Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from
President Harry S. Truman.

Private First Class Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Virginia,
was presented the Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery
as a combat medic, the first conscientious objector in
American history to receive the nation’s highest military
award.
 

When called on by his country to fight in World War II, Doss,
a dedicated pacifist, registered as a conscientious objector.

Eventually sent to the Pacific theater of war as a medical
corpsman, Doss voluntarily put his life in the utmost peril
during the bloody Battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives
well beyond the call of duty.

Desmond Thomas Doss
(February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006)

The 2016 film directed by Mel Gibson focuses
on the combat experiences of Desmond Doss.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland K9 officer has
been named one of the country’s most heroic dogs.

Jacky, a 6-year-old German shorthaired pointer, is a
semifinalist for an American Humane 2024 Hero Dog
Award in the “Law Enforcement and First Responder”
category.

Jacky and human Officer Charlie Berry are assigned to
TriMet’s Transit Police Division, where K9 Jacky helps
protect TriMet’s riders and employees, as well as the
wider Portland region, sniffing out potential danger.

Port of Portland announced Monday, K9 Jacky and
her handler Officer Berry have been selected to work
Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Feb. 11.

Port of Portland Police Officer Charlie Berry and her K9
Jacky. (Port of Portland)

Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), also
known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", was an American
professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major
League Baseball from 1963 to 1986.

(FOX NEWS) – Award-winning actor James Earl Jones died
Monday at his home in Dutchess County, New York. The
cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Jones was known for his voice role as Darth Vader in the
"Star Wars" franchise, in addition to "Coming to America,
"Field of Dreams," Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and "The
Hunt for Red October."

1970

In 1977, Jones made his debut in his iconic
voiceover role as Darth Vader in George
Lucas‘ space opera blockbuster film Star
Wars: A New Hope.

Jones with President George H. W. Bush and First Lady
Barbara Bush in 1992.

Formerly known as the Cort Theatre, now the James Earl
Jones Theatre on Broadway.

On August 21, 1950, officials of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association accepted Althea Gibson into their
annual championship at Forest Hills, New York, making
her the first African American player to compete in a U.S.
national tennis competition.

Althea Neale Gibson
(August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003

Gibson survived a heart attack in 2003, but died on
September 28 that year from complications following
respiratory and bladder infections. Her body was
interred in the Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New
Jersey, near her first husband, Will.

Statue of Gibson by Thomas Jay Warren in Newark, New
Jersey, near the courts (in background) on which she ran
clinics for young players in her later years.