July 1, 2021 - The Michael Knowles Show
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| *Music* People seem to have forgotten that courage is not just a virtue, it's actually the prerequisite for all of the other virtues. | |
| If America is in need of anything right now, it's bravery. | |
| And our newest podcast, America's Forgotten Heroes, is here to provide some. | |
| It's available now wherever you listen to podcasts, so go subscribe and leave a five-star review if you like what you hear. | |
| Starting today, America's Forgotten Heroes boasts seven action-packed episodes that will drop daily, each featuring a man who never attained widespread notoriety, despite saving America at some of its darkest hours. | |
| Each of these men exhibited such courage under pressure, it's hard to believe they even existed. | |
| Which is exactly why you will love hearing their stories. | |
| America's Forgotten Heroes is a trip that takes you back in history to a time where language wasn't violence, where brave men paid in blood for the freedom that many use to complain about microaggressions and pronouns today. | |
| One of these men is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a college professor turned volunteer soldier for the Union Army and a Civil War icon, according to historians. | |
| Better known as the Lion of Little Round Top, Chamberlain's most famous accomplishment was during the Battle of Gettysburg where his regiment was stationed at a critical position for the Union Army's defense and suffered multiple attacks from Confederate troops. | |
| Knowing that they would not be able to withstand another Confederate attack, Chamberlain decided to launch a bayonet charge at Confederate soldiers, a bold, risky, and effective maneuver that secured the Union Army's victory at Gettysburg. | |
| His story isn't the only one. | |
| Ernest E. Evans was a World War II naval officer who fought in the Battle of Sumar. | |
| During the war, a small U.S. naval task unit was ambushed by a large Japanese fleet of 23 ships, hell-bent on destroying the American Navy. | |
| Though almost completely unprepared, Evans and his men managed to attack the Japanese forces in one of the greatest last stands in naval history, and in the face of almost certain death. | |
| Here's the trailer for America's Forgotten Heroes, if you need a little convincing. | |
| Hi everybody, I'm Bill Whittle and I'd like to introduce you to seven men who have made this country so exceptional. | |
| John Paul Jones, who sailed home from war 129 years after he sailed into it. | |
| Frank Luke, the World War I fighter ace who drew his sidearm in a desperate situation. | |
| Booker T. Washington, a man who came into the world as someone else's property and who left it with a foolproof formula for racial harmony. | |
| Jimmy Doolittle, the perfect combination of brains, guts, and skill running up his engines a long way from home. | |
| Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a man so profoundly wise that he could see the great wheel of history revolving around him in real time. | |
| Ernest Evans, a US Navy commander whose vow to never run away from the enemy triggered the most amazing two hours in US history. | |
| And Dick Rutan, combat pilot, test pilot, and the man who nailed the last standing record in aviation history, With a little help from his baby brother. | |
| These are America's forgotten heroes. | |
| And if you join me, I guarantee you will come out of these seven episodes as awestruck, proud, and grateful as I did. | |
| There's just something about the way Bill Whittle says it. | |
| I don't know. | |
| I can't wait. | |
| I mean, I always loved Bill's series, and this one probably more than any of them. | |
| It's really great stories. | |
| In honor of our nation's independence, get ready to unpack some of the most exciting untold history of the heroes who changed the future. | |
| Certainly change the present. | |
| Certainly we're going to change the future too. | |
| Subscribe now to America's Forgotten Heroes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss the first episode. | |
| If you like what you hear, leave a five-star review and help share these incredible stories. |
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