Mills, Anson

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Anson Mills, sur­veyor, builder, army offi­cer, engi­neer, Amer­i­can bound­ary com­mis­sioner, diplo­mat, and inven­tor, was born at Thorn­town, Indi­ana, on August 31, 1834, the son of James P. and Sarah (Ken­wor­thy) Mills. He attended school in Indi­ana and New York and accepted an appoint­ment to the United States Mil­i­tary Acad­emy in 1855.

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Hawkins, 1st Lt. William Deane

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William Deane Hawkins (April 18, 1914–November 21, 1943) was a United States Marine Corps offi­cer who was posthu­mously awarded the United States’ high­est mil­i­tary honor — the Medal of Honor — for heroic actions and sac­ri­fice of life dur­ing the World War II Bat­tle of Tarawa.

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