Listen "The Man Who Fell To Earth and Maynard Smith"
Episode Synopsis
Both subjects today were B-17 ball turret gunners in World War II. The first story is truly one you would think was made up, but it is 100% true. The man was thrown from his stricken plane, fell 20,000 feet, crashed through a glass roof and lived to tell the tale. The True Hero for today, was the first enlisted person in the Army Air Corps to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
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