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Chapters 12–17 describe the days that Louie spent adrift, trying to survive in the vast Pacific Ocean. When his B-24 bomber crashed into the sea on May 27, 1943, only three men survived: Louie, his pilot Russell Allen “Phil” Phillips, and tail gunner Francis “Mac” McNamara. Over the next 46 days, they struggled to survive in two small, inflatable rafts while drifting across miles and miles of water.

When Anthony turned 19 years old, he left his family to join the United States Marine Corps. He served a total of seven years in the Marines, traveling and living in the Carolinas, Japan and California. Anthony trained and worked as electrician in the military. He also received many awards during his service and was eventually honorably discharged in 1985.

MacArthur was born on an Army base in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 26, 1880, into a family with military history. When he was born his Dad was a captain , and had been decorated for his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. His Mom's brothers fought for the south during the civil war. The base where he was born was just the first of several military post which he lived as a kid. In 1893 his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and he attended the West Texas Military Academy. After high school, he enrolled in the military academy at West Point, where he excelled, and in 1903 he graduated with honors. After graduation, MacArthur was commissioned as a junior officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.

John F Kennedy attempted to become an officer in the army, butwas medically discharged due to lower back problems. However, due to help from his dad’s naval commander, he joined the naval reserve. He commanded several submarines, but one day on a sub called PT-109 they were smashed into by a Japanese destroyer and he carried a badly burned man to land with a life vest in between his teeth. However, he had injured his back and was given a purple star and he quit the military.

Many people have been born that have struck a chord with the world. Some people have become legends, patriots and even heroes. Though one person stood out among the rest, this one was not made a hero, but was born to be one. He was a hero at what he strived to be in life and he has captured the attention of the public like no other solider has done before or since. This great Canadian Air Force Ace became one of the legendary figures in 20th century air warfare. With his daring and dramatic dogfights in France, he achieved a record of 72 kills in his many encounters. His role on the ground during the Second World War training pilots changed and inspired a whole new generation of fighter pilots. This man is known

Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch was born to Frances F McCulloch, the daughter of an esteemed Virginian Planter mother, and Alexander McCulloch, a Major of the staff of Brig. Gen. John Coffee. His father was also an attendant and graduate of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He was born on November 11, 1811. He was the fourth child of a once prestigious family that had lost a large amount of money because of the Revolutionary War. While this was one factor, the father, Alexander McCulloch, was a large part of the problem. He was irresponsible when deciding on what to do with his inherited fortune and in return cost his family many luxuries that they could have had. While young, McCulloch and his family moved often between Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Their last place of settlement was in a town in Tennessee called Dyersburg. Here he had met David Crocket who acted as one of his close mutual friends, and thus his career began.

Douglas MacArthur was a US soldier, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. The son of a Union army hero during the Civil War (they are the only father and son to win the Congressional Medal of Honor) and a mother ambitious for his success, he trained at West Point (1903), rose steadily in the army, and demonstrated his bravado on a secret mission to Mexico (1914). In World War 1 he commanded a brigade in combat in France (1918), where he earned a reputation for bravery (wounded three times) as well as foppery - he carried a muffler and a riding crop into the line, but not a helmet or a gas mask. After serving as the superintendent of West Point (1919–22), he completed his second tour of duty in the Philippines.

In 1917, he was drafted into the US army at the age of 29. (“Alvin C. York”) He at first had internal conflicts between his religion and being in the army but then came to the conclusion that God planned for him to fight in the war. He was one of the most decorated soldiers in the war as he was a member of Company G in the 328th Infantry which was attached to the 82nd division. In 1918 at the battle of Argonne Forest, York and sixteen other soldiers were dispatched to take command of the Decauville railroad. The men misread their map, which ended up taking York and the soldiers behind enemy lines. The German force however unexpectedly surrendered to the soldiers. But when the Germans realized that they were only fighting a small army, they fired a machine gun and killed nine men including York’s best friend, Murray Savage, who was in their division. (Hickman 3)Corporal Harry Parsons had to take over after the original Sergeant was wounded in the fire. Parsons then ordered York to stop the machine gun from firing and York somehow got past the Germans and stopped the machine gun from firing. The Germans then surrendered one last time.

