After being presented Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor on October 30, 2019, Master Sgt. Matthew O. Williams gave his first public interview on Friday and said that the ceremony was “overwhelming, to […]
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For Those I Love, I Will Sacrifice
The story of Private First Class Kyle Hockenberry and his tattoo has become a story about sacrifice and love. Today, tattoos are very popular among soldiers and through history, they are old as war is. […]
Robert J. Reeves
Navy Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Robert J. Reeves died on August 6, 2011 in helicopter crash. He served during Operation Enduring Freedom. He became a SEAL in December, 1999 and December of 1999 […]
The inspiring story of a fearless Navy SEAL Adam Brown
The story about fearless Adam Brown and his redemption is incredible. The biographies of most Navy SEALs probably don’t include a rap sheet — theft, possession of meth, possession of crack, and so on. But […]
Special Forces Soldier Was Saved by a Tiger and a Sawed-Off Shotgun
“The tiger kinda’ helped” in scaring off the enemy in March 1966, Special Forces legend and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins said of the last hours of a four-day battle in Vietnam in which […]
Hacksaw Ridge: How a medic saved 75 men in one night
In late April 1945, 26-year-old Desmond T. Doss and his battalion were called upon to help fight near Urasoe Mura, Okinawa, in a campaign that would be one of the last and biggest in the Pacific. […]
1st. Lt. Moreno is one of the unsung heroes who died to save others
The story of Army nurse 1st Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno is not an ordinary military story. This extraordinary person, one of the U.S. Military unsung heroes was killed trying to save her fellow brothers and sisters […]
Chesty Puller – the most decorated Marine in history
Far and away, the #1 most highly decorated Marine that comes to mind is Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, whose FIVE Navy Crosses (second only to the Medal of Honor), LEADS the list of […]
How Larry Thorne (Lauri Törni) became a Special Forces legend
Larry Thorne or Lauri Törni, was a war hero who fought under three different flags. Starting in his homeland Finland, doing some time in Nazi-Germany SS Division and finally getting killed in Laos as a […]
Green Beret killed 175 enemies in a single battle
The men who killed 175 enemies in a single battle is a former Green Beret, retired SGM Bennie G. Adkins. From March 9 to 12, 1966 Adkins killed over a hundred enemy saved several fallen […]
Robert L. Howard – one of the most decorated soldiers in US military history
The story of one of the most decorated soldiers in US military history, and All-American hero, Robert L. Howard starts with his first nomination for the highest military award, Medal of Honor. In next 13 […]
Kyle White set to join elite group of living Medal Of Honor recipients
An American hero Kyle White is set to be the recipient of a Medal of Honor, which will make him only the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Iraq and Afghanistan […]
Medal of Honor for Marine who dove on a hand-grenade
The story of William Kyle Carpenter is not the ordinary one. During the watch, he dove on a grenade, saving the life of his brother in arms. While being on a rooftop, with his brother-in-arms […]
Most decorated American soldier in US Military history
The title of most decorated American soldier probably goes to Robert Lewis Howard, a US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War. Howard was born July 11, 1939 and he died at […]
LCDR Roy Boehm – The very first SEAL
The personal history of LCDR Roy Boehm, if made into a movie, John Wayne would have to be resurrected to play the lead. There is no other actor that could come close to portraying Roy. […]
Chris Kyle was the most lethal sniper in American military history
The story of the most lethal sniper in American military history starts and ends with the name of Chris Kyle, a United States Navy SEAL and the most lethal sharpshooter in American military history so […]