{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories","title":"Flying Home on Fire: First Lieutenant William R. Lawley Jr. and the B 17 That Wouldn’t Quit","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3babb370\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":801,"description":"A dead copilot in the right-hand seat. A burning engine. A jammed bomb load. Eight wounded men in the back. On 20 February 1944, First Lieutenant William R. Lawley Jr. had every reason to bail out of his shattered B-17 over Nazi-occupied Europe—and two gravely injured crewmen who made that choice unthinkable. In this week’s Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories feature from Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, we follow the 23-year-old pilot from small-town Alabama to the frozen skies over Leipzig, where quiet resolve and stubborn courage turned a doomed mission into a fight to bring his crew home alive. If stories of leadership under impossible pressure speak to you, don’t miss this one in today’s Beyond the Call feature developed by Trackpads.com.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DTcPOjfQmhqNXIEgIO0LxQo9jtX1rQ5snfqWmfq4SfM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NzJi/OTIxZTAzMTE2NTMw/NTQ5M2VjMWY0NDI1/NjQ4OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}