milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 I'll start with …..Frank Lloyd Wright. Show me what ya got.... Hoosier Sports Nation ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Roy Benavidez Roy There is a book about him named Legend. Without a doubt the most amazing story of selflessness I have ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 The 442nd Infantry Regiment Composed of 2nd generation Japanese Americans who's families were sent to internment camps. Yet they fought and became the most decorated regiment in WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: Roy Benavidez Roy There is a book about him named Legend.HiWithout a doubt the most amazing story of selflessness I have ever read. His story is riveting. Truly a great American. Thanks so much for this contribution. Continue to stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Ernie Pyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Neil Armstrong and countless other astronauts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Abraham Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Rosa Parks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clarence Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 50 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: Ernie Pyle Oh yeah. Buried in Hawaii. Overlooking Pearl Harbor. If any of you ever get the chance... I recommend spending some time over his grave. I hear tell there is a Hall at IU, named after him as well. Great contribution jv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 54 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: Neil Armstrong and countless other astronauts Frank Borman. Circled the moon before Armstrong landed on it. Frank was from Gary, Indiana. And the Interstate leading from Gary to Chicago is named after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 58 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: Ernie Pyle A native Hoosier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Thomas Sowell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 As much as we rag on Purdoo the hoosier state has produced alot of people who have been involved in the space program. I have met one, Ken Bowersox who happened to have a cameo on the tv show Tool Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison22 Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 My step-father. He was a WW 2 captain. Battle of the Bulge, a winter affair from December 1944 to January 1945. Horrible conditions. He commanded one of several companies, with each company between 100 and 200 soldiers. Over a thousand men. Many poorly dressed for the cold. The companies were ambushed by a huge German front. 90% US causalities. The other captains were killed. My step-father was the only one of his rank to survive. He took command of the remnants of all the companies, rolled them into one brand new company, and got them back to safety. Through bitter cold, snow, snipers, and ongoing attacks. End of story? Not yet. They did get back to safety. Nearly all were wounded. Many frostbitten. They had a few days to eat and sleep. Most thought they were done with the war. Then my step-father received his orders. He had to go tell those men they were going right back into the war zone they just escaped from. Every man was needed. No exceptions. And he would lead them. Incredibly, they followed him. Knowing full well what might be waiting for them. He survived the war (as did most of the men in the new company). He had a wonderful career in Indiana as an educator. I never heard him raise his voice, or say a disparaging word against anyone. He lived to nearly 80, and hundreds came to his funeral. Before he died, they tried to name a school after him, but he said no. I think of him often. He was kind and compassionate. Just a farm boy thrust into a war like everyone else. But that moment when he went to those troops and said "Get your gear, we're heading back out." I can't imagine. Thank you, HSN, for letting me share his story. I don't want to give his name, or identify myself, but this all happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Madison22 said: My step-father. He was a WW 2 captain. Battle of the Bulge, a winter affair from December 1944 to January 1945. Horrible conditions. He commanded one of several companies, with each company between 100 and 200 soldiers. Over a thousand men. Many poorly dressed for the cold. The companies were ambushed by a huge German front. 90% US causalities. The other captains were killed. My step-father was the only one of his rank to survive. He took command of the remnants of all the companies, rolled them into one brand new company, and got them back to safety. Through bitter cold, snow, snipers, and ongoing attacks. End of story? Not yet. They did get back to safety. Nearly all were wounded. Many frostbitten. They had a few days to eat and sleep. Most thought they were done with the war. Then my step-father received his orders. He had to go tell those men they were going right back into the war zone they just escaped from. Every man was needed. No exceptions. And he would lead them. Incredibly, they followed him. Knowing full well what might be waiting for them. He survived the war (as did most of the men in the new company). He had a wonderful career in Indiana as an educator. I never heard him raise his voice, or say a disparaging word against anyone. He lived to nearly 80, and hundreds came to his funeral. Before he died, they tried to name a school after him, but he said no. I think of him often. He was kind and compassionate. Just a farm boy thrust into a war like everyone else. But that moment when he went to those troops and said "Get your gear, we're heading back out." I can't imagine. Thank you, HSN, for letting me share his story. I don't want to give his name, or identify myself, but this all happened. Incredible story about an incredible American. Love learning about stories like this. And thanks so much for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 John Chapman. You know him better as "Johnny Appleseed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeerBQ Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 4 hours ago, milehiiu said: John Chapman. You know him better as "Johnny Appleseed". He’s buried in Ft Wayne and they have a festival named after him every fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 George Washington Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Theodore Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower John F Kennedy Martin Luther King Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, BeerBQ said: He’s buried in Ft Wayne and they have a festival named after him every fall. I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 John Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Katjherine Lee Bates. A poet who taught English at the Colorado Summer School (a part of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado). Who in 1893 trecked to the top of Pikes Peak. And was so inspired by what she saw. Wrote "America the Beautiful". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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