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Black-Robe Regiment: One man’s defiance brought down a dictator In 1989 a lone Hungarian minister spoke out against the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. He was told to shut up or be killed. Ignoring this order, he continued to speak out...
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Took a dog to the face to save his sister At 6 years old Bridger had already figured out what it means to be valorous. When a family friend’s German Shepard went nuts and started attacking Bridger and his little...
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Directly caused the Defection of 600 troops in WW2 Barbara Lauwers was a Czechoslovakian born American who worked for the OSS (CIA) during WW2. After studying law in the U.S. she began work for the OSS (after officer school in...
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47 days of torture, back broken during interrogationIn 1991 during an escort mission for EA-6B Wild Weasels, Lt. Larry Slade and his F-14 pilot were struck by a SA-2 surface to air missile. Their plane nearly destroyed, they ejected and...
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American Greatness from small beginningsIconic vehicles that changed the world Everyone knows the F-14 Tomcat. A badass fighter in movies and a deadly missile platform that amazed audiences worldwide and rightly so. But its story begins with Leroy Grumman born...
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Killed more outlaws than Doc Holiday, Wyaat Earp, Tom Horn and Bat Masterson combined. An early disciple and bodyguard of Joseph Smith (see Latter Day Saints), Rockwell became possibly the fiercest lawman to ever walk west of the Mississippi. Joseph Smith...