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The Amazing Story of How Humbert Rocky Versace Earned a Medal of Honor as a POW (2019x45)

Fecha de emisión: Feb 16, 2019

Join War Thunder for f→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Has Anyone Ever Actually Tied a Damsel in Distress to a Railroad Track? https://youtu.be/l-6HbL09Pgw What Were Those Weird Metal Things on the Beaches During the Normandy Invasion? https://youtu.be/GOfKwjC_AH4 In this video: Described as “the bravest man you’ve never heard of”, Captain Humbert Roque Versace’s story is one that is not as well known as it should be. So allow us to remedy that by discussing how he spent two years basically being a huge pain in the ass for his captors in a Vietnamese POW camp- so much so that he managed to become the first person in the U.S. Army to earn a Medal of Honor for his conduct as a prisoner of war. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2019/02/amazing-story-humbert-rocky-versace-earned-medal-honor-pow/ Sources: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rRVSAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT158&dq=Humbert+Roque+Versace&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhzLTQtYfYAhXrCMAKHYPoB6kQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q=Humbert%20Roque%20Versace&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tere_R%C3%ADos http://the-american-catholic.com/2014/03/31/the-bravest-man-you-have-never-heard-of/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/vietnam-war/put-up-such-a-fight-in-captivity-viet-cong-executed-him-out-of-frustration-he-was-last-heard-singing-god-bless-america-he-was-later-awarded-the-medal-ofhonor.html http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hrversace.htm http://www.hawaiireporter.com/a-spirit-filled-life-cut-short-capt-humbert-roque-versace-u-s-army-medal-of-honor-korea-vietnam-1937-1965/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=njMbo3UVkCcC&pg=PT353&dq=Humbert+Roque+Versace&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig0fKttofYAhWrAsAKHStOD6QQ6AEITjAH#v=onepage&q=Humbert%20Roque%20Versace&f=false