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Threw Himself into Harm’s Way that others may live In 2019 When a lone gunman started shooting unarmed students at University of North Carolina, Riley immediately raced towards the gunfire. He ran at the gunman who shot him twice before...
Tortured, Shot, and Imprisoned When the Japanese invaded Malaysia in 1941, Vivian was working as a nurse for the Australian Army Nursing Service. Trying to escape to Singapore, the ship she was on was bombed and sank. As she and...
Disobeyed orders and used his airplane as a lifeboat In WW2 when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sank, there were 1200 men aboard. Their distress call sounded fake so it was ignored. When a patrol plane spotted hundreds of...
Swam 8 ½ hours across Manila Bay, fought in two wars When the Japanese attacked the Philippines in WW2, Harris and the Americans were caught by surprise and on the defensive. When he was cut off by superior Japanese forces,...
Fought for China and the U.S. When Hazel, born in Oregon in 1912, took her first flight with a friend she was hooked on flying. She took flying lessons and became the first Chinese American woman to earn a...
Took on a group of terrorists in Kenya Mall by himself When Al-Shebab terrorists attacked the mall in Nairobi, Kenya in 2019, Christian Craighead got a call from a friend that people were being killed. Being part of the...
