Word: valiants
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When first this order was ordain'd, my lords, Knights of the garter were of noble birth, Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage, Such as were grown to credit by the wars ; Not fearing death, not shrinking for distress, But always resolute in most extremes...
...Pacific flew 266 missions and shot down seven Japanese planes. In Korea Davis downed 14 Red planes in all. On Feb. 10, 1952 he dived into a formation of Red MIGs, shot down two and was gunning for another when, mortally hit, his Sabre jet crashed. For his valiant last fight Pilot Davis' name was added in death last week to the proud roster of Medal of Honor winners. At Lubbock, Texas, in the home he bought only a week before going to Korea, his widow was still bitter. "If I could feel that he lost his life...
...Prince Valiant (20th Century-Fox CinemaScope...
...other varsity winners were Mohammed Sheriff, broad jump; Lee Hurd, 120-yard hurdles; George Valiant and Don Richards, pole vault; Hal Gerry, two-mile; Don Whitehead, high jump; and Ed Carter, 220-yard hurdles...
...night in 1709, a gang of bullies set fire to a thatched cottage in Epworth, England, where their censorious Anglican vicar lay sleeping. The Rev. Samuel Wesley and his family escaped in their nightshirts, but one small son got left behind in the rush. It took a valiant rescue effort to save five-year-old John Wesley from the flames, and when he was restored to his mother, she is supposed to have offered a prayer: "See-is not this a brand, plucked from the burning...