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Bernard Bell of Point Pleasant earned the Medal of Honor during which war?
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This Roane County native is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history.
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The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization established after this war.
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This town is home to the first memorial building in the country erected to honor Black World War I veterans.
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The original USS West Virginia, commissioned in 1905, was later renamed after this city.
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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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The Bee Line March from Shepherdstown is associated with which war?
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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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Huntington's Memorial Arch was built as a tribute to Cabell County soldiers who fought in this war.
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Which one of the following World War II Medal of Honor recipients did NOT receive his commendation for his actions in Germany?
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