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Jan 2022
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EP171: How To Properly Brag About the Wo...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, SR-71 Blackbird pilot, Bryan Shall, explains how much fun you can have when you're the fastest plane in the sky. LCpl. Tom Morton tells the story of Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman not only being his mentor and squad leader, but also a hero of the highest caliber who died trying to save an Afghani police officer from drowning in the Helmand River.

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00:00 - How To Properly Brag About the World's Fastest Plane

10:00 - Losing My Mentor, Finding Peace

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