General James "Jimmy" Doolittle

Johnny Carson joined the U.S. Navy on June 8, 1943 and
received V-12 officer training at Columbia University and
Millsaps College. He was Commissioned an ensign late in
WW ll and was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the
Pacific. Carson served as a communications officer in
charge of decoding encrypted messages. He was aboard
a troopship enroot to the combat zone when the bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought an end to the war.

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major
battle in the Western Theater of the Civil War and was one of the bloodiest battles
in U.S. history up to that time. It was fought from  April 6 to the 7th in southwestern 
Tennessee.

The Confederates, under General Albert S. Johnston, were forced to retreat from 
the battle, ending hopes of blocking the Union army and Major General Ulysses S.
Grant, from advancing into northern Mississippi. Casualties included 2,400 killed
and over 3,000 wounded.   

 
Gen. Grant

Gen. Johnston

    General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964)

Douglas MacArthur was a general and field marshal of the Philippine army and
was also Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during the 1930s. He played a prominent
role in the Pacific Theater during World War ll. MacArthur was one of only five 
men ever to be promoted to the rank of General of the Army. He received the
Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign.

1951

                     
                                             Medal of Honor

Elvis Presley made the first of two appearances on The Milton Berle Show,
live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock,San Diego, California. He made
$5,000 for performing "Heartbreak Hotel", "Money, Honey" and "Blue Suede
Shoes".

Elvis (second from left) and Berle (center) during rehearsal for the show