War and Peace
- Harlon Block – one of the six U.S. Marines captured in the famous photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Block appears on the right of the photo, holding the base of the flag pole. He won a Purple Heart and other military awards
- Desmond Doss – first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
- Zoltán Kubinyi – World War II personality
- Laurent Nkunda – Congo warlord who claims to be an Adventist pastor, but the church denies this saying he is not even an active member
- Johan Hendrik Weidner – Organized the Dutch-Paris underground network to coordinate the escapes of more than 1,000 persons from Nazi-occupied France. Later emigrated to the United States and operated a chain of health-food stores.
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Famous quotes containing the words war and, war and/or peace:
“Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.”
—Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)