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Before his death in Charles Town in 2011, he was the last surviving American veteran of World War I.
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Huntington native Justice Chambers earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during this World War II campaign.
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This Huntington resident was one of the first American nurses to land during the 1943 invasion of Sicily.
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Private Jessica Lynch of Wirt County became a national hero after being captured during this war.
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This Fayette County native was the only West Virginia Medal of Honor recipient to survive the Vietnam War.
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In what present-day West Virginia county did Indians ambush Capt. William Foreman and his company of troops in 1777?
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The barracks of this French & Indian War-era fort are still standing in Mineral County.
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During Dunmore's War, William McCoy fortified his house into a fort in this county.
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During the French & Indian War, who ordered a chain of forts to be built in present-day West Virginia?
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Before his death in 2022, he was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
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