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Medal of Honor recipient Walter Ehlers of Buena Park carries a flag in Huntington Beach’s 2006 Fourth of July Parade. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
In this 1990 file photo, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, standing, addresses a White House luncheon commemorating former President Dwight. D. Eisenhower’s 100th birthday. At right is John S.D. Eisenhower, the former president’s son. John S.D. Eisenhower, the son of a five-star general turned president who forged his own career in the U.S. Army and then chronicled the history of the American military in numerous books, died Dec. 21, 2013. He was 91. (Barry Thumma / Associated Press)
GWAR lead singer Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) was found dead at age 50 on Sunday, March 23, in his home in Richmond, Va. A police spokeswoman said foul play is not suspected. (Craig Y. Fujii / Los Angeles Times)
William “Wild Bill” Guarnere participates in the Veterans Day parade in Media, Pa., in 2004. Guarnere was one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries “Band of Brothers.” (Jacqueline Larma / Associated Press)
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, in 2004. (Lucy Pemoni / Associated Press)
Chester Nez stands outside his son’s home in Albuquerque in 2001, the year he received the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor, from President George W. Bush. (Jake Schoellkopf / For The Times)
President Truman presented Nicholas Oresko with his Medal of Honor on Oct. 30, 1945. The medal is awarded by Congress for risk of life in combat above and beyond the call of duty. (Jerry McCrea / Associated Press)
Chin Peng, left, is shown during negotiations in 1955 between his Communist Party of Malaya and the British-ruled Malaysian government. He fled to China in 1960 and was never allowed to return to Malaysia. (National Archives of Malaysia / AFP/Getty Images)
In 1972, Curtis Tarr spins a plexiglass drum holding capsules with the birth dates and orders for men born in 1953 at the beginning of the fourth annual Selective Service lottery in Washington. Tarr, who developed the lottery for the draft during the Vietnam War, has died at age 88. (Charles W. Harrity / Associated Press)