November 14, 1965 – Ia Drang River Valley – South Vietnam: Captain Ed Freeman was the flight leader of the 229thAssault Helicopter Battalion, a 16-helicopter unit whose mission was to drop the soldiers and supplies of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment into a...
September 4, 1936 – Over the North Atlantic Ocean: At 10:30 p.m. the first gas tank ran dry sooner than expected, and the plane’s engine sputtered and died. Beryl Markham groped in the dark cockpit for a flashlight as the plane drifted back to earth. Finding it, she...
March 4, 1993 – Annual ESPY Awards, Madison Square Garden, NYC: “And the winner of this year’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award is,” the announcer paused, “Jim Valvano, ESPN broadcaster and former head basketball coach at North Carolina State University.” Assisted by his...
February 3, 1943 – S.S. Dorchester – North Atlantic Ocean: The German torpedo ripped through the ship’s hull on the starboard side near the engine room. The lights went out, and chaos ensued in the darkness. Nearly one-third of the 904 men on board died in the first...
1944 – Ravensbruck Concentration Camp – Germany: Prisoners No. 66729 and 66730, sisters Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, huddled under the dim light bulb in the back of Barracks No. 28 so they could read their worn Bible, which they had miraculously smuggled into the...
1425 A.D. – Doremy, France: At age 13, she was in her father’s garden when she saw a bright light and heard a voice that told her, “Be a good girl. Great things are expected of you.” Frightened and confused, she dared not tell her parents. What would they think about...
