# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2559
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51166 "2017-04-09T21:30:48Z")
In honor of the centennial of the US entering World War I: Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51167 "2017-04-09T21:33:11Z")
In honor of the centennial of the US entering World War I: Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51168 "2017-04-09T22:02:46Z")
In honor of the centennial of the US entering World War I: Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51169 "2017-04-09T22:15:30Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51170 "2017-04-09T22:16:20Z")
In honor of the centennial of the US entering World War I: Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Billy Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51171 "2017-04-09T22:22:41Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Billy Mitchell 5. Frank Buckles The last surviving doughboy; he lived to 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51172 "2017-04-09T22:25:00Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Billy Mitchell 5. Frank Buckles 6. Irving Berlin ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51173 "2017-04-09T23:10:19Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Billy Mitchell 5. Frank Buckles 6. Irving Berlin 7. George S. Patton ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51174 "2017-04-09T23:16:47Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Billy Mitchell 5. Frank Buckles 6. Irving Berlin 7. George S. Patton 8. Joseph William Guyton 1st American to die on German soil in WWI ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51175 "2017-04-09T23:32:07Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart 5. Billy Mitchell 6. Frank Buckles 7. Irving Berlin 8. George S. Patton 9. Joseph William Guyton Fixin’ the list ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51176 "2017-04-09T23:46:44Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart 5. Billy Mitchell 6. Frank Buckles 7. Irving Berlin 8. George S. Patton 9. Joseph William Guyton 10. Buster Keaton ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51177 "2017-04-10T00:49:31Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart 5. Billy Mitchell 6. Frank Buckles 7. Irving Berlin 8. George S. Patton 9. Joseph William Guyton 10. Buster Keaton 11. Cole Porter ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51178 "2017-04-10T01:33:19Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart 5. Billy Mitchell 6. Frank Buckles 7. Irving Berlin 8. George S. Patton 9. Joseph William Guyton 10. Buster Keaton 11. Cole Porter 12. Eddie Rickenbacker The greatest American fighter ace: [Eddie Rickenbacker - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51179 "2017-04-10T01:35:53Z")
Americans who served in World War I 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Harry S Truman 3. Alvin York 4. Humphrey Bogart 5. Billy Mitchell 6. Frank Buckles 7. Irving Berlin 8. George S. Patton 9. Joseph William Guyton 10. Buster Keaton 11. Cole Porter 12. Eddie Rickenbacker 13. Raymond Chandler Though he actually fought in a Canadian regiment. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51180 "2017-04-10T03:01:01Z")
Next: Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald ---
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Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald 2. L. Frank Baum ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51182 "2017-04-10T04:49:56Z")
Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald 2. L. Frank Baum 3. F. Murray Abraham ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51183 "2017-04-10T04:56:06Z")
Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald (Francis) 2. L. Frank Baum (Lyman) 3. F. Murray Abraham (He’s faking it. His first name is Murray.) 4. J. Edgar Hoover (John) ---
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Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald (Francis) 2. L. Frank Baum (Lyman) 3. F. Murray Abraham (He’s faking it. His first name is Murray.) 4. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 5. F. Lee Bailey (Francis) ---
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Famous people commonly known by first initial, middle and last name. 1. F. Scott FitzGerald (Francis) 2. L. Frank Baum (Lyman) 3. F. Murray Abraham (He’s faking it. His first name is Murray.) 4. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 5. F. Lee Bailey (Francis) 6. C. Everett Koop (Charles) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2558) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2560)