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Gave his own parachute to a wounded man as the B-17 went down When his B-17 over Romania was being shot up by 8 Bf-109s, Kingsley dropped his bomb load on target and then went to the rear of the...
Inspired other POWs and credits his faith in God to survival When his A-6 Intruder was hit by a SAM, Red and his Weapons officer bailed out: never to see each other again. Landing in a tree, he fell 40...
Led Last Horseback Cavalry Charge against the Japanese When the Japanese invaded the Philippines at the beginning of WW2, Edwin Ramsey was stationed on the island in charge of the 26th Cavalry Regiment. Scouting and covering the retreat of MacArthur,...
Dutch Minesweeper hid from the Japanese by pretending to be an island When the war in the South Pacific broke out, allied ships immediately diverted to Australia to avoid being sunk by the Japanese navy. The HNLMS Abraham Crinjnssen was...
The Most famous Aviator you’ve never heard of Married at age 14, her first born died when he was 5 years old which ended her first marriage. Keeping her married name and using Jacqueline as her first name, she got...
Wife of a captured soldier ran the cannon of Ft. Niagara When her husband was captured by the British during the War of 1812, Betsy and her children were living at Ft. Niagara. When the fort came under attack,...
