Late 1942, RAF Debbdon, England.
The fourth fighter group arrives wearing American uniforms for the first time.
Luftvafa intelligence briefs its pilots.
American amateurs, no real combat experience, fresh from training schools, easy victories.
Even some RAF veterans are skeptical.
These Yanks look undisiplined, cocky, too confident for men who haven’t proven themselves.
The Germans are wrong.
Dead wrong.
These aren’t amateurs.
These are the Eagles.
Americans who volunteered to fight Hitler before their own country would.
Men who’ve been killing Luftvafa pilots since 1941.
And by the time the war ends, they will have destroyed 1,6 German aircraft.
more than any other American fighter group in Europe.
The Luftvafa is about to learn that experience matters more than flags, and the Eagles have been earning their experience in blood for 2 years while Germany thought America was sleeping.
September 29th, 1942, RAF Debben Airfield, Essex, England.
The official transfer ceremony was brief and formal.
Three RAF Eagle Squadrons 71, 121, and 133 were formally transferred from Royal Air Force Command to the United States Army Air Forces.
The pilots removed their RAF wings and replaced them with American Insignia.
Same men, same aircraft, different flag.
The US 8th Air Force designated them the fourth fighter group.
On paper, they were a new American unit, fresh, untested.
The USAAF command structure treated them accordingly.
Rookies who needed training in American doctrine and procedures.
The Eagles were furious.
They’d been fighting the Luftvafa for nearly 2 years.
They’d flown combat over the Channel, over France during the darkest days when Britain stood alone.
77 of their brothers had died in RAF service before America even entered the war.
And now staff officers who’d never fired a shot in anger were telling them how to fly combat missions.
But to understand why the fourth fighter group became the deadliest American fighter unit in Europe, you need to understand where these men came from, you need to go back to 1940 and 41 when America was neutral, when Britain was losing, when some Americans decided they couldn’t wait any longer.
1940, France had fallen.
The British Expeditionary Force had evacuated from Dunkirk.
The Luftvafa was bombing London.
The Battle of Britain was reaching its peak.
Britain needed pilots desperately.
Fighter command was losing men faster than training schools could replace them.
Some Americans heard that call.
They couldn’t serve in the US military.
America was neutral.
The Neutrality Acts prohibited Americans from serving in foreign militaries, but the law had loopholes.
cross into Canada, claim Canadian residence, join the Royal Canadian Air Force, then transferred to the RAF.
The British looked the other way.
They needed pilots more than they needed legal purity.
The first American volunteers arrived in England in late 1940.
They were a mixed group.
Some had flying experience, private pilot licenses, crop dusters, barntormers.
Others had no experience at all.
just determination.
The RAF put them through accelerated training.
You learned fast or you died.
Most learned, some died trying.
By early 1941, enough American volunteers had accumulated that the RAF formed a dedicated squadron, number 71, Eagle Squadron, formed September 19th, 1940, based at Church Fenton in Yorkshire.
Equipped with Hawker Hurricane fighters, the Americans were finally organized into a cohesive unit.
The Eagle Squadron concept proved popular.
More Americans volunteered.
By May 1941, there were enough for a second squadron, number 121, Eagle Squadron, formed at Curtain in Lindsay.
A third squadron number 133 formed in August 1941 at Coltaw.
Three complete squadrons of American volunteers flying British aircraft, fighting Germany while America remained neutral.
The learning curve was brutal.
The hurricane was obsolete by 1941 standards, slower than the measuremid BF 109, less maneuverable than the Faulwolf FW190, but it was tough, reliable, and it was what the Eagles had.
They learned to use it effectively.
energy fighting, diving attacks, hit and run, the same tactics that the RAF had developed during the Battle of Britain.
The first Eagle kill came on July 2nd, 1941.
Pilot officer William Dunn shot down a Meshmitt BF 109 over France.
The victory proved the Eagles could fight.
More kills followed, but so did losses.
Eagles were shot down, killed, captured.
The butcher bill mounted steadily.
By December 1941, the three Eagle squadrons had claimed 41 enemy aircraft destroyed.
The cost was 16 Eagles killed.
The ratio wasn’t favorable, but the Eagles were learning.
Every combat mission taught lessons, survival techniques, tactical improvements.
The men who survived became experienced combat pilots.
December 7th, 1941.
Pearl Harbor, America entered the war.
Everything changed.
