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Medal of Honor Recipient Tommy McGuire was the second highest scoring ace of WW2 for the United States, with his kills made in a P-38 Lightning. Tommy was a good friend to Charles Lindburg and at one time asked Lindburg...
Redemption and Sacrifice “Easy Eddie” O’Hare sacrificed his life to put Al Capone the gangster in jail by betraying the gangster who was deemed untouchable. Al Capone later had Easy Eddie killed in 1939. Easy Eddie wanted more for his...
Damaged B-29 chopped in half on landing, no losses When Capt. Pearson and his 10 crew took off in their B-29 “Holy Joe”to bomb Tokyo they knew they were putting their lives at risk. When the plane lost two of...
As we go about our daily lives, sometimes we forget that our grandfathers paid the high cost of our freedom. One such man was Loyce Dean, a gunner on a TBF Avenger. Wounded in the foot from a previous battle,...
In 1536 Thomas More was beheaded for not swearing allegiance to King Henry VII who appointed himself head of the Church of England so he could divorce his wife. Thomas, a lawyer l/philosopher and renaissance humanist refused to go against...
While not officially a Dutch Resistance fighter during WW2, Audrey nonetheless worked for and with the resistance including hiding an Allied pilot in her basement, delivering messages, and holding dancing performances in secret to audiences to raise money. As an...
