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2. Vasily Arkhipov - Wikipedia

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   Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf]; 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a senior Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Russian submarine from launching a nuclear torpedo against ships of the United States Navy at a crucial moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis of ...

3. Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017) For the footballer, see Stanislav Petrov (footballer). In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevgrafovich and the family name is Petrov. Stanislav Petrov Petrov in 2016 Born Stanislav Yevgrafovich ...

4. Rick Rescorla - Wikipedia

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   The two participated in the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, which Moore would later describe in a 1992 book he co-authored We Were Soldiers Once… And Young, (from which the 2002 Mel Gibson film We Were Soldiers would be adapted); Rescorla is the soldier pictured on the book jacket cover. Moore described Rescorla as "the best platoon leader I ever saw".

5. Irena Sendler - Wikipedia

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   Irena Stanisława Sendler (née Krzyżanowska), also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta (15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), [1] was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw.

6. Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World

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   Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World (人間不信の冒険者たちが世界を救うようです, Ningen Fushin no Bōkensha-tachi ga Sekai o Sukuu Yō Desu, lit. "Adventurers Who Lost Faith in People Will Apparently Save the World") is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinta Fuji and illustrated by Susumu Kuroi.

7. Jan Baalsrud - Wikipedia

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   What happened over those nine weeks remains one of the wildest, most unfathomable survival stories of World War II. Baalsrud's feet froze solid. An avalanche buried him up to his neck. He wandered in a snowstorm for three days. He was entombed alive in snow for another four days and abandoned under open skies for five more.

8. Oskar Schindler - Wikipedia

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   The Book of the Just: The Silent Heroes Who Saved Jews from Hitler. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-297-81245-6. Smith, Emily (19 July 2013). "Schindler's list will be publicly auctioned – one of only four existing copies in the world". New York Post. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013; Staff (15 June 2011).

9. Colin Burgess (author) - Wikipedia

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   How Wickie Saved the World, 2010 [4] Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts, 2011 [5] Moon Bound: Choosing and Training the Lunar Astronauts, 2012; Freedom 7: The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr., 2014; Liberty Bell 7: The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom, 2014