The Eagle Squadron pilots were suddenly serving in a foreign military while their own country was at war.
The solution was transfer.
The Eagle Squadrons would be absorbed into the US Army Air Forces.
The transfer took months to arrange.
Bureaucracy, politics, questions about rank and seniority.
The Eagles had been commissioned in the RAF.
The USAAF wanted to revert them to lieutenant status.
The Eagles protested.
They had combat experience.
Eventually, a compromise was reached.
Most Eagles retained approximate equivalent ranks.
The aircraft situation made it worse.
The Eagles flew Supermarine Spitfires by mid 1942.
The Spitfire Mark 5 was one of the best fighters in the world.
maneuverable, fast, beautiful to fly.
The USAAF planned to re-equip the fourth fighter group with Republic P47 Thunderbolts.
The P47 was the opposite of a Spitfire.
Heavy, big.
The Eagles hated it on site.
September 29, 1942, transfer day.
The Eagles became Americans again, officially the fourth fighter group.
Orders were clear.
Transition to P47s would begin immediately.
Learn American procedures.
Follow American doctrine.
Forget what the RAF taught you.
The Eagles resisted.
They knew how to fight.
They’d been doing it for 2 years.
American doctrine was written by men who’d never seen combat.
Rigid formations.
Strict radio discipline.
The Eagles had learned different lessons.
Be aggressive.
Press attacks.
Kill the enemy.
The first USAAF commander of the fourth fighter group was Colonel Edward Anderson.
He tried to impose discipline, American standards.
The Eagles ignored him.
They flew combat missions the way they’d learned in the RAF.
Anderson complained to ETH Fighter Command.
The Eagles were insubordinate, undisiplined.
But the Eagles were getting kills, and that mattered more than procedures.
The Eighth Air Force was struggling in late 1942 and early 1943.
Heavy bomber losses were catastrophic.
The fourth fighter group flying their familiar Spitfires provided experienced protection.
They knew how to fight, how to survive, how to kill.
March 1943, the fourth fighter group finally transitioned to P47 Thunderbolts.
The pilots hated it.
The P-47 was enormous compared to a Spitfire.
Heavy controls, poor visibility.
It couldn’t turn with German fighters.
The Eagles flew their first P47 missions reluctantly, waiting for the aircraft to get them killed.
It didn’t.
The P47 had advantages.
Speed in a dive, rugged construction, 850 caliber machine guns.
The Eagles learned to use those advantages.
They adapted their tactics.
Boom and zoom.
Dive on the enemy.
Use the P47’s strengths.
Don’t try to turn with meshmittz.
The kills continued.
September 29, 1943.
Major Don Blakesley took command of the fourth fighter group.
Blakesley was an Eagle, one of the original volunteers.
He’d flown with 123 Squadron.
He had combat experience.
He understood the group’s culture.
and he had one priority.
Kill Germans.
Everything else was negotiable.
Blakesley was hard, demanding.
He expected perfection.
He led from the front, flew every dangerous mission, never aborted, never turned back.
If Blakesley could make it to the target, everyone could.
His personal motto was simple.
Press the attack.
The fourth fighter group adopted it as doctrine.
Under Blakesley’s command, the fourth became more aggressive, more effective, more lethal.
They stopped worrying about American procedures and focused on results.
The kill count climbed.
10 German aircraft, 20, 50.
The group was establishing a reputation.
By summer 1943, the fourth fighter group had proven itself.
They had the highest kill count of any American fighter group in Europe.
They developed long range escort tactics.
They’d shown that aggressive fighter sweeps could destroy German air power.
And they done it while ignoring half the regulations the USAAF tried to impose.
The Luftwaffa noticed.
Intelligence reports identified the fourth fighter group as a priority threat.
These weren’t the green American pilots they’d expected.
These were veterans, experienced, dangerous.
The mockery stopped.
The Germans started treating the fourth with respect and caution.
February 1944, the fourth fighter group began transitioning to the North American P51 Mustang.
The Mustang was everything the Eagles had wanted.
Fast, maneuverable, long range.
It combined the best qualities of the Spitfire with American engineering and the Packard built Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
The P-51B and C models arriving at Debdon could escort bombers all the way to Berlin and back.
No other fighter had that capability.
Don Blakesley flew the first P-51 familiarization flight.
He took off, climbed, rolled, dove.
When he landed, his assessment was brief.
