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The Man the Myth the Legend

August Agbola O'Browne was the only known black person to fight in the Warsaw Uprising. He was born in Nigeria and was a traveling jazz musician until he settled in Poland. He worked with the resistance and survived the 1944 uprising against the Germans.

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He later moved to Britain and spent the rest of his life anonymously. His story wasn't discovered until 2010, and in 2019 a monument to his memory was erected in downtown Warsaw.

Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad who devoted his life to the excavation and restoration of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He was beheaded by ISIS after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts, despite a month of torture. He died a hero of heritage protection.

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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats untethered away from the safety of the space shuttle, with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so.

Olympian legend Jim Thorpe had his running shoes stolen the morning of the 1912 Olympics. He found two mismatched shoes in a garbage bin and wore them, winning one silver and two gold medals.

A World War I soldier wearing a steel armor cap (worn under the regular ordinance cap), splinter goggles to protect the eyes from shrapnel, and a steel dagger gauntlet, ca. 1917

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