Edward Butch O’Hare was a fighter pilot on an aircraft-carrier in the South Pacific during World War II. One day all of the planes were active and when he took off he realized that he didn’t have enough fuel. His leader told him to go back, but all of a sudden he noticed a group of Japanese kamikaze planes heading towards the American fleet. There was no one to defend them, and Butch decided to single-handedly dive into this group of Japanese pilots and start shooting and hitting them as fiercely as he could, until his own ammunition was completely depleted. But by then the Japs had turned around and left, besides those that were hit and destroyed by Butch. Thankfully he was able to land his own plane safely on the aircraft carrier, slightly damaged but otherwise unharmed. His friends could not believe what he went through to protect his ship and his friends. Butch O’Hare was honored by the highest military honors, and today O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is named after him.
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