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William Douglas Lansford

World War II · US Marine Corps

United States of America

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++Bill Lansford++
Medal of Honor
documentary series “The War,”
successful writer
On his website, writer and World War II veteran Bill Lansford
Pancho Villa, inspired a 1968 film starring Yul Brynner
Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Foundation
"Wall of Honor" monument was unveiled in 2009 at L.A.'s Father Serra Park
Lansford was also interviewed for Ken Burns' 2007 WWII documentary "The War," 
campaign by Latino groups and veterans to convince Burns to include Latinos' wartime contributions in the film
environmental activist Ruth Lansford