This is the aircraft we’ve been waiting for.
The transition began immediately.
Within weeks, the entire group was flying Mustangs.
The timing was perfect.
The eighth air force was planning the largest air offensive of the war, operation argument, later known as big week.
The target was the German aircraft industry.
Destroy the factories, kill the Luftwaffa’s ability to build new fighters.
The offensive would require deep penetration into Germany.
Maximum effort.
The fourth fighter group would lead the fighter escorts.
Blakesley prepared his pilots.
The missions would be long, deep into Germany, 6 hours or more in the cockpit.
They would face heavy opposition.
The Luftwaffa would defend the aircraft factories with everything they had.
This would be total combat.
Survival was not guaranteed.
February 20th, 1944, big week began.
Over a thousand American heavy bombers struck aircraft factories across Germany.
The fourth fighter group launched every available Mustang, 48 aircraft, three squadrons.
Blakesley led the formation personally.
They climbed to 28,000 ft over the English Channel, crossed into German airspace near the Dutch coast.
The bombers were already under attack.
Meshmidz and Faka Wolves were everywhere attacking the bomber formations.
The radio was chaos.
The fourth fighter group dove into the melee.
The Mustangs had a speed advantage.
They could catch anything.
Captain Don Gentiel of the 336th Squadron was leading his flight when he spotted a formation of Meersmidt BF10 twin engine fighters attacking B17s.
Gentiel attacked from above, dove on the rear aircraft, opened fire at 400 yd.
The 110’s starboard engine exploded.
The aircraft rolled left and fell away.
Gentiel pulled up hard and selected another target.
Same attack, same result, two kills in less than a minute.
Lieutenant Dwayne Bon of the 334th squadron encountered Faka Wolf FW190s at 25,000 ft.
The ‘9s were trying to climb to the bombers.
Bon dove on them from above.
The Mustang speed advantage was decisive.
He closed to 300 yd on the lead 90.
Fired.
The burst walked up the fuselage into the cockpit.
The FW190 snapped into a spin.
All across the sky, the fourth fighter group was tearing into German formations.
The aggression Blakesley demanded, the experience bought in 2 years of combat, the superior performance of the Mustang, everything combined into a killing machine.
The mission lasted over 6 hours, the longest escort mission flown to date.
When the fourth fighter group landed back at Debbdon, the intelligence officers tallied the results.
15 German aircraft confirmed destroyed, three probables, two damaged, no losses.
It was the group’s best single day performance so far.
But big week was just beginning.
Big week continued for 5 days.
February 25th, the statistics were staggering.
The eighth air force had flown over 3,000 bomber sorties, dropped over 10,000 tons of bombs on German aircraft production.
The fighter escorts led by groups like the fourth had claimed over 500 German aircraft destroyed.
The cost was high.
226 bombers lost, 28 fighters, but the German aircraft industry was crippled.
The fourth fighter group’s performance during big week established their reputation permanently.
Highest kill count of any American fighter group during the operation.
Aggressive tactics, long range capability.
The P-51 Mustang had proven itself.
The Eagles had proven themselves.
March 1944, the fourth fighter group flew its first mission to Berlin, the German capital.
American bombers had been striking Berlin since March 4th, but the fighter escorts hadn’t reached the city.
The range was too great until the Mustangs arrived.
March 6th, Don Blakesley led the fourth fighter group on the first USAF fighter escort mission to Berlin.
They took off from Debben at 1100 hours, climbed to altitude over the North Sea, crossed into Germany.
The flight to Berlin took over 2 hours.
Fuel management was critical.
Every gallon mattered.
The formation reached Berlin at 1330 hours.
The city was under attack.
Hundreds of B17s and B-24s bombing industrial targets.
Flack filled the sky.
The fighters stayed above the flack zone, watching for interceptors.
The Luftvafa came up to defend.
Messers and Focal Wolves climbing from airfields around the city.
Blakesley gave the order.
All squadrons engage.
The fourth dove into the German fighters.
The combat was intense.
Dozens of aircraft tangling over the capital.
Don Gentiel shot down two messes.
Dwayne Bon got one focal wolf.
When the fourth turned for home, they destroyed 11 German fighters over Berlin.
The psychological impact was enormous.
American fighters over Berlin.
The Reich was no longer safe.
April 1944, Don Gentiel and his wingman, Captain John Godfrey, became media sensations.
