Eighty years ago, B-17 pilot Colin Kelly made the ultimate sacrifice so that his crew could live, and in the process spawned a legend. The oft-repeated truism that America was ill-prepared for World War II manifested itself starkly at Pearl Harbor in the early morning hours of December 7, 1941. During the surprise attack launched from …
B-17 Pilot Colin Kelly: Remembering a Fallen American WWII Hero
Eighty years ago, B-17 pilot Colin Kelly made the ultimate sacrifice so that his crew could live, and in the process spawned a legend. The oft-repeated truism that America was ill-prepared for World War II manifested itself starkly at Pearl Harbor in the early morning hours of December 7, 1941. During the surprise attack launched from …
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