Protecting His Marines at All Costs This Devil Doc Jumped on a Live Grenade in Vietnam to Save Them
The relationship between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen affectionately referred to as, “Doc”, is unique to say the least. The Marine Corps prides itself on…
Robert Cole, Hero of The Carentan Bayonet Charge, Tragically Killed Two Weeks Before Being Awarded The Medal of Honor
Operation Market Garden would claim countless American lives in September of 1944, one of whom was a man set to receive the Medal of Honor…
When “Red Mike” Edson & His 800 Men Were Up Against 2,500 Attacking Japanese – “You men have done a great job, and I have just one more thing to ask of you”
After more than 24 hours of fending off a ferocious Japanese assault, the sun began to set and the Marines of 1st Raider Battalion knew…
Lt. Gen Wainwright, Prisoner Of War, Who Was Awarded the Medal of Honor in WW2
Being captured by the Japanese during the early days of WWII meant facing years of grueling conditions, torture, and starvation. Also, many were cut off…
Firing From the Hip: With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima
The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine. While one could find many examples from…
No Breathalyzers in Those Days: The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Habor – Hungover
The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts. As much as…
We Didn’t Know That Dr. Ruth, The Famous Sex Therapist, Was Once A Sniper In The Israeli Army
From time to time, life will feed you one of those amazing facts which will rock your worldview and change the entire way in which…
Outnumbered & With Taliban Overrunning the Base, Clinton Romesha Was Awarded MoH at the Battle of Kamdesh
The Battle of Kamdesh would be one of the costliest battles for the Americans of the entire Afghanistan conflict as it saw an American outpost…
Front-line Surgeon: Protected His Aid Station And Took Out 98 Enemy Soldiers Before Being Overrun
Many people worldwide fear to go to a dentist for pretty obvious reasons: pain, the worry of having to get a cavity filled, or just…
Medal of Honor: The Man War Couldn’t Kill, Jumps On Two Grenades, Falls Out of An Airplane. Survives
For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…
This Royal Marine Threw Himself on a Grenade, He Walked Away With a Bloody Nose & the George Cross
He shouldn’t have lived. And in fact, if you were to ask him, he would tell you that at the time he thought for sure…
He created the Purple Heart award only to make himself the first recipient: The inexplicable controversial life of General Douglas MacArthur
There are few times in history where we can say a man was born and raised in such a season that he should be at…