The novel Top Guns by Joe Foss and Matthew Brennan is a biography about many brave, extraordinary aces back in World War 1 and 2. One pilot, Arthur Raymond Brooks, was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1895. He graduated as valedictorian from Framingham Academy and High School in 1917 (Foss, 4). Arthur didn’t want to continue school, so he enlisted in the U.S Army Signal Officer Reserve Corps. Also, he attended the School of Military Aeronautics, with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada from September to November 1917 (Foss, 3-5). In 1918, Brooks was transferred to France, where he flew the SPAD S. VII. After three victories he became flight commander of the 22nd Aero Squadron flying the SPAD XIII C.1. These three victories were not easy, Brooks took on eight German Fokker D. VIII aircraft. He shot down four Germans with God on his side, as Brooks said, “I am alive today because of things I learned to do in one case and things I knew nothing about in the other--special flying techniques and my guardian angel” (Foss, 14). Arthur was followed back by the four other Germans, extraordinarily,

Sergeant Mitchell W. Stout was born on February 24, 1950 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Jack Stout and Faye Thomas. Stout was raised in Lenoir City, a small town included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area in the state's eastern region. As a child Stout attended Highland Park Elementary School. As a child he was known to be an enthusiastic student that was always smiling and willing to help in any way possible said his 6th grade teacher (1963), Mary Britten Lynch. At the age of 17, Stout enlisted into the U.S. Army as a private in Raleigh, North Carolina (his home of record) as. He went through paratrooper school and got his wings before the Army discovered that Stout was only 17 years of age when he had enlisted, leading to the Army discharging him. At the time of discharge in 1968, Stout was then 18 and re-enlisted where he was then stationed in Texas and shortly after

Truman first worked as a railroad construction timekeeper. After that, he was a clerk for two separate banks each located in Kansas City. When he wasn’t thrilled with that lifestyle he returned home to help his family on the farm and eventually joined the National Guard. The passion for him to join the National Guard arose with World War I. However, he could have been exempt from the draft due to farming, but instead he began to organize his regiment. His regiment was called into service in the 129th Field Artillery. When he was in France, Truman was promoted to Captain and received the assignment to battery D that didn’t have a very good reputation. Despite being unruly, he gained their respect and led them into a successful battle in the Argonne Forest. When Truman returned home he

Chesty Puller was born June 26, 1898. His father was a grocer who died when Chesty was only ten. He tried to join the Punitive Expedition but his mother stopped him. Chesty then got tired of his school work when he heard about World War I. From there he decided to join the Marines. He then went

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. had a very normal beginning. He grew up in Maryland, and went to Loyola High school. After graduating, he attended Loyola University and began majoring in physics. Clancy was also a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, or ROTC. Though he was very willing to serve, he was turned down after trying to enlist due to his myopia. He then switched his major to English and graduated in 1969 (Carlson, Michael).

Only a handful of American pilots were able to get airborne and engage their Japanese attackers at Pearl Harbor—George Welch and Kenneth Taylor were two of them. Caught off guard after an all-night party at an officers’ club, Welch and Taylor sped some 10 miles to the airfield where their P-40 pursuit planes were parked and took off under enemy fire. When they ran out of ammunition, they landed, reloaded and took off again. Vastly outnumbered by Japanese bombers in the skies over Oahu, Welch and Taylor shot down at least six enemy planes and damaged several more. For their actions on December 7, 1941, they became the first recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II. Take a look back at the astonishing heroism displayed by

A man well known for his military skills during WWI and WWII, George Patton Jr. was a significant leader let alone a great general. Born in 1885, Patton had a drive to be part of the military. The help of that dream was his father telling him all these war stories his ancestors went through (Zeno, 2015). He went through military school in Virginia before he decided to graduate from West Point for his military career in 1909 (Pettinger, 2010).