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Puff the Magic Dragon When Levitow and his crew were defending a ground base from attack with their AC-47 gunship and its three 20mm cannons, their aircraft was hit by a mortar round. Blowing a huge hole in the wing...
The high cost of freedom In 1965, when Robinson and his HH-43 helo crew were attempting to rescue an f-105 pilot who was shot down, their own helo was shot down as well. The crew and Robinson were captured and...
Risked death to bring medicine to Alaska diphtheria victims In 1925 when an outbreak of diphtheria gripped Nome Alaska in the dead of winter, a series of dog sled teams was organized to bring the medicine. Being the last leg...
Often pictured with his pet lion Simba Born into an impoverished Swiss family, Franz joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and during the first year of WW2 shot down several planes. He was shot down over Britain in 1940 and was...
High Cost of Freedom On the anniversary of Pearl Harbor today, the beginning of WW2 for America, I know everyone knows of the sacrifice of the brave sailors that day. There is, however, stories of uncommon bravery, sacrifice, torture and...
Daredevil Low Level Strafing Missions When Lt. Raymond Knight entered the war in 1945, he was sent on ground attack missions over Italy. Seeing a heavily defended German airstrip, he told his fellow pilots to remain out of danger while...
