Forgotten Heroes
Real people whose extraordinary courage history nearly forgot — 16 profiles
Marina Raskova
Aviator • Soviet Union • 1912–1943
personally petitioned Stalin to create all-female combat aviation regiments. Over 1,000 women flew 40,000 combat sorties.…
Tags: Soviet Union,women,pilots,Night Witches,588th
Minoru Yonnie Hanada
Intelligence Officer • United States • 1915–2001
Japanese-American intelligence officer who interrogated Japanese POWs and rose to lieutenant colonel, breaking racial barriers.…
Tags: MIS,intelligence,Japanese American,occupation,442nd
Desmond Doss
Combat Medic • United States • 1919–2006
Refused to carry a weapon and saved 75 lives single-handedly on Hacksaw Ridge at Okinawa.…
Tags: Okinawa,medic,conscientious objector,Hacksaw Ridge
Oskar Schindler
Industrialist • Germany • 1908–1974
Spent his entire fortune saving 1,200 Jews. Died penniless and buried in Jerusalem — the only Nazi Party member interred there.…
Tags: factory,Krakow,Auschwitz,Righteous Among the Nations,fortune