Sam Dickson
Sam Dickson is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News
Articles by Sam Dickson:
‘If only I had known what he would turn out to be’- A VC hero who held Hitler at gunpoint – and let him go
Stalin’s Transpolar Railway of death
English blood, Irish heart – John Kenneally’s forged identity and outstanding courage that won him the Victoria Cross
“Sweetheart Grips” – WWII soldiers would make clear grips for their pistols to display their sweethearts …
The first Victoria Cross of WWII was awarded to a banker who pioneered triathlon with sprinting, bombs and wheelbarrows
An eye for an eye – Jewish Avengers who after WWII set out to kill 6 million Germans
German soldiers came at him with bullets and bayonets, but he was trigger-happy. “I always believe in firing from the hip”
The Medal of Honor winner who threw himself on two Japanese grenades, survived the blast and saved his comrades – and was only 17
WWII American hero who was stripped of his medals – for being a dog
8 bullets till death: Thomas Baker’s heroic act that earned him the “Medal of Honor”
