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  • Desmond T. Doss

    Desmond T. Doss

    Medal of Honor Combat Medic who saved 75 men in one day and never carried a gun Desmond T. Doss was a combat medic for the US Army in WW2 and was shipped to the South Pacific. He saw action...

  • Sergeant Reckless

    Sergeant Reckless

    Recoilless Rifle horse for the US Marines with official rank Sergeant Reckless was a Mongolian breed of horse bought by the US Marine Corps in 1952 in Korea. She carried the recoilless rifle for the marines into battle and would...

  • James Lawrence

    James Lawrence

    “Don’t give up the ship!” the echo of American Defiance James Lawrence was the commander of the USS Chesapeake frigate during a terrible battle on Lake Erie in the War of 1812. The frigate was overwhelmed by a British warship...

  • Virginia Hall “the limping lady”

    Virginia Hall “the limping lady”

    The one legged spy the Nazi’s couldnt catch Virginia Hall was a highly educated Boston native who joined the American diplomatic service in 1933 after college. She tripped while hunting birds in Turkey, and shot herself in the foot causing...

  • NATHAN HALE

    NATHAN HALE

    The 21 year old American teacher and spy whose last words inspired the world “I regret I have but one life to give to my country’ Nathan Hale was a school teacher who graduated from Yale university at 18. His...

  • HMS Birkenhead

    HMS Birkenhead

    The 450 soldiers who died quietly to save 193 women and children The steam ship HMS Birkenhead struck a rock off the coast of South Africa in 1852. On board were over 600 troops and women and children and some...