Paul Newman
After being told that his color-blindness prevented him from becoming a pilot during WWII, Paul Newman did anything but give up. He pushed to become a turret gunner on an Avenger torpedo bomber – one of the Axis’ worst nightmares. He narrowly escaped a terrifying death when during the Battle of Okinawa, kamikaze planes attacked the USS Bunker Hill where he was supposed to be on board. Newman wasn’t on the ship, simply because his pilot was suffering from an ear infection.
Paul Newman
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