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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Profiles in Courage: Don Tolmie
By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: April 3, 2020
Shot down by a German Me-109, news of his newborn daughter, brought by the Red Cross, gave Don Tolmie a glimmer of hope while imprisoned in Stalag Luft III.
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Profiles in Courage: Jim and Nora Durfee
By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: March 30, 2020
Jim Durfee spent 3 years in the Air Force during WWII. He completed 30 dangerous missions before reuniting with his dearly missed sweetheart, Nora.
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