[robroys woman]

Patton
Henry Ford
Benjamin Franklyn
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Edison

[BuffaloJack]

Benjamin Franklin
Alvin York
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Robert E. Lee

[bankwalker]

Thomas Edison
Jim Rohn

[BenLurkin]

Thomas Edison
Henry Ford

[Former Proud Canadian]

Thomas Edison
Patton
Henry Ford
Ben Franklin

[Retvet]

Benedict Arnold
Al Capone
Tesla
Davey Crocket
Sacajuwia (apology for not knowing how to spell her name)

[madison10]

George Washington Carver
Molly Pitcher
Nathan Hale
Davy Crockett
Dolly Madison

[aspasia]

Great topic.

Paul Revere

[PIF]

Nikola Tesla
Booker T Washington
Neil Armstrong
Audie Murphy
Eli Whitney

[Midwesterner53]

Ben Franklin
Gen Stonewall Jackson
The Wright Brothers
Gen John Pershing
The American Soldier

[BenLurkin]

George C Marshall

[Delta 21]

Jeff Cooper
Nikola Tesla
Ben Franklin
General George S. Patton
General of the Armies John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing

[mrs. a]

Mad Dog Mattis. “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” Best quote ever for the school hallway.

[fhayek]

Mark Twain
Anthony McAuliffe
George Gershwin
J.D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan

(in addition to the previous responses)

[Bryan24]

Francis Marion
Daniel Boone
Alexander Campbell
George Washington Carver
Eddie Rickenbacker

[OrioleFan]

Robert E. Lee
Thomas Alva Edison
George Washington Carver
Henry Ford
Hyman G. Rickover

[aspasia]

Todd Beamer "Let's Roll."

[FLIGHT 93]. . . hijackers . . . told passengers, "Keep remaining sitting. We have a bomb on board." Beamer and the other passengers were herded into the back of the plane. The curtain between first class and economy class had been drawn, at which point Beamer saw the pilot and co-pilot lying dead on the floor just outside the curtain, their throats having been cut, as a flight attendant informed him. Within six minutes, the plane changed course and was heading for Washington, D.C.. Several of the passengers made phone calls to loved ones, who informed them about the two planes that had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. Beamer tried to place a credit card call through a phone located on the back of a plane seat, but was routed to a customer-service representative, who passed him on to GTE airphone supervisor Lisa Jefferson. With FBI agents listening in on their call, Beamer informed Jefferson that hijackers had taken over United 93, that one passenger had been killed, and mentioned the dead pilots. He also stated that two of the hijackers had knives, and that one appeared to have a bomb strapped around his waist. When the hijackers veered the plane sharply south, Beamer briefly panicked, exclaiming, "We're going down! We're going down!"[1][7][8] Flight 93 crash site Following this, the passengers and flight crew decided to act.[1] According to accounts of cell phone conversations, Beamer, along with Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick, formed a plan to take the plane back from the hijackers.[9] They were joined by other passengers, including Lou Nacke, Rich Guadagno, Alan Beaven, Honor Elizabeth Wainio, Linda Gronlund, and William Cashman, along with flight attendants Sandra Bradshaw and Cee Cee Ross-Lyles, in discussing their options and voting on a course of action, ultimately deciding to storm the cockpit and take over the plane.[1] Beamer told Jefferson that the group was planning to "jump on" the hijackers and fly the plane into the ground before the hijackers' plan could be followed through.[6][7] Beamer recited the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm with Jefferson, prompting others to join in. Beamer requested of Jefferson, "If I don't make it, please call my family and let them know how much I love them." After this, Jefferson heard muffled voices and Beamer clearly answering, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll." These were Beamer's last words to Jefferson.[1][7][8] linky

[crusher2013]

Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
The Wright Brothers

[LostPassword]

Edison and Tesla - Tesla was born in Croatia but became American. They should be studied together. Lots of great discussions about research/technology/business/progress.

Ford and/or the Wright brothers - lots of great discussion about patents, business, “being first”, and progress.

P.T. Barnum and/or Elon Musk - Neither one probably said “There’s a sucker born every minute” but you can get lots of fame and money by using that as a business plan.

That’s 6 so drop one (other than Edison or Tesla). The US was built off of hard work, business, entrepreneurship. And everyone can work for their own goals, whether the main goal is money like Edison and Musk, or “progress” like Tesla and the Wright brothers. And those who succeed financially provide jobs and a better quality of life to LOTs of other people for generations.

America would not be what it is today without people like Edison and Ford getting very rich. I don’t know much about the railroads and other 1800’s businesses, but there are a few people with vision and desire for wealth you can use instead of my examples.

[BenLurkin]

Dr Walter Reed