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At Age 78 He Attacked the British A veteran of several wars up until 1775, Sameul Whittemore was plowing his fields when he spotted a British brigade approaching. He ambushed the British soldiers, killed three of them and drew his...

Saved many men while wounded and under fire In 1968, during a long-range patrol, Billy and his team ambushed an enemy patrol, killing all soldiers. While radioing for helicopter extraction, they came under fire from superior numbers. Billy returned fire...

  5 Medals of Honor and 56 Distinguished Service Crosses Awarded In a daring effort to cripple Nazi Germany’s oil production, Allied forces launched Operation Tidal Wave, a massive air raid targeting the heavily guarded oil refineries in Ploiești, Romania....

Operation Nobel Obelisk Green Berets: Flip flops, shorts, and youth leader hair In the small country of Sierra Leone, West Africa to train troops of the Sierra Leonean president, these green berets were rudely awakened when a coup by rebel...

  Survived 600 streetfights,designed modern police forces After joining the Royal Marines at age 16, Fairbairn began to learn all he could about fighting techniques. Training at Jujitsu, Judo, and KunFu he became the first Westerner to earn a black...

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...