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** The Finnish prime minister, when Himmler asked how Germany might help Finland's "Jewish Problem," is reputed to replied "Finland has no Jewish problem."
* Alexander Matrosov, the Hero of the Soviet Union, got that distinction posthumously after using his own body to block a German machine gun during an offensive.
* Hideki Tojo, combined a Crowning Moment of Awesome, [[Go Out with a Smile]], [[The Atoner]], and [[Redemption Equals Death]] with his final words from the gallows. He accepted responsibility for his crimes fully, apologized for everything, begged the Americans to be merciful to the Japanese people, and then, according to some witnesses (Though accounts vary), ''he threw himself from the gallows to get it over with''.
* In the Battle of Britain has a particular CMOA - Flight Lieutenant John Nicolson was flying a Hawker Hurricane when he was shot by German fighters, that set his aircraft on fire and cause Lt. Nicolson to get bad burns. When he was climbing out, he saw a BF 110 in front and return back in, shot the German plane down, then bailed out, sustaining further injuries when Local Defense Volunteers mistakenly assume he was German. The Flight Lieutenant survived and recovered, just to win two Victoria Crosses, being one of the Commonwealth fighter pilots to win it.
* As was detailed in the ''[[Band of Brothers]]'' book, the Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Regiment .
* During the Battle of Britian, there's one particular CMOA - Flight Lieutenant John Nicolson
* The Civil Air Patrol was created just as an organization to preserved aviation history for civilians instead of letting them become the sole domain of government, like what Nazi Germany, right after Pearl Harbor. During World War 2, people within the military doubted whether or not civilian volunteers are effective. Several days into their probationary period, they spot a sinking merchant ship and saving the lives of the surviving crew. Events like these are eventually leading to the CAP's CMoA, where they sunk a U-boat, taking time to loose another depth charge on the sub, despite the fact they're running low of fuel. After that, CAP pilots proceeded to sink another one, damage 10 others, track a good number of others for the Army Air Corps to take on, and would often times fake dive bombing runs as though they aren't armed, driving the subs underwater and wasting their time. A German submariner remarked that they had to stop their coastal operations "because of those damn yellow red planes." That's correct, a bunch of civilians doing this part time were considered a threat to Nazi Germany's navy. Now they're the U.S. Air Force's civilian auxiliary.
* Col. Joseph A. Gregory, who is a sniper and [[WW 1]] veteran from Canada had a CMOA at Dieppe.
* King Christian X of Denmark has several candidates.
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