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Nancy Wake, born in New Zealand with Maori heritage, left home at 16 to become a journalist in France before World War II. After marrying a French industrialist, she witnessed the Nazis’ brutal treatment of Jews and minorities, sparking her...
Amazing aircraft able to land almost anywhere Professor Otto C. Coppen developed a STOL airplane back in the late 1940s that could land in a parking lot safely. Thanks to Coppen, most of what has been learned about aircraft stability...
487 Types of aircraft flown and 2,407 carrier landings Put up for adoption at a young age, Brown was fortunate to have Scottish parents, one of which was a former RFC pilot. Hooked on flying at a young age, Brown...
Assassinated while conversing with college students When writing for Valor Gear, I am often educated by the lives of those I never knew and never met. Many of them have faded into history to be forgotten by following generations until...
American Women Built Ships As WWII raged in Europe and the Pacific, millions of men were drafted, leaving women to fill roles once held by men. While Rosie the Riveter, the famed Woman Ordnance Worker from Norman Rockwell’s painting, is...
Richard Reinheart, fading fast in Connecticut, needed a donor heart. One was found in Oklahoma, 1,400 miles away, with just four hours to deliver it. No civilian planes could make it. The Air Force called up Captain Lefforge and his...