By early April, Gentiel had 20 confirmed kills.
Godfrey had 16.
The press loved Gentiel, young, handsome, confident.
The Army Air Forces used him for publicity.
April 13th, 1944, Gentiel’s combat career ended from showing off.
After landing at Debbdon, he performed a lowaltitude victory role.
The aircraft clipped the ground, crashed.
Gentiel survived.
His fighter was destroyed.
Don Blakesley grounded him permanently.
21.8 eight kills, but his war ended on an English airfield because of stupidity.
May 1944, the pre-invasion air offensive intensified.
D-Day was coming.
Dwayne Bon was leading a fighter sweep over France on April 5th when he spotted a German airfield.
Strafing attack.
He destroyed four aircraft on the ground.
Then Flack hit his Mustang.
He crash landed in France, was captured, 17.3 kills, now a prisoner.
June 6th, 1944, D-Day.
The fourth flew eight missions from dawn to dusk.
Minimal air opposition.
The soldiers on the beaches could see American fighters and know the sky was controlled.
July 7th, 1944.
Ralph Kidd Hoer was killed when his Mustang crashed near Bleer Road, Germany.
24 years old, 16.5 kills.
August 1944, the fourth fighter group achieved a milestone, 500 total aerial victories, more than any other American fighter group in Europe.
The number included kills from the Eagle Squadron days and the USAAF period.
The group had been in continuous combat for over three years, longer than any other American unit.
Don Blakesley remained in command, still leading from the front, still refusing to abort missions.
He’d flown over 400 combat missions by this point, more than any other American fighter pilot in Europe.
His personal score stood at 15.5 kills, not the highest in the group, but his leadership made everyone else more effective.
September 1944, Messor Schmidt Mi262 jets appeared.
The Eagles adapted.
They patrolled jet bases and caught them during takeoff and landing when vulnerable.
By late 1944, the fourth had established complete dominance.
Over 700 aerial victories, but the cost, 241 aircraft lost, over 150 pilots killed.
January 1945, the war’s final phase.
The Luft Lafa was being strangled by fuel shortages.
Don Blakesley was still in command, still flying every mission.
His personal mission count exceeded 500.
January 14th, 1945, the fourth encountered over 40 German fighters near Maggde, one of the last major Luftvafa formations of the war.
The combat was vicious.
Result: 18 German aircraft destroyed, two Mustangs lost.
The Luftvafa was finished.
March 1945.
After over 500 missions, Eighth Fighter Command ordered Blakesley grounded.
His war was over.
Lieutenant Colonel Everett Stewart, another Eagle, took command.
April 1945, Germany was collapsing, but the fourth continued flying daily missions.
April 21, 1945, the final aerial victory for the fourth fighter group.
Captain Willard Milikin shot down a Faka Wolf FW190 near Saltsburg.
The kill brought the group’s total to 550, later revised to 583 when ground kills were separated from aerial victories.
583 German aircraft destroyed in air-to-air combat.
433 destroyed on the ground.
Total 1,6 enemy aircraft eliminated.
The numbers were staggering, more than any other American fighter group in Europe.
The 56th Fighter Group was second with over 600 total kills.
The 357th Fighter Group third, but the fourth led, and the margin wasn’t close.
But the cost was equally staggering.
241 P-47s and P-51s lost in combat.
Over 150 pilots killed, dozens more captured, missing.
The fourth had the highest loss rate of any American fighter group because they took the most risks.
April 30th, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in Berlin.
May 7th, Germany surrendered unconditionally.
The war in Europe was over.
The fourth fighter group flew its last patrol on May 7th, a final sweep over Germany.
They encountered no opposition.
The Luftvafa no longer existed.
The fourth fighter group had been in continuous combat for 3 years and 8 months.
They’d participated in every major air operation in Europe.
Their killto- loss ratio over 4:1.
The fourth fighter group was officially inactivated in November 1945, 7 months after Germany surrendered.
The unit that had flown longer and killed more than any other American fighter group in Europe simply ceased to exist.
The pilots went home.
The aircraft were scrapped or sold.
The legacy remained.
Don Blakesley stayed in the Air Force.
He flew jets in the early 1950s, commanded fighter wings during the Korean War, but he never flew combat again.
Blakesley retired as a colonel in 1965.
He died in September 2008.
He was 91 years old.
Don Gentiel returned to the United States in 1944 after his grounding.
