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Bravely Assaulted Terrorists on 9/11 to save others When Todd Beamer and the rest of the passengers on Flight 93 found out that their plane had been taken over by hijackers, a few made calls to emergency services. On one...
Fighting for American Values before it was cool The Green Mountain Boys was a militia started in 1770 for the British provinces between New Hampshire and New York that later became the State of Vermont. They fought in the Revolutionary...
Famous for Immelmann Turn Combat Tactic Most aviation enthusiasts know about the “Immelmann turn” maneuver but not much about the man behind it. Aviation history is full of such men and women. Max Immelman was the first German Ace of...
WW2 Ace, Vietnam Ace, Legend with attitude As my son is a firefighter (with mustache extraordinaire) this American hero Ace caught my attention. Behind the mustache was the story of a pure fighting man of exceptional brilliance. The majority of...
Shot down 28 German fighters in WWII, 6 in Korea The Republic P-47 nicknamed the Jug, was a huge fighter that dwarfed all other fighters of the time. It was also arguably the best fighter of WW2. Francis Gabriski was...
Shot down 5 Japanese aircraft in a P-47N When Perdomo and his squadron encountered 50 Japanese aircraft over Japan in the final days of the war, he shot down 4 Ki-84 fighters and one bi-plane trainer in a single combat...
