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* [[Medal of Honor]] recipient

** [[Michael P. Murphy]], Lieutenant, US Navy SEAL. Afghanistan. Awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].

** [[Eddie Egan|Edward Walter Egan]], Sergeant, US Marines. [[New York Police Department|NYPD]] detective and actor. Role model for [[Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle]] in the 1971 film ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''

** [[Dorothy Frooks]], Communications Yeoman, US Navy/ Technician 5, US Army. Served in World War I and World War II. Actress and author.

** [[Gabby Gabreski|Francis S. Gabreski]], Colonel, US Air Force. The top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II, a jet fighter ace in Korea.

** [[Cassius C.A. Harris]], U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer and combat fighter pilot with the [[Tuskegee Airmen]]

** [[Leonard Jackson (actor)|Leonard Jackson]], World War II US Navy veteran. Actor who appeared on both ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and ''[[Shining Time Station]]''.

** [[Albert Paulsen]], Private, World War II US Army. Actor.

** [[Arthur Pinajian]], Corporal, US Army, World War II.  Awarded [[Bronze Star Medal]].  Comic book creator and illustrator in the 1930s to 1950s, and impressionist artist.

** [[Isaac Woodard]], Jr., Sergeant, US Army, World War II. African American World War II veteran whose 1946 beating and maiming sparked national outrage.

** [[Hubert Julian]], [[Trinidad]]-born [[aviation pioneer]]. He was nicknamed "The Black Eagle".