fell to the Allies. She died in 1979.

I was an American auto manufacturer who also had a factory in Germany and produced military vehicles for both the Allied and the Axis forces.

Henry Ford. Believe it or not, the Ford Motor Company had a factory in Colonge, Germany, called Ford-Werke AG. For political reasons, it was not bombed during the war.

I was the last Japanese soldier to surrender. I refused to surrender till 9 March, 1974.

Hiroo Onoda. Though it sounds incredible, Lt. Onoda continued fighting on the Philippine island of Lubang until 9 March 1974 - nearly 29 years after the end of the war.

I was the pilot that flew the Enola Gay.

Paul Tibbets. I piloted the first ever atomic bomb mission - over Hiroshima on 6 August, 1945.

I was the only American General killed in action in the European Theater of Operations.

Maurice Rose. I was killed on 30 March, 1945 by a German tank crew.

I was a colonel in the German Army. I planted a bomb in an assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July, 1944. The bomb went off, but Hitler lived. I was executed later the same day.

Claus von Stauffenberg. Hitler was slightly injured in this explosion and four officers were killed. Over 5,000 people were executed by the Nazis for this attempt on Hitler's life.

I was the best known of the Soviet snipers.

Vasili Zaitsev. They made a movie about me called "Enemy at the Gates".

I was slapped by General Patton because I was suffering from shell shock.

Charles H. Kuhl. General Patton didn't believe in shell shock. He thought it was simply cowardice. General Patton was strongly against shell shocked soliers being in a hospital with those wounded in combat.

I was an excellent journalist during the war. I made it through the war in Europe and moved on to the Pacific theater where I was killed by a Japanese machine gunner on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945, at the age of 44.

Ernie Pyle. Ernie Pyle was one of the best know journalists during the war. He won the Pulitzer prize for his work.

I was one of the six men that raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima.

Ira Hayes. The American flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi on 23 February, 1945. I made it through the war and died at the age of thirty-three on January 24th 1955.