28 obscure facts from the depths of WWII history. Even Mike might not know these.
Born in London to a British father and French mother, Violette Szabo married Etienne Szabo, a French Foreign Legion officer. After he was killed at El Alamein during their daughter's first year, Violette learned to channel her grief into action and v…
Audie Murphy was rejected by every branch including the Marines for being 5 foot 5 and 112 pounds. He was accepted by the infantry and became the most decorated American soldier of WWII. He received the Medal of Honor at Holtzwihr, France on January …
Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector, became the most decorated medic of WWII. At Hacksaw Ridge on Okinawa, he lowered 75 wounded men down a 400-foot cliff one at a time using rope and pulley while under heavy fire. Each time …
Conscientious objector Desmond Doss served as a medic with the 77th Infantry Division and single-handedly lowered 75 wounded men from the Maeda Escarpment (Hacksaw Ridge) on Okinawa — one by one — while under heavy Japanese fire. He used a rope-and-p…