Act of Valor by Simon Smith. (AP) BAT30DHM6469AP. Act of Valor by Simon Smith. After single handedly destroying a German Mark V Panther tank that had pinned down his unit, First Lieutenant James Maggie Megellas leads his platoon from the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne towards the Belgian town of Herresbach, 28 January 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge draws to its conclusion. Minutes before, despite being vastly outnumbered in heavy snow and freezing
Men of the 508th PIR
Leefe-Robinson was awarded the VC
Undeterred by the fighting around them the two men immediately set up a field dressing-station in the little village church to treat the growing numbers of wounded
He was aggressive in the air and obviously possessed excellent flying instincts and marksmanship skills
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the No 6 Sqn aircraft in which he shot down two enemy planes on 25th July
The Romans have abducted the daughters of their neighbors
Doolittle Raider
In an attempt to prevent the ship from reaching the safety of Luftwaffe air cover
the Spitfire
Nicolas Trudgians action packed painting shows an attack on Rabaul during the fall of 1943
the 322ft long SS Great Britain of 1843 was the first ocean-going vessel to be made entirely of metal and also the first to be propeller-driven