With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades, and Waited
Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…
Hit By Shrapnel Which Almost Tears Off His Arm, Pries His Own Grenade From Now Useless Hand And Throws It At The Enemy
Senator Daniel Inouye served in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. At the time of his death, he was America’s…
Nicknamed the “Black Swallow of Death”, This Fighter Pilot Fought With The French in WWI
Occasionally in history, an individual will come along whose story is almost too inexplicable to be true. To be a runaway youth in early 1900s…
The Dog Who Went on Missions To Bomb Germany And Became A National Hero
In the great tragedy of war, one often needs to find something on which to hold in the darkest moments. For a Czech Pilot at…
Malta: The Island Nation That Heroically Defied Hitler’s Relentless War Machine In WWII
The George Cross remains one of the highest military honors that can be given in the United Kingdom. Second only to the Victoria Cross, it…
Fleet Admiral Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief Was Fiercely Opposed to Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan
Before the official establishment of the position of Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States Military in 1947, there served a man who was…
Overrated Or The Only Man For The Job – The Meteoric Rise Of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Speaking of Eisenhower, Field Marshal Lord Montgomery once said “nice chap, no general.” General George Patton once lamented that it was too bad that Eisenhower…
Korean Soldier Fought in Pacific, Eastern Front, and D-Day for Axis and Allies and 3 Separate Countries
Many men have the honor of saying they fought for their country in the global struggle known as World War 2. However, not many men…
The Man in This Image: Refusing To Abandon The Wounded, Chaplain Emil Kapaun Remained Behind to Care for His Men And Died in a Korean POW Camp
He didn’t carry a weapon, he wasn’t there to fight, but that didn’t stop chaplain Emil Kapaun from earning the nation’s highest military honor for…
The Soldier Who Was Awarded A Medal Of Honor Fighting With An Entrenching Tool And Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross Just A Few Days Later
It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…
General “The Auk” Auchinleck Squared Off With The Desert Fox In North Africa Before Being Fired by Churchill
The dismissal of officers in World War 2 was quite a common practice for every army that fought in the war. Whether or not these…
Corporal Dunham: First Marine to Receive Medal of Honor Since Vietnam – Jumped on a Grenade To Save His Fellow Marines
In the decades following the Vietnam War, there would be conflict, battle, and loss of life. But for the United States Marine Corps whose tradition…