Profiles in Courage: William “Bill” Gornik

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: May 22, 2020
Many months of rigorous training and years of dedicated service to the Air Force positioned William Gornik well for a SR-71 Blackbird “special project”.
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Tags: Displays|Korea|Profiles in Courage|Veteran's Stories|Vietnam|WWII
Profiles in Courage: Grace A. Pankow

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: May 13, 2020
Missing her husband fighting in Africa, Grace Pankow received comfort knowing that she was helping end the war with every airplane brake line she attached.
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Profiles in Courage: David Haggard

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: May 6, 2020
It takes a certain kind of man to fly over and (purposely) crash-land into Nazi-occupied Europe. That man was David Haggard, US Army Air Corps glider pilot.
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Profiles in Courage: Curtis “Curt” Bowers

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: April 25, 2020
Feeling a call to re-enlist in the Army, Curt Bowers became a “pistol-packing” Chaplain dedicated to preaching, and living, his beliefs during the Vietnam war.
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Profiles in Courage: Tom Schornak

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: April 15, 2020
After a napalm drop turned sideways and facing imminent capture, Tom Schornak, with the help of his fellow Air Force and Army pilots, fought his way back to base.
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Profiles in Courage: John Hoye

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: April 8, 2020
After volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1941, John Hoye served his country in 3 wars: WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and was awarded 2 purple hearts.
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Tags: Korea|Profiles in Courage|Veteran's Stories|Vietnam|WWII