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Of all the wars fought in or by America, only one takes its name from a single person. In 1675, when the English hold on New England was still fragile, one Indian, King Philip, organized the seperate Algonquin tribes into one powerful, military force with a single objective - to drive the English settlers back into the sea. King Philip's War almost did just that. For a year Algonquin forces terrorized English settlements. Out of ninety New England...

"In 1970, a young infantryman’s platoon encountered an ambush in the jungles of Vietnam. Six members of his unit were trapped behind enemy lines, facing certain death if they were not rescued. Specialist 4 Philip Salois and a fellow grunt were determined to rescue their six comrades. Phil asked God to protect him and see him through this ordeal unharmed in return for a promise to do anything God wanted of him afterwards, not an uncommon promise...