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10-24-2008, 09:13 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Witold Pilecki- A Hero's Story Witold Pilecki actually allowed himself to get captured and sent to Auschwitz so that he could report on what was going on there. Quite a heroic story, with a sad ending. On This Day: Witold Pilecki Allows Himself to be Captured by the Nazis
__________________  http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci |
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10-24-2008, 03:26 PM
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| Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: East Dorset, South of England not Vermont.
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| In the end, courage is all that counts.............. |
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10-24-2008, 04:47 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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| a few words more about Witold Pilecki: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww2...ero-13365.html (Witold Pilecki 13.05.1901- 25.05.1948 A Forgotten Hero)
__________________  "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II - Last edited by v2; 10-24-2008 at 04:50 PM. |
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