Via Hal
Few people would be able to survive what Army Master Sgt. Henry Erwin lived through after a midair accident over Japan during World War II. The 23-year-old suffered horrific burns down to his bones after a smoke bomb burst in his airplane. The efforts he put forth to save the rest of his crew from death earned him the Medal of Honor in an unprecedentedly quick fashion.
Erwin was born on May 8, 1921, in Adamsville, Alabama, and was the eldest child in a large family. His father, a coal miner, died when he was 10, so Erwin took a part-time job to help the family financially. He eventually dropped out of high school to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps before getting a job at a steel mill.
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Well, that kind of sets you back, doesn't it.
ReplyDeleteCan't fathom that.
DeleteFucking legend. Hardcore.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of:
DeleteAt one point in the battle an NVA soldier accosted him and stabbed him with his bayonet. Benavidez pulled it out, yanked out his own knife, killed him and kept going, leaving his knife in the NVA soldier’s body.
That my friends, is a badass.
https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/search?q=Benavidez
Thank you for the story and the link, true inspiration for whats on the horizon.
DeleteYes and I tried to find an article on Steinhoff that I posted with much information and couldn't, so here is the WIKI article. He was badly burned as you can see in the picture and when he was visited in the hospital by another ACE he said he was fine which made me think of him. Better men than me.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Steinhoff