Engineers Called His P-51 Paper Fuel Tanks “Impossible” — Until He Destroyed 5,000 German Planes-ZZ
At 6:47 p.m. on October 14th, 1943, Colonel Cass Sheffield Huff stood on the flight line at an 8th Air Force base in England, watching…
Read moreJapanese Couldn’t Stop This Marine With a Two-Man Weapon — Until 16 Bunkers Fell in 30 Minutes-ZZ
At 0900 on February 26th, 1945, Private First Class Douglas Jacobson crouched behind volcanic rock on the western slope of Hill 382, watching the bazooka…
Read moreGermans Couldn’t Stop This ‘Modified’ Jeep — Until It Killed 400 of Them on the First Day-ZZ
At 0530 on December 16th, 1944, First Lieutenant Lyall Bu crouched in a frozen foxhole on Lanzeroth Ridge, watching a column of 500 German paratroopers…
Read moreGermans Couldn’t Recognize This ‘Secret’ Tank — Until It Destroyed Their Best Panther-ZZ
At 0742 on March 6th, 1945, Corporal Clarence Smooyer crouched inside the turret of an M26 Persing tank in the rubble choked streets of Cologne,…
Read moreWhen Japanese Planes Attacked This ‘Secret’ Ship With 120 Rockets — Its Captain Saved 300 Lives\-ZZ
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ At 0635 on June 11th, 1945, Lieutenant Richard Mcool stood in the conning tower of USS LCS 122, tracking three Japanese Val dive bombers,…
Read moreGermans Set This B-17 on Fire With Bombs Inside — Until Its Pilot Saved His Crew One-Handed\\-ZZ
At 11:37 on February 20th, 1944, First Lieutenant William Loi sat in the left seat of a B17 Flying Fortress, climbing through 12,000 ft over…
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