Ann K. Mitchell Codebreaker
She was recruited to break Germany’s Enigma code machine.
From This is True for 17 May 2020
public service
Cops, firefighters, medics, soldiers, and similar who generally served others.
Jerry Givens Former executioner
“From the 62 lives I took, I learned a lot.”
From This is True for 20 April 2020
Sonny Grosso Good cop
Grosso was one of the real detectives behind ‘The French Connection’, and went on to work in TV and films.
From This is True for 26 January 2020
John Keenan Chief Detective
Keenan took the confession from the “Son of Sam” killer.
From This is True for 22 September 2019
Jim Leavelle Police detective
Leavelle was a cop. In 2018, he said he was still receiving about 500 requests for his autograph every year.
From This is True for 1 September 2019
Bob Gilliland Fast pilot
Gilliland clocked more experimental hours flying above Mach 3 — and above Mach 2 — than any other test pilot in history.
From This is True for 7 July 2019
Luis Alvarez First responder
Since Alvarez was on duty on 9/11, he had the health care he needed — but many others didn’t, he said, and that’s who he was fighting for.
From This is True for 30 June 2019
Fleming Begaye Sr. Code Talker
With Begaye’s death at 97, only seven of the more than 400 World War II Code Talkers survive.
From This is True for 12 May 2019
Dick Cole Co-pilot
Cole was the last of the surviving Doolittle Raiders.
From This is True for 14 April 2019
Ed Westcott Secret photographer
Westcott was the only one allowed to have a camera at the Manhattan Project.
From This is True for 31 March 2019