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  • Arthur Wermuth: The Ghost of Bataan

    Arthur Wermuth: The Ghost of Bataan

    One man American Army, killed over 100 Japanese When a football star from South Dakoda was drafted into WW2 and sent to the Phillipines, the Japanese had no idea that their worst nightmare had just arrived. In charge of a...

  • Life Lessons from American Heroes:  SGM Mike Vining

    Life Lessons from American Heroes: SGM Mike Vining

    SGM Mike Vining, the Delta Force Operator with his own Pokemon card: “Whether you’re looking to join Delta or seeking success in any life choice, refusing to quit will take you very far. “ The picture is of him completing...

  • Neerja Bhanot: The Heroine of Pan Am Flight 73

    Neerja Bhanot: The Heroine of Pan Am Flight 73

    In a story that reads like a Bollywood thriller, 22-year-old flight attendant Neerja Bhanot became a symbol of courage during the 1986 terrorist hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi. As four Palestinian terrorists stormed the Boeing 747, they...

  • Richard Halsey Best: Sunk Two Japanese Aircraft Carriers in One Day

    Richard Halsey Best: Sunk Two Japanese Aircraft Carriers in One Day

    SBD Dauntless Pilot During the Battle of Midway, Richard Halsey Best launched from the USS Enterprise as the Japanese fleet fell into the American trap. In a single day, he delivered devastating blows that changed the course of the Pacific...

  • Beryl Markham: Women’s Aviation Pioneer

    Beryl Markham: Women’s Aviation Pioneer

    In 1936, two men walking across a cold bog in Nova Scotia stumbled upon a bloodied woman in a flight jacket, calmly sipping from the whisky flask she always carried on her belt. It was Beryl Markham. She had just...

  • John Bridge: The Physics Teacher Bomb Disposal Hero

    John Bridge: The Physics Teacher Bomb Disposal Hero

    A physics teacher before the war, John Bridge volunteered for bomb disposal and received just one week of training. He was sent to disarm hundreds of unexploded booby-trapped mines across Britain, where he excelled and quickly volunteered for more dangerous...