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* The 332nd Fighter Group, aka the Tuskegee Airmen, which are America's first Black pilots and legends of World War II. Synonymous with CMOA. Up to this day, they're still considered some of the greatest fighter pilots in aerial combat history. Considering that they were able to defeat German jet fighters with propeller planes, they can hardly be described as anything else.

** Also their commander, Lt. Col. Benjamin Davis, became the first Black general in the US Air Force.

* [[Simo Häyhä]], who made 542 confirmed kills with a bolt action rifle against Soviet soldiers and during the 100 days of the the Winter War. Which is more than any sniper in history. He also killed approximately 200 more with a submachine gun. Over 700 confirmed kills, way more than anyone before or after. The Soviets wanted to kill him so badly that they used counter snipers and called in artillery strikes, just to kill one man. Nicknamed "[[ |White Death]]" by the same people who taught both [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and Hilter to fear winter. Badass.

* [[Simo Häyhä]], who made 542 confirmed kills with a bolt action rifle against Soviet soldiers and during the 100 days of the the Winter War. Which is more than any sniper in history. He also killed approximately 200 more with a submachine gun. Over 700 confirmed kills, way more than anyone before or after. The Soviets wanted to kill him so badly that they used counter snipers and called in artillery strikes, just to kill one man. Nicknamed "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|White Death]]" by the same people who taught both [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]] and Hilter to fear winter. Badass.

** He did this all using naught but ''iron sights''.

** One lucky Russian somehow manage to shoot Häyhä in the jaw. He survived the head wound, but woke up from his coma a week later just to find that the war ended, and finally died in 2002.