An actor plays Spanish-American Admiral David Farrugut, a hero in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

In nineteen ninety-nine, Walter Plowright won the World Food Prize as a hero of the fight against rinderpest.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

And it nominated a hero of the Spanish-American War, New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt, as vice president.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

He was called a hero for taking this kind of personal action to support the farm workers.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

His father,Arthur MacArthur, was a hero of the American Civil War and continued to serve in the army after the war ended in eighteen sixty-five.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Paul Bunyan was a hero of North America's lumberjacks, the workers who cut down trees.

VOA: special.2011.05.07

Wiley Post was a hero. He had become the most famous pilot in America.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Not surprisingly, America's sixteenth president is a hero of another former Illinois lawmaker.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

He was a hero who could defeat any enemy from outer space.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

When she returned to Washington, Clara Barton found she was a hero.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

He was honored as a hero. Today,opinions about his career remain divided.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

He becomes a hero. The young people and their fathers are united.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

In the old song, Casey Jones is a hero.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

Commodore William Bainbridge was a hero of that war.

VOA: special.2009.05.27