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Maynard Smith Argumentative Essay

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Now, proceeding to tell you about the well-known Sgt. Maynard Smith and how his courageous act lead him to receiving such a prestigious award. Sgt. Maynard Smith was an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army in World War II. When Sgt. Smith was returning from a mission over Europe on 1 May 1943, (www.americanhistory/library) the fighter aircraft was hit with intense enemy fire coming from all directions. Two of Sgt. Smith’s crewmembers were seriously wounded, but the worst part the scattering of intense fires being ignited in the aircraft’s cockpit, along with vital cables that were severed, and the aircraft’s oxygen system being shot out by enemy fire. With already just four crew members who alive and unwounded three panicked and threw themselves
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