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  • Audie Murphy: WW2 Hero with Every Medal the Army Gives Out

    Audie Murphy: WW2 Hero with Every Medal the Army Gives Out

    Joined at 16 Years Old, Killed 241 Enemy Soldiers The story of Audie Murphy is a tale of endurance, courage, will power and an example of how much a man can accomplish if he doesn’t quit. In many of his...

  • Tommy McGuire:  WW2 Ace Extraordinaire

    Tommy McGuire: WW2 Ace Extraordinaire

    38 Kills, lost in a battle between two Aces Tommy McGuire was top U.S. Ace in WW2 second only to Richard Bong who was forced to stop fighting after 40 kills. On one engagement over New Guinea, McGuire downed several...

  • Annie Oakley: The Girl with the Golden Gun

    Annie Oakley: The Girl with the Golden Gun

    American Heroine Sharpshooter and Role Model Annie was born into poverty due to the death of her father and having NINE siblings. At age 8 she began trapping and hunting to pay off the family farm mortgage which she did...

  • Darrell Zelko: F-117 Pilot Shot Down Over Yugoslavia

    Darrell Zelko: F-117 Pilot Shot Down Over Yugoslavia

      Spent 8 Hours Evading Capture, Rescued by Air Force PJ’s After much success in Desert Storm’s bombing campaign, the F-117 stealth fighter seemed to be invulnerable to enemy fire. In a night mission in 1999, this was proven otherwise...

  • Brig. General Steve Richie MIG Killer

    F-4 Phantom II First Ace of Vietnam

    Brig. General Steve Richie: taking out MiG 21’s made him one of the killer Ace’s of Vietnam. Part of the 555th tactical fighter squadron, Richie downed two MIG’s in one engagement  with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. He later went on to...

  • John Basilone:  USMC Hero Machine Gunner

    John Basilone: USMC Hero Machine Gunner

    Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient The story of John Basilone is right out of a Marvel Comic book, with the exception being his only super power was his bravery. During a Japanese attack on the Guadalcanal base in...