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2. List of military awards and decorations of World War II

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   Order of Glory. Order of Alexander Nevsky. Order of the Patriotic War. Order of the Red Star. Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". Medal "For the Victory over Japan". Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad". Medal "For the Defence of Odessa". Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol".

3. Military history of the United States during World War II

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   History of theUnited States. The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it ...

4. National Personnel Records Center fire - Wikipedia

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   The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [ 1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12–16, 1973. The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official U.S. military personnel records.

5. Service number (United States Army) - Wikipedia

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   A military service number of the Regular Army. Service numbers were used by the United States Army from 1918 until 1969. Prior to this time, the Army relied on muster rolls as a means of indexing enlisted service members while officers were usually listed on yearly rolls maintained by the United States War Department.

6. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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   World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [ 1 ] Deaths directly caused by the war (including military and civilian fatalities) are estimated at 50–56 million, with an additional estimated 19–28 ...

7. List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II - Wikipedia

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   The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...