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This Romney native served as Secretary of the Army under President Lyndon Johnson.
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During World War II, this Shepherdstown native oversaw the expansion of the Army Nurse Corps from 1,000 to 57,000 nurses.
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This South Charleston Medal of Honor recipient had a hospital named after him.
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After being shot down in World War II, this Lincoln County native parachuted into German-occupied France, hid in a barn for days, and escaped across the snow-capped Pyrenees into neutral Spain.
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Capt. Hugh Stephenson organized what military expedition?
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At the Battle of Point Pleasant, who was the overall leader of the Shawnee forces?
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Dick Pointer, an enslaved man, helped save this fort during an Indian raid in the Revolutionary War.
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Betty Zane's act of Revolutionary War heroism occurred in what present-day city?
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During World War II, what building served as a military hospital for sick and wounded soldiers and airmen?
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Since the Civil War, who are the only brothers from West Virginia to earn the Medal of Honor?
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