The Army Air Forces used him for publicity, war bond tours, public appearances.
He stayed in the Air Force after the war.
Was killed in a training accident in 1951.
T33 jet trainer, mechanical failure.
He was 30 years old.
Dwayne Bon spent the rest of the war as a prisoner in Stalog Lu 1.
He was liberated by Soviet forces in May 1945.
returned to the United States, left the military, became a rancher in California.
He died in 1947, car accident, 24 years old.
Ralph Kid Hoofer never came home.
His body was recovered near the crash site in Germany after the war.
He was buried in an American military cemetery in the Netherlands.
16.5 kills, 24 years old.
The fourth fighter group was reactivated in 1947 as part of the newly formed United States Air Force.
Different pilots, different aircraft, but the same lineage, the same heritage.
The unit exists today, flying F-15 Eagles.
The name is deliberate, honoring the original Eagles who formed the group.
RAF Debben, IVth’s wartime home, is preserved as a memorial.
The control tower still stands.
The runways are gone, returned to farmland, but the ghosts remain.
You can stand where the Eagles stood.
Look at the sky they owned.
The American Air Museum at Duxford has an exhibit dedicated to the Eagle Squadrons and the fourth fighter group.
photos, uniforms, medals, personal items from pilots who flew and died.
The statistics are displayed.
1,16 enemy aircraft destroyed, 583 in air combat, 433 on the ground, 241 losses.
The full story is in the culture the fourth created.
The aggressive tactics, the refusal to accept second place, the idea that experience and determination could overcome any obstacle.
The Eagles proved it.
They were volunteers when America was neutral.
They learned in the hardest school.
They transferred to American service when their country entered the war.
and they used everything they’d learned to become legends.
The fourth fighter group flew more missions than any other American fighter group, accumulated more combat hours, faced stronger opposition for longer periods, and still achieved the highest kill count.
They were fighting when everyone else was learning.
They were killing when everyone else was surviving.
The price was high.
241 aircraft lost, 157 pilots killed in action, 64 captured, 19 missing, and never recovered.
The fourth had the highest casualty rate of any American fighter group in Europe.
The reason was simple.
They took the most risks, flew the deepest missions, pressed attacks when prudence suggested breaking off.
Don Blakesley’s philosophy was simple.
Dead Germans matter more than safe pilots.
Harsh, brutal, effective.
The fourth fighter group embodied that philosophy.
They weren’t trying to survive the war.
They were trying to win it.
The fourth fighter group proved multiple truths.
Experience matters more than nationality.
Aggressive tactics, properly executed, win battles.
Superior aircraft help, but superior pilots matter more.
The Eagles flew Spitfires, P47s, and P-51s.
They were effective in all of them because the aircraft didn’t make the pilot.
The pilot made the aircraft deadly.
The legacy extends beyond World War II.
The fighter pilot culture in the United States Air Force today traces directly to the fourth fighter group.
The emphasis on aggression, the focus on offensive operations, the belief that fighters should hunt, not defend, all of it comes from what the Eagles proved in combat.
The Luftvafa stopped laughing at American amateurs.
They learned that the Eagles weren’t amateurs at all.
They were veterans, battleh hardened, experienced, lethal.
The Germans learned to fear the distinctive markings of the fourth fighter group, to avoid combat when possible, to respect the pilots who’d been fighting since before America entered the war.
They earned that respect.
One kill at a time, one mission at a time.
1,6 German aircraft destroyed.
Each one a testament to training, skill, courage, and often luck.
Each one proof that the volunteers who crossed into Canada in 1940 and 1941 made the right choice.
They couldn’t wait for America to decide.
They had to fight.
Had to prove themselves.
They proved it beyond any doubt.
The fourth fighter group, the Eagles, the volunteers who became legends.
The amateurs who became the deadliest fighter unit in American history.
The men who taught the Luftvafa mockery comes with a price.
And that price was 1,16 aircraft destroyed and the absolute humiliation of being beaten by the men they’d laughed at.
The Germans learned, “Never underestimate the Eagles.
Never mock the volunteers.
Never assume that inexperience means inability.
Because sometimes the students become the masters.
Sometimes the amateurs become professionals, and sometimes the men everyone laughs at become the men everyone fears.
The fourth fighter group proved all of it in blood, in fire, in 1,6 victories.
The Eagles soared and the Luftvafa fell.
