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  • Gregory “Pappy” Boyington

    Gregory “Pappy” Boyington

    Tiger Ace of the AVG, Medal Of Honor winner, Scourge of the South Seas Gregory Boyington first fought with the AVG (Flying Tigers) in Asia and became an ace after downing 6 Japanese aircraft there. When the seven month deployment...

  • THE FLYING TIGERS (AVG)

    THE FLYING TIGERS (AVG)

    In 7 months they changed history This is the beginning of a week of Flying Tigers or the American Volunteer Group, a bunch of American Mercs who took the war to Japan’s doorstep and hammered them with outdated equipment, gasoline...

  • Carlton B. Hutchins and the PBY’s

    Carlton B. Hutchins and the PBY’s

    Lieutenant Hutchins Medal of Honor for flying a burning plane till he died Carlton B. Hutchins was flying his PBY Catalina on a training exercise when it was struck by a fellow PBY. Mortally wounded and the plane burning, he...

  • JOHN PAUL JONES

    JOHN PAUL JONES

    Scoundrel, Privateer/Pirate, and Father of the US Navy “I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!” The immortal words of John Paul Jones echo throughout history as American defiance and rebellion as much as John’s actions. After killing a man with...

  • (Capt.) Margaret Corbin

    (Capt.) Margaret Corbin

    American Patriot :she fired cannon at the British til she lost an arm When Margaret joined her husband at Fort Washington in New York, she was just there as support originally. When the fort was attacked by the British and...

  • The JEEP

    The JEEP

    American Bantams’ 18 hour invention that became an icon of the USA Karl Probst , an American freelance designer/engineer, created what we now call the Jeep in only 18 hours. That's all the time the Army gave him and the...