Will Dabbs

While CPT Salomon was working to stabilize a patient, he looked up and saw a Japanese soldier slip into his tent and bayonet a wounded American.

Simone Segouin rose to the occasion. A rural farm girl with limited education, her passion for her people and her country drove her to some truly epic levels of heroism in the face of profound peril.

When “Jumpin’ Joe” Beyrle first walked into that Army recruiting office and volunteered there is no way he could have imagined the places that decision might take him.

Alejo Garza Tamez’s last stand has been described in the Mexican media as having been fought with “dignity, honour, and courage.” Don Alejo showed the world that one determined man with a gun still can make a difference.

When war broke out, Harrisson joined the Army, as did almost every British male of appropriate age and fitness.

I’ve seen a few actual fights. As a physician, I’ve seen the aftermath lots of times. In the real world, real-life close combat is typically ugly, fast, and inelegant.

At age six, George and his father made a model airplane. He took his first flight in a real plane at age 9. From that point forward, he began skipping school to spend time with the mechanics and pilots at the local aerodrome.

On 18 July 1944, an officer in the Irish Guards named LT John Gorman commanded a section of three M4 Shermans out looking for trouble as part of Operation Goodwood.

Read about a Hebrew-language action drama produced in Israel called Fauda. Fauda means “Chaos,” and it stars Lior Raz, who witnessed chaos.