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DSO: British officer, who exhorted his men to throw cricket balls at the enemy should they exhaust their ammunition

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Lieutenant-Colonel John William Arthur Stephenson was a British Army officer during Second World War. He was a hero of North Africa Campaign. As a Captain in the Middlesex Regiment, in 1943 he was awarded the DSO for service in Tunisia. However, he was most known to...read more

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 HQ Batallón) December 20, 2015

DCM: The French Canadian soldier who single-handedly liberated the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands from German army occupation. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal

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Leo Major was a French Canadian man born in 1921. He probably didn’t think he was going to be more of a hero than the average soldier when he joined up with the Canadian Army at the start of World War II—supposedly he simply joined up because he wanted to...read more

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He waded into the forefront of the many theaters of the WWII with a longbow on his back and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword held aloft.

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Lieutenant Colonel Jack “Mad Jack” Churchill of the British Army is regarded as one the greatest warriors of all time. He was the British soldier who killed nazis with a sword and a longbow. He is known for the motto: "Any officer who goes...read more

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Remains of a U.S. serviceman, a B-26C Marauder Pilot, return home

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The remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. William O. Pile, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. On November 3, 2015, it was announced by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting...read more

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 HQ Batallón) September 24, 2015

He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated

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Benjamin Lewis Salomon (September 1, 1914 – July 7, 1944) was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon. When the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he stood a rear-guard action...read more

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 HQ Comando Supremo) August 25, 2015

EstíoCast 17 – El último superviviente del 120 Regimiento de Infantería en Stalingrado

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Esto es Estiocast, vuestro Histocast de verano. Hoy nos vamos a las heladas estepas de Stalingrado para conocer las peripecias de Arthur Kruger, el último miembro del Regimiento de Infantería de Danzig que logró salir con vida de Stalingrado. Te lo cuenta...read more

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