Authors in War
Many of the authors that served in various real-life wars (and survived) wrote stories that are at least somewhat based on their own experiences. Some of them are outright memoirs or fictionalized accounts of their exploits.
... biscuit[?] producer (+ 1985)
April 3 - Sally Rand[?], dancer (+ 1979)
April 7 - Ralph Bunche[?], diplomat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, ...