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  • Annie Oakley: The Girl with the Golden Gun

    Annie Oakley: The Girl with the Golden Gun

    American Heroine Sharpshooter and Role Model Annie was born into poverty due to the death of her father and having NINE siblings. At age 8 she began trapping and hunting to pay off the family farm mortgage which she did...

  • Darrell Zelko: F-117 Pilot Shot Down Over Yugoslavia

    Darrell Zelko: F-117 Pilot Shot Down Over Yugoslavia

      Spent 8 Hours Evading Capture, Rescued by Air Force PJ’s After much success in Desert Storm’s bombing campaign, the F-117 stealth fighter seemed to be invulnerable to enemy fire. In a night mission in 1999, this was proven otherwise...

  • Brig. General Steve Richie MIG Killer

    F-4 Phantom II First Ace of Vietnam

    Brig. General Steve Richie: taking out MiG 21’s made him one of the killer Ace’s of Vietnam. Part of the 555th tactical fighter squadron, Richie downed two MIG’s in one engagement  with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. He later went on to...

  • John Basilone:  USMC Hero Machine Gunner

    John Basilone: USMC Hero Machine Gunner

    Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient The story of John Basilone is right out of a Marvel Comic book, with the exception being his only super power was his bravery. During a Japanese attack on the Guadalcanal base in...

  • Arthur Clowes:  Killer mustache, killer Brows, killer Wasp

    Arthur Clowes: Killer mustache, killer Brows, killer Wasp

    WW2 RAF ace in Hawker Hurricane Originally joining the RAF as a mechanic in 1929, he soon gained skills as a pilot and flew Hawker Fury bi-planes for a time. He survived a mid air collision in the Fury but...

  • Christopher Lee:  Actor extraordinaire and Warrior

    Christopher Lee: Actor extraordinaire and Warrior

    Fought in WW2 on many fronts, part of O.S.S. It’s hard to say what role in acting Christopher Lee is known best for as his acting covers decades. Count Dooku, Sauruman in Lord of the Rings, or Dracula in his...