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Proof one man can make a difference During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, US navy destroyers cornered a Russian sub around Cuba. Dropping signaling depth charges, they tried to force the sub to the surface. Not knowing if a...
SAS raider, destroyed over 100 enemy aircraft single handed Paddy Mayne was a one man wrecking crew. A former rugby player born in Northern Ireland to wealthy parents, he was recruited to the Commandos at the beginning of WW2. He...
Spy, Frontiers-woman, Crack Shot, Cold Killer When a squad of Tory’s (British Infantry) came to Nancy Hart’s house on the Georgia frontier looking for an escaped Whig, they found death. Demanding to be fed, killing some of her livestock for...
7 Purple Hearts,1 Medal of Honor, 2 Silver Stars, Bronze with V “Urban-itis”: Running towards the enemy and defeating them Matt Urban became an inspirational meme to his men by running towards the enemy, attacking and winning. One of the...
Gunner on B-29 Superfortress, Marine Corps Sniper Charles Bronson was drafted into the Army in 1943. Coming from humble beginnings as a coal miner in Pennsylvania, he became a B-29 Superfortress gunner located in Guam. He served 25 missions on...
The Gunship: Lockheed AC-130 and the mechanic at the RC jets airshow in Lakeland. I met a mechanic who used to work on the AC- 130 Spectre when he was stationed in Vietnam. One night he bummed a ride on...
