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  • Sergeant Katue:  Papua New Guinean Japanese Hunter of WW2

    Sergeant Katue: Papua New Guinean Japanese Hunter of WW2

    Leader of the Green Shadows When the Japanese invaded the islands of the South Pacific in 1942, many of the local people were horribly abused, mistreated or killed. On some islands like Papua New Guinea, the Australians had some influence...

  • Jack Woolams:  Test Pilot/Practical Joker

    Jack Woolams: Test Pilot/Practical Joker

    Wore a Gorilla Suit Flying the P-59 Airacomet A jet fighter is not a common sight in today’s world, but in the middle of WW2 the sight of a gorilla flying a propellerless aircraft was a rare sight indeed. Come...

  • Buang Ly: Hero 0-1A Bird Dog pilot of Vietnam

    Buang Ly: Hero 0-1A Bird Dog pilot of Vietnam

    Landed his tiny plane with 7 people on a carrier The chaotic American withdrawal from Saigon after the Vietnam war led to a mass exodus of civilians who worked with the U.S. military during the war. With death or imprisonment...

  • Valor Gear Minute: Famous Unknown Heroes

    Valor Gear Minute: Famous Unknown Heroes

    Dr. Ruth Westheimer: Sex Therapist Sniper Her parents killed by Nazi Germany, 10 year old Dr. Ruth fled to Switzerland during WW2. Joining the IDF at age 17. Being only 4 foot 7 inches, she was placed as a sniper...

  • Harold Fischer:  American Ace and POW

    Harold Fischer: American Ace and POW

    Veteran of 3 wars Fischer joined the Navy to enroll as a pilot when he was 18 in 1943 but the war ended before he saw any action. That all changed when the Korean War started and he was picked...

  • Dakota Meyer:  Medal of Honor Recipient Reenlists

    Dakota Meyer: Medal of Honor Recipient Reenlists

    Valor is Back In 2009, Meyer was deployed to Iraq as a Marine Sniper. When his fellow Marines and Iraqi soldiers were ambushed, Meyer mounted a gun truck along with two other marines to rescue them. Under heavy fire and...