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With the Tail shot off, he fell with no parachute and survived Eugene Paul Moran was in his tail gunner position on the B-17 “Rikki Tikki Tavi” when his entire tail section was blown off. Helpless to do anything, he...
“You've been had by a Spad, dad” 1965 in the skies over Vietnam, four A-1 Skyraiders were on a bombing mission when they ran into two Mig-17s. The Migs circled around to fire on the Spads (nickname for the Skyraiders)...
Shot through the kneecap, brought his bird home At the Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida fly-in Veteran Appreciation Day, I met a Cobra pilot from Vietnam. Limping and pushing his wife in a wheelchair, he came up to the...
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...
