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Nicole
Malachowski

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

In 2005, Colonel Nicole Malachowski made history by becoming the first woman ever selected to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the most elite aerial demonstration team in American military history. She flew…

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2006 First Female Thunderbird Pilot Made history as the first woman selected to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

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Bob
Zellner

SNCC’s White Civil Rights Hero Revealed

He was the son and grandson of Ku Klux Klan members. He became the first white field secretary in the history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. That contradiction, that extraordinary, dangerous leap across…

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1961 SNCC’s First White Field Secretary Joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and became a prominent white Southern organizer in the civil rights movement

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Aimee
Mullins

Paralympian, Model & Speaker

Aimee Mullins competed in track and field at Georgetown and represented the United States at the Paralympics. She later worked in fashion and acting, bringing her experience as an athlete into a broader public…

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1996 Paralympic Trailblazer Set world records in the 100m, 200m and long jump at the Atlanta Paralympics, becoming one of the world's most recognized pioneering Paralympic athletes.

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Kirk
Lippold

Kirk Lippold Biography: Former USS Cole Captain

On October 12, 2000, al-Qaeda attacked the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 sailors and injuring 37 others. Commander Kirk Lippold led his crew through the crisis, preventing the destroyer from sinking through…

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2000 USS Cole Commander Led his crew through the al-Qaeda attack on USS Cole and the emergency response that saved the damaged warship