Upon her arrival to Auschwitz in 1943, Jewish ballerina Franceska Mann was told to strip her clothes and change into prisoner's outfit. She stripped "in a distracting way", stole an SS guard's pistol, and shot him dead.
She was also able to wound another guard in the stomach, before she was killed. Then another woman who was present there, took her attack as an opportunity, and convinced a few other women to rebel. Before they were all murdered, they managed to scalp one Nazi, and tear the nose off another. she was also amazingly beautiful.
She was also amazingly beautiful.
Leonard Matlovich was a decorated Vietnam War veteran with a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He was also the first gay American service member to purposely out himself to the military in order to fight their ban on gay people. However, despite his impeccable record, the United States Air Force discharged him after he came out to his officers. Undeterred, Matlovich became a fierce advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ community. In 1975, he was featured on the cover of "TIME" magazine, making him a symbol for gay service members and gay Americans as a whole. When Matlovich passed away in 1988 from HIV/AIDS complications, his headstone was inscribed with the following words: "When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."