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A U.S. fighter pilot captured by the enemy. A father determined to rescue his son. One of the most remarkable and moving true stories of faith and perseverance to come out of World War II.
October 6, 1944. Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David "Mac" Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88-mm German anti-aircraft flak turned his P-38 Lightning into a comet of fire and smoke. Dave parachuted to safety...
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The new book from the author of "Seabiscuit". As a boy in the 1920s, Louie Zamperini was a study in uncorralled energy and defiance. At the point when his life could have taken a seriously wrong turn, his older brother channeled Zamperini's energy into track, and within a year, he was breaking records. Within a very short time, his fierce determination took him all the way to the 1936 Olympics, and within sight of becoming the first runner to ever...
5) No surrender: a father, a son, and an extraordinary act of heroism that continues to live on today
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A Baptist pastor documents the true story of his father, a devout Christian who risked his life to protect hundreds of Jewish-American GIs who were brutally targeted by the Nazis after being taken prisoner in World War II.
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