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As we go about our daily lives, sometimes we forget that our grandfathers paid the high cost of our freedom. One such man was Loyce Dean, a gunner on a TBF Avenger. Wounded in the foot from a previous battle,...
In 1536 Thomas More was beheaded for not swearing allegiance to King Henry VII who appointed himself head of the Church of England so he could divorce his wife. Thomas, a lawyer l/philosopher and renaissance humanist refused to go against...
While not officially a Dutch Resistance fighter during WW2, Audrey nonetheless worked for and with the resistance including hiding an Allied pilot in her basement, delivering messages, and holding dancing performances in secret to audiences to raise money. As an...
Antidote to Modern Day Negativity Overload: First Support Animal Smoky, 4 pound 7 inch tall Yorkie, was found in a fox hole in Papua New Guinea, Feb.1944. Abandoned, she was adopted by Cor. William A. Wynne who carried her everywhere...
Used his boat and body to shield Marines in WW2 Signalman First Class Douglas Munro was killed driving his Higgens boat by using it to shield another boat full of Marines who were under attack and trying to retreat from...
Killed 31 Japanese, held off 200 for three days Lachhiman Gurung was a Gurka soldier in Burma 1945 when his position was attacked by 200 angry Japanese soldiers. By himself, he defended his trench position, throwing back grenades and explosives...
