Studying heros

[Cecil DP]

I'll go with Col. George "Bud" Day. Did you see him and the other POWs at the RNC? Read the biographgy by Roger Coram, "American Patriot: The life and Wars of Bud Day".  Also, how about Larry Thornses.

If your son wants to study paleontology, have him read "Under a Lucky Star" by Roy Chapman Andrews. He was the real "Indiana Jones".

Last but not least, Theodore Roosevelt, MOH and Nobel Peace Prize, plus a Pulitzer and he was a noted amatuer naturalist and outdoorsman.

And one of only two father/son MOH awards.

[flyguy06]

Why was Greg Boyinton flawed? I liked his story

[ColonelJack]

And one of only two father/son MOH awards.

The other, of course, being Lt. Gen. (then brevet Major) Arthur MacArthur (Civil War) and Gen. of the Army Douglas MacArthur (World War II).

Jack

[Cecil DP]

And one of only two father/son MOH awards.

The other, of course, being Lt. Gen. (then brevet Major) Arthur MacArthur (Civil War) and Gen. of the Army Douglas MacArthur (World War II).

Jack

Teddy Roosevelt's son BG Theodore Roosevely Jr USAR earned his at Normandy during D-Day. He was supposed to get a second star and his own division, but died soon after of a heart attack.

[flyerthom]

Why was Greg Boyinton flawed? I liked his story

Very long battle with alcoholism. If you read Black Sheep One, The Life of Greg "Pappy" Boyington it discusses this, the evidence that his kill claims were padded, and the issues voiced by other members of VMF 214.

Once they were Eagles, the Men of Black Sheep Squadron by Frank Walton (a member of Black Sheep Squadron) tells a much different story than Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron

Post war there were several marriages, business failures, employment issues etc. No one can question his courage and skill. His self control and embelishments can be.



Black Sheep One

Black Sheep

Once they were Eagles

Baa Baa Black Sheep

[flyerthom]

Well, lets give the non military folks some time.

An 11 year old may be young for this story but as he ages:

In my Hands, Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer Irene Gut Opdyke with Jennifer Armstrong
New York, Anchor Books C 1999 ISBN 0-385-72032-7  This was a young girl of 17 at the Invasion of Poland who helped rescue a large group of Jews directly and indirectly from the Holocaust. She was named Righteous among Nations by the Israeli Holocaust Commission. She survived rape by the Soviets, slave Labor by the Nazis and time as a partisan. Eventually she came to America. Her parents were murdered and she was unable to see her sisters till 1984. Her sacrifices were amazing.