On one of the most dangerous day in US history, Vasili ARkhipov diffused the eminent nuclear attack and saved the world from Soviet missiles and war.
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Vasili Arkhipov and the Most Dangerous Day in Human History
BY Will Dabbs Published: November 3, 2024 { 13 comments }Violette Szabo: The Alpha Spy
BY Will Dabbs Published: September 28, 2023 { 1 comment }Violette Szabo was indeed a rare patriot. Her story of selfless sacrifice for the cause of freedom should inspire all of us today.
Dr. Dabbs – Dueling Doctors: The Curiously Violent Origins of the AMA
BY Will Dabbs Published: September 24, 2023 { 1 comment }Reality is strange. The American Medical Association technically had its earliest origins in two physicians who tried mightily to snuff each other’s mortal flicker at the muzzle of a handgun.
Dr. Dabbs – CPT Richard Flaherty: The Enigmatic Big Little Man
BY Will Dabbs Published: August 18, 2023 { 0 comments }In this tiny little warrior, we find a story almost too incredible to believe. Soldier, operator, lunatic, or spy, Richard Flaherty took the truth with him to the grave.
Dr. Dabbs – America’s First School Shooting
BY Will Dabbs Published: June 25, 2023 { 0 comments }America is awash with guns, but she has always been. It’s not the availability of guns. I would dare to say that today’s problem is the people.
The Hawker Hurricat and the Manliest Job in the World
BY Will Dabbs Published: April 2, 2023 { 5 comments }The war was lost for the Axis as soon as that first bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor. It just took a great deal of time and suffering to work out the details.
Bishnu Prasad Shrestha: The Indestructible Gurkha
BY Will Dabbs Published: March 26, 2023 { 14 comments }I have reliable information that movies are not technically real. This story about Bishnu Prasad Shrestha is very much real and as cool as any movie.
Ivor Thord-Gray: The War Junkie
BY Will Dabbs Published: March 3, 2023 { 13 comments }Thord-Gray was a combat addict. While history and his own memoires might have embellished his experiences somewhat, the places he went and the things he did are still impressive regardless.
LT Norman “Puddle” Poole: The Quiet Professional
BY Will Dabbs Published: February 18, 2023 { 4 comments }Poole had joined the British Army in 1939 and gravitated toward the hard jobs. With the invasion of France looming, LT Poole volunteered for one of the most dangerous missions of the war.
Major Aleksander Tarnawski: The Unkillable Polish Commando
BY Will Dabbs Published: February 12, 2023 { 8 comments }On January 8, 2022, Aleksander Tarnawski turned 101 years old. 101 years prior he had entered the world kicking and screaming in Słocin in the Rzeszów poviat in Poland. Like most of the young males of his generation, Aleksander Tarnawski soon found himself swept up in the war.








