World War II Heroes - Ten True Tales Author:Allan Zullo During World War II, everyday citizens fought for our country to protect and preserve the values that made America great. Many of them found incredible courage they didn't know they had in firefights in the bombed-out fields of France, in dogfights over the flak-filled skies of Belgium, and in hand-to-hand combat on the bloody beaches of Oki... more »nawa.
Among the heroes, you'll read about the colonel who led his Rangers up a 100-foot-high cliff while the Nazis were firing down on them ... the teenage Marine who dived on two exploding grenades to save his fellow soldiers -- and lived ... the airman who was blinded and wounded from an attack by German planes yet helped save the crew of his crippled bomber.
The war and its heroes --
"We've got to fight back!" : Chief Petty Officer John Finn --
The stowaway : Private First Class Jack Lucas --
American bushido : Lieutenant Richard Antrim --
Attack in the devil's sea : Commander Lawson "Red" Ramage --
Hero without a gun : Private First Class Desmond Doss --
Flying blind : Sergeant Forrest "Woody" Vosler --
Mission impossible : Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder --
The ghost : Captain Matt Urban --
From jerk to hero : Sergeant Maynard "Snuffy" Smith --
Buffalo soldier : Second Lieutenant Vernon Baker« less