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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...
Fought in the American Revolution Disguised as a Man Deborah Sampson was an indentured servant when she had enough, made a Continental Army uniform, and joined disguised as a man. She heard the signing bonus was good (never heard that...
Burma Banshees In 1943 when his base in Assam, India was under attack by a squadron of 64 Japanese Zeros and bombers, Lt. Philp Adair took off alone in his P-40 Warhawk to face them. Yes, Alone. Diving into their...
Falling from the edge of Space In 1966 while flying a test mission in the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, Bill Weaver and his RSO Jim Zwayer had a malfunction which caused the SR-71 to disintegrate around them at more than...
