We are the children of heroes. These are the stories of seven men whose courage, determination and skill are so remarkable that it is nearly impossible to credit them as true. But the stories are true. These men were real. These things actually happened. Writer and series host Bill Whittle peels away the history, the colorless and drab recitation of dates and events, to reveal the actual human beings beneath the legend. Many of these men were national celebrities in their day, although a few of them never got the recognition that they deserved in their own time. The one thing...
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Dick Rutan Breaks a Promise
By the mid 1980s, all of the aviation records that had so challenged the imaginations of pilots and the public alike had been achieved… except for one. Lindbergh had crossed the At…
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Dick Rutan Breaks a Promise
By the mid 1980s, all of the aviation records that had so challenged the imaginations of pilots and the public alike had been achieved… except for one. Lindbergh had crossed the At…
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56 min
Frank Luke Draws His Sidearm
Frank Luke was America’s second highest scoring ace in World War One. Over the course of twelve furious days, he shot down 17 enemy aircraft, many of them observation balloons, by…
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54 min
Frank Luke Draws His Sidearm
Frank Luke was America’s second highest scoring ace in World War One. Over the course of twelve furious days, he shot down 17 enemy aircraft, many of them observation balloons, by…
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Ernest Evans Orders Left Full Rudder
As a young officer on an obsolete destroyer in the opening days of World War Two, Ernest Evans had watched a combined American, British and Australian fleet get decimated by the se…
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1 h 06
Ernest Evans Orders Left Full Rudder
As a young officer on an obsolete destroyer in the opening days of World War Two, Ernest Evans had watched a combined American, British and Australian fleet get decimated by the se…
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1 h 01
Booker T. Washington Catches the Late Train
Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation, Booker T. Washington’s relentless pursuit of an education would eventually bring him such renown that he would become the first Black Am…
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59 min
Booker T. Washington Catches the Late Train
Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation, Booker T. Washington’s relentless pursuit of an education would eventually bring him such renown that he would become the first Black Am…
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1 h 00
John Paul Jones Sails Back from the War
John Paul was the son of a Scottish gardener, denied a career as an officer in the Royal Navy due to his humble origins. Falsely accused of murder —twice — he abandoned a career as…
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58 min
John Paul Jones Sails Back from the War
John Paul was the son of a Scottish gardener, denied a career as an officer in the Royal Navy due to his humble origins. Falsely accused of murder —twice — he abandoned a career as…
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1 h 11
Jimmy Doolittle Releases the Brakes
On the morning of December 8th, 1941, the vaunted US Pacific fleet lay deep in the mud at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Americans were stunned, but this was just the beginning, as th…
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1 h 09
Jimmy Doolittle Releases the Brakes
On the morning of December 8th, 1941, the vaunted US Pacific fleet lay deep in the mud at the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Americans were stunned, but this was just the beginning, as th…
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54 min
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Calls for the Bayonet
On July 3, 1863, Union forces easily took up a defensive line along a small rise call Cemetery Ridge in the peaceful Pennsylvania crossroad village called Gettysburg. But the extre…
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56 min
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Calls for the Bayonet
On July 3, 1863, Union forces easily took up a defensive line along a small rise call Cemetery Ridge in the peaceful Pennsylvania crossroad village called Gettysburg. But the extre…
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America's Forgotten Heroes Launch Trailer
We are the children of heroes. These are the stories of seven men whose courage, determination skill are so remarkable that it is nearly impossible to credit them as true. But the…
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3 min
America's Forgotten Heroes Launch Trailer
We are the children of heroes.These are the stories of seven men whose courage, determination skill are so remarkable that it is nearly impossible to credit them as true. But the s…