Military
- Leopold Karpeles, a Color Sergeant, recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism in 1864 during the Civil War.
- William F. Lukes, US Navy sailor, a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the 1871 Korean Expedition.
- Coral Wong Pietsch, of Czech mother and Chinese father, a Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve; the first 'Asian' American woman to reach the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army.
- Apollo Soucek, a Vice Admiral in the US Navy, who was a record-breaking test pilot during 1929-1930.
- Henry Svehla, Army Pfc., of Czech father, awarded posthumously by President Obama a Medal of Honor for his heroic action during Korean War.
- Wilhelm D. Styer, of Bohemian ancestry, a commanding general of US Army Forces of the Western Pacific from 1945‑46, during the Pearl Harbor attack by Japanese.
- Edward David Taussig, of Bohemian ancestry, Rear Admiral US Navy; took possession of Wake Island for the US and took charge of Guam in 1899; served in the Philippines and in North China.
- Joseph Taussig, of Bohemian ancestry, Vice Admiral, participated in Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Campaign, Cuban Pacification, World War I, and Nicaraguan Campaign of 1927.
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“In all sincerity, we offer to the loved ones of all innocent victims over the past 25 years, abject and true remorse. No words of ours will compensate for the intolerable suffering they have undergone during the conflict.”
—Combined Loyalist Military Command. New York Times, p. A12 (October 14, l994)
“In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)