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On December 23, 1944, First Lieutenant John Robert Fox volunteered to set up an observational post in the small Italian town of Sommocolonia, which was being overrun with Nazi soldiers. A member of the only Black infantry division in the U.S. Army to see combat during World War II, 29-year-old Fox had never before been on the front lines. But for three days, he stayed at his post and directed artillery fire toward German positions to help countless Americans retreat. Then, on the day after Christmas, the Germans launched an all-out assault, and Fox quickly became vastly outnumbered while running out of ammunition. Surrounded and facing certain death, Fox called in one last artillery strike — on his own position. He knew that he'd die, but that he'd also take dozens of Nazis with him and allow the rest of his comrades to escape.  According to the soldier who received his order, his last words were, "Fire it! There's more of them th...

Bulletproof vests were a must during ‘The Great Depression’ With increasing crime rates, law enforcers needed to be better equipped. While there were bulletproof vests in the market, they were not effective enough. In 1923, Protective Garment Corporation Of New York, held a demonstration of their bulletproof vests. One gentleman, W.H. Murphy had so much confidence in the bulletproof vests that he stood courageously at point blank range against a S&W revolver. He confidently took two bullets on his chest. He literally took a bullet to his chest, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the bulletproof vest. Witnesses have said that he did not finch an eye and stood with a smile on his face while the shots were fired. Quite a badass guy, I would say. In the second image below, he takes a bullet on the chest at an even shorter distance from the deputy of the Frederick County. but this time it almost go through. 

In 1838, the president of Mexico, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, had to have his leg amputated after being hit by cannon fire.  He ordered a full military burial for the leg.  He replaced the amputated leg with this prosthetic leg which remains on display at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield. Santa Anna's leg was brought to America as a war trophy. During the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847, General Santa Anna, taking a break during lunchtime, had taken off his artificial leg. Unexpectedly, an attack by the Illinois Infantry caught him by surprise. In his haste to flee, he inadvertently left behind his prosthetic leg.   The Illinois soldiers seized the leg and brought it back to Illinois as a trophy.

The  Battle of Tarawa  was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts. Nearly 6,400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died in the fighting, mostly on and around the small island of Betio, in the extreme southwest of Tarawa Atoll. The Battle of Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical Central Pacific region. It was also the first time in the Pacific War that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings had met little or no initial resistance  but on Tarawa the 4,500 Japanese defenders were well supplied and well prepared, and they fought almost to the last man, exacting a heavy toll on the United States Marine Corps. The losses on Tarawa were incurre...

In April 1985, an extraordinary event took place over the Irish Sea, captured by Adrian Meredith in what would become the only photo of Concorde flying at supersonic speed. Adrian, who was flying a Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado jet, had the opportunity to participate in a planned rendezvous with the legendary Concorde.  The Tornado, a versatile and powerful combat aircraft developed and used by the RAF, was primarily designed for air defense, ground attack, and reconnaissance missions. While it could match Concorde's cruising speed, its fuel consumption rate was significantly higher, allowing it to sustain that speed only for a matter of minutes. Despite the Tornado's capabilities, capturing the iconic photograph posed a unique challenge. To maximize its speed and keep up with the Concorde, the Tornado was stripped of all non-essential equipment.  The crew made every effort to maintain the pace, racing to catch up with the Concorde as it soared...

MENTALLY UNSTABLE OR OBSESSED? Meet Carl Tanzler who wouldn't let death separate him from his love. Tanzler was a physician who lived a  normal life until 1931 when he fell head-over-heels in love with a young tuberculosis patient named Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, a 22-year-old Cuban-American woman who was brought into the Key West,Florida Hospital where Tanzler worked.. As soon as he laid eyes on her, Tranzler was transfixed. He had visions as a child of a stunning, dark-haired woman who was destined to be his true love and he was convinced that Maria must literally be the woman of his dreams. At the time tuberculosis was a deadly disease so Tanzler committed himself to caring for Maria and made every attempt to save her life while also showering her with gifts and professions of love. Unfortunately, Maria died a few months later, sending Tanzler into deep heartbreak. Tanzler visited Maria’s body every night for two years until he evide...

During the American colonial era, lobsters were considered "garbage meat" and were eaten by indentured servants, prisoners, and poor families that couldn't afford anything else. Even the indigenous tribes that lived near the coast would use lobsters as fertilizer or fish bait rather than consume them. 19th-century Kentucky politician, John Rowan, once said, "Lobster shells about a house are looked upon as signs of poverty and degradation." It was common for people to bury lobster shells in their backyard to prevent their neighbors from seeing them. In one Massachusetts town, indentured servants even sued their owners because they were feeding them too much lobster. They won the lawsuit and got it in ink that they could only be fed lobster—at most—three times a week. Lobsters had such a bad reputation because they were extremely plentiful. Early colonists could just walk up to the shoreline and collect them because they w...