Posted on Dec 29, 2018

The U.S. Hockey Goalie Who Stood Up To Hitler At The 1936 Olympics

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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The U.S. Hockey Goalie Who Stood Up To Hitler At The 1936 Olympics

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LTC Stephen Conway

Posted 7 y ago

Back in 1980, I knew a Cowell man at our gym at Cypress College who was a discus thrower in the 1936 Olympics on the US team. He mentioned seeing Hitler as close as 7 meters away from him. This man was probably in his 70s back then.

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LTC Stephen Conway

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

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Great history lesson!

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The U.S. Hockey Goalie Who Stood Up To Hitler At The 1936 Olympics

The U.S. Hockey Goalie Who Stood Up To Hitler At The 1936 Olympics

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