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Pearl Harbor's First Responders: The Daredevil Duo

59 min • 7 maj 2025

Greetings, history enthusiasts. I'm Steve Matthews, and welcome back to WW2 Stories. Today, I'm going to tell you about two remarkable young men whose courage and quick thinking during America's darkest hour made them the first heroes of World War II for the United States. This is the story of George Welch and Kenneth Taylor—two Army Air Corps pilots who refused to stay grounded while Pearl Harbor burned around them.

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