The eagles came from everywhere, farm towns in Kansas, cities in California.
They crossed borders, crossed oceans, all to fight for something bigger than themselves.
So tell me, where are you watching this from right now? What corner of the world are you in? Drop your location in the comments.
I want to see how far this community reaches.
And if stories like this, men who refused to accept the world as it was and decided to change it themselves, if that’s what you’re here for, then subscribe.
Because we’re building something here, a community that doesn’t just consume history, we learn from it.
We carry forward what these men proved with their lives.
Remember what the Eagles taught us.
Experience matters more than flags.
Courage matters more than odds.
And sometimes the men everyone underestimates become the men everyone fears.
I’ll see you in the next one.
The full story is in the culture the fourth created.
The aggressive tactics, the refusal to accept second place.
The idea that experience and determination could overcome any obstacle.
The Eagles proved it.
They were volunteers when America was neutral.
They learned in the hardest school.
They transferred to American service when their country entered the war.
And they used everything they’d learned to become legends.
The fourth fighter group flew more missions than any other American fighter group, accumulated more combat hours, faced stronger opposition for longer periods, and still achieved the highest kill count.
They were fighting when everyone else was learning.
They were killing when everyone else was surviving.
The price was high.
241 aircraft lost, 157 pilots killed in action, 64 captured, 19 missing and never recovered.
The fourth had the highest casualty rate of any American fighter group in Europe.
The reason was simple.
They took the most risks, flew the deepest missions, pressed attacks when prudence suggested breaking off.
Don Blakesley’s philosophy was simple.
Dead Germans matter more than safe pilots.
Harsh, brutal, effective.
The fourth fighter group embodied that philosophy.
They weren’t trying to survive the war.
They were trying to win it.
The fourth fighter group proved multiple truths.
Experience matters more than nationality.
Aggressive tactics, properly executed, win battles.
Superior aircraft help, but superior pilots matter more.
The Eagles flew Spitfires, P47s, and P-51s.
They were effective in all of them because the aircraft didn’t make the pilot.
The pilot made the aircraft deadly.
The legacy extends beyond World War II.
The fighter pilot culture in the United States Air Force today traces directly to the fourth fighter group.
The emphasis on aggression, the focus on offensive operations, the belief that fighters should hunt, not defend, all of it comes from what the Eagles proved in combat.
The Luftwaffa stopped laughing at American amateurs.
They learned that the Eagles weren’t amateurs at all.
They were veterans, battleh hardened, experienced, lethal.
The Germans learned to fear the distinctive markings of the fourth fighter group, to avoid combat when possible, to respect the pilots who’d been fighting since before America entered the war.
The Eagles earned that respect.
One kill at a time, one mission at a time.
1,6 German aircraft destroyed.
Each one a testament to training, skill, courage, and often luck.
Each one proof that the volunteers who crossed into Canada in 1940 and 1941 made the right choice.
They couldn’t wait for America to decide.
They had to fight.
Had to prove themselves.
They proved it beyond any doubt.
The fourth fighter group, the Eagles, the volunteers who became legends.
The amateurs who became the deadliest fighter unit in American history.
The men who taught the Luftwaffa that mockery comes with a price.
And that price was 1,6 aircraft destroyed.
and the absolute humiliation of being beaten by the men they’d laughed at.
The Germans learned, “Never underestimate the eagles.
Never mock the volunteers.
Never assume that inexperience means inability.
Because sometimes the students become the masters.
Sometimes the amateurs become professionals.
And sometimes the men everyone laughs at become the men everyone fears.
The fourth fighter group proved all of it in blood, in fire in 1, 2016 victories.
The eagles soared and the Luftwaffa fell.
The eagles came from everywhere.
Farm towns in Kansas, cities in California.
They crossed borders, crossed oceans, all to fight for something bigger than themselves.
So tell me, where are you watching this from right now? What corner of the world are you in? Drop your location in the comments.
I want to see how far this community reaches.
And if stories like this, men who refused to accept the world as it was and decided to change it themselves, if that’s what you’re here for, then subscribe because we’re building something here.
A community that doesn’t just consume history, we learn from it.
We carry forward what these men proved with their lives.
Remember what the Eagles taught us.
Experience matters more than flags.
Courage matters more than odds.
And sometimes the men everyone underestimates become the men everyone fears.
I’ll see you in the next one.
