Profiles in Courage: Duane Beeson “The Boise Bee”

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: February 28, 2023
Longing to fly, but lacking the education to join the USAAF, Duane Beeson joined the Canadian RAF Eagle Squadron in WWII.
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Profiles in Courage: William “Bill” L. Torske

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: July 22, 2021
After a bombing mission in Italy took a bad turn, William Torske spent months in Stalag Luft 1, emerging a changed man.
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Profiles in Courage: Joe and Betty Oberst’s Legacy

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: September 30, 2020
A supporter of the Warhawk Air Museum since its founding, Joe Oberst was instrumental in introducing the Veterans History Project to the Museum.
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Profiles in Courage: Nat Adams

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: July 2, 2020
Rescued from the ocean after his plane was hit by debris from a bombed Japanese ship, Nat Adams repaid the favor to another downed pilot–Lt. (j.g.) George H.W. Bush.
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Profiles in Courage: Eugene Zimmerman— A Vietnam Diary

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: June 18, 2020
Christian Zimmerman, son of Maj Eugene Zimmerman, shares selected excerpts from his father’s Vietnam diary, providing insights and sketches from his service at the Da Nang Airbase.
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Profiles in Courage: Archie Dean “Don” Mull

By: Warhawk Air Museum
Posted On: June 3, 2020
Born to a hard life in Oklahoma during the dust bowl and unable to find work, Archie Mull joined the US Army Air Corps, where his gunnery career ended with a stay in a German prisoner of war camp until the end of WWII.
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