The Japanese had no idea the woman entertaining them was using the money they spent at her nightclub to secretly help American prisoners survive the brutal conditions in the POW camps.

That was Claire Maybelle Phillips. The secret American who had turned her nightclub into a weapon of war.

Claire found out that her husband Phil had been captured. She used her skill and bribery to gain access to the American POW camps, trying to help her husband.

But on May 23, 1944, Kempei-Tai (Japanese Secret Police) stormed Club Tsubaki and arrested Claire. For five months she endured brutal torture.

But Claire refused to betray the Philippine Resistance and the American soldiers being held in Japanese prison camps. She would fight to the end hoping that America had not forgotten her…

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56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages

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American Spy / World War II / Philippines / Japanese / Nightclub Hostess / Bataan Death March

His story of raw strength against impossible odds reveals a hero who history has a hard time explaining. Many wondered if Peter Francisco was an actual human being or something more. Like Biblical Samson, he appeared when needed to help defeat the enemies of freedom.

In 1776, at only sixteen years of age, a boy who began life as an orphan, joined the 10th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. He fought throughout the war, was wounded many times, but defeated in desperate hand-to-hand combat scores of the enemy, including facing Colonel Banister Tarelton’s Dragoons in a desperate fight, alone, heavily outnumbered.

The British knew of this giant American rebel, and tried to capture or kill him. And though severely wounded and once left for dead, Peter Francisco refused to die.

After the war Peter passed with little of this life’s possessions, though as a veteran and war hero, he died highly respect by his neighbors and friends. The perfect American hero. Unsung, yet honorable to the end.

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82 - HE EXPECTED TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF... | Lt. William Cushing (US Navy) | Civil War

73 - THEY LAUGHED... TILL SHE OPENED FIRE | Annie Oakley (Sharpshooter) | Wild West

53 - THE QUIET GENIUS WHO CRACKED JAPAN'S SECRETS | Capt. Joseph Rochefort (Cryptographer) | WWII

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Revolutionary War / American Continental Army / The Giant of the Revolution / Jack Reacher

At dawn King Charles II’s soldiers forced their way into Algernon Sydney’s home in Northumberland, England, charging him with “treason against the Crown.”

Sydney was convicted for his beliefs, his thoughts, for his love of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the common citizen, then marched to the gallows.

But Algernon Sydney’s writings, and the God-given truth he died for, would go on to inspire our Founders who, later, struggling in the face of overwhelming odds, published the Declaration of Independence to a shackled world. Then the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Sydney’s works became, in the end, the “Textbook of the American Revolution.”

Thomas Jefferson channeled Algernon Sydney. So did John Adams (and, of course, Abigail Adams).

Sydney’s contribution to freedom—as forgotten a hero as I have known—cannot be overstated. For he helped our Founders discover and embrace the God-given gift of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness!

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32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War

41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War

43 - CREATING AMERICA'S BATTLE HYMN | Julia Ward Howe (Poet/Abolitionist) | Civil War

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Freedom / Personal Liberty / Founding Fathers / American Revolution / Opposing Tyranny

Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, something happened to America that I hope we never forget.

Firefighters and police ran into danger trying to save lives.

Flight attendants and passengers fought terrorists with nothing but their bare hands.

Americans lined up to give blood.

And for a little while, the arguments stopped and an incredible miracle occurred: American flags came out everywhere. By 9/12 American flags were sold out all over the country.

We, as neighbors, as Americans, stood united against a common foe.

Twenty-five years later—because history is nothing if not our best early warning system—that is the message I believe we most need today.

Twenty-five years ago, terrorists tried to get us at each other’s throats. Today I am convinced that unless we change our thinking, we will, in fact, do the damage ourselves those 9/11 murderers wanted done to us.

I pray we never forget the sacrifices, but more so the lessons, of September 11, 2001.

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84 - 250 YEARS A REPUBLIC: Do We Still Deserve It?

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26 - IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ANGELS... | *Near-Fatal Personal Experience* | 1950s

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September 11, 2001 / Terrorism / Firefighters / Police Officers / Unity / Service

Thomas Jefferson was tasked with the treasonous task of authoring the Declaration of Independence, separating the Americans forever from King George III of England.

Without hesitation, Jefferson opened his portable desk and began work.

He wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

These were rights that no man, or king, could take from them.

Wisdom and observation taught Jefferson that those rights came from God, they were inherited, they were innate in the human spirit.

And governments existed solely to protect those rights, nothing more.

That government received its legitimate authority from “the consent of the governed.” That idea struck directly at the ancient belief of the divine right of kings, that kings ruled because God had made them kings and that “commoners never had the right to challenge a king.”

Thomas Jefferson and our Founders shattered such false traditions. And the world would never be the same again.

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35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War

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Revolutionary War / 1776 / Declaration of Independence / Founding Fathers / Freedom

The ancient stone walls of the Alamo trembled beneath another thunderous cannon blast.

Mexican soldiers surged forward in wave after wave, their battle cries echoing through the cold dawn air of March 6th, 1836.

The defenders, fewer than two hundred Americans, had held out against overwhelming odds for thirteen days hoping for reinforcements.

Near one section of the crumbling wall stood a tall, broad-shouldered frontiersman wearing a worn buckskin hunting shirt. His long rifle he named “Old Betsy” flashed again and again.

When powder ran out, he seized Old Betsy by the barrel and swung it like a club against Mexican soldiers pouring through the breach.

David “Davy” Crockett had fought bears, hostile natives, and fierce political battles in Washington his entire life. Now, surrounded by 2,000 heavy assault troops, he fought for something far more important.

Liberty itself.

And to the end, he never gave in or gave up. In fact, the great American name, Davy Crockett, is synonymous with the story of America.

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67 - TAMING THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND | Daniel Boone (Frontiersman) | Revolutionary War

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The Alamo / Frontiersmen and women / Opposing the Indian Removal Act / Andrew Jackson / US Congress

When America entered World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Doss wanted to serve.

But he did not want to kill another human being.

He was willing to risk his life for his country and for the men of his Army company. But he simply refused to take another life while doing so.

Many fellow soldiers did not understand. Some accused him of not being a “real man,” of being a coward.

Yet he also refused to hate the men who tormented him. Instead, he trained and trained hard. He mastered the skills of a medic.

Eventually, the men around him would discover that the soldier they considered a coward possessed truly remarkable courage and skill.

We can each learn from his unselfish prayer, offered not for himself, but for others: “Lord, please help me save just one more...”

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WWII / Pacific Theater / US Army / Medic / Conscientious Objector

The message arrived in the middle of the night.

Another threat from a shadowy, enraged stranger promising a violent attack.

Such cowardly messages appeared simply because J. K. Rowling, the acclaimed author of the Harry Potter Series, had refused to say what others demanded she say.

They threatened her family. Her highly popular books were targeted for boycott. Former friends and colleagues publicly disowned her.

Yet the courageous woman she is, J. K. Rowling did something that frightened her critics more than silence ever could. She spoke with even greater clarity and fortitude.

In her amazing public stand, the depth of her character shown for all the world to see. A strong woman who, after reaching the summit of literary success, discovered a deeper, more powerful message to our world.

I see J. K. Rowling’s example of courage as her most valuable contribution of all, especially as an example to our kids today. She demonstrates that true courage always comes at a price...

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43 - CREATING AMERICA'S BATTLE HYMN | Julia Ward Howe (Poet/Abolitionist) | Civil War

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Courage / Sacrifice / Dedication / Grit / Integrity / Harry Potter