High - Flying Hero
Jan 01, 2020
3 minutes
by Christy Mihaly
art by Alan Marks
In the midst of World War I, the fate of 200 soldiers rested on one small hero.
Gunfire roared around the battalion of American soldiers. They were deep in a forest in northern France. German forces surrounded them. They’d lost half of their 500 men. Food and water were running low, and they were almost out of ammunition.
One Last Hope
Major Charles Whittlesey rubbed his eyes. It was October 4, 1918, and the battle had been raging for two days. He’d sent
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