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Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joe George, against orders, threw a rope to save 6 men trapped on a tower on the USS Arizona during the battle at Pearl Harbor. All 6 were rescued but two men...
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Geronimo (real name “Goyalle”) was an Apache medicine man (not a chief) who, upon losing his wife and children to a Mexican Army attack, proceeded to make war on the United States and Mexico during the great western expansion. He...
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300 Purple Hearts, 1 Medal of Honor, Presidential Citation The 761st Tank Battalion known as the Black Panthers during WW2 were an all African American group sent to Europe in 1944. One famous member of this group was Jackie Robinson,...
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Army Veteran Shane Spicer was just trying to get his morning coffee fix at Starbucks in Ocala Florida when a career criminal car jacked a pregnant woman’s car in front of him. Skipping the latte, he grabbed the suspect, and...
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The Night Stalkers of WW2 In his Nakajima J1N1 twin engine night fighter, Shigetoshi wreaked havoc to American and Allied bombers in the early part of the war. Many U.S. B-17s, B-24s and flying boats met their end due to...
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The Night Stalkers of WW2: P-61 Black WidowMaj. Carroll C. Smith: American Night Ace The United States was already using the Bristol Beaufighter as a night fighter when the P-61 Black Widow by Northrop was introduced late in WW2....