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Ryan Wayne White was born December 6, 1971 was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana , who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS. Ryan was a hemophiliac and was infected with the virus from a contaminated blood. After his diagnosis, he was given six months to live. When White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Howard County, Indiana, rallied against his attendance due to unwarranted concerns of the disease spreading to other students and staff. Surprising his doctors, Ryan White lived five years longer than predicted. He died on April 8, 1990.

During the Vietnam War, one of the most dangerous jobs was undertaken by a select few known as "tunnel rats." These unsung heroes were American, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers specially trained as combat engineers, who crawled through Viet Cong underground tunnels to perform perilous covert search and destroy missions.⁠ ⁠ Tunnel rats gently prodded for armed mines in order to disarm them — and prayed that they survived with both their legs intact. Most men were volunteers and tended to be of smaller stature, making it easier for them to maneuver through the cramped subterranean spaces.⁠

A photo of a possibly Shell-shocked soldier during WWI.