Discover the courageous stories of bad-ass men and women who unselfishly answered the call, bit the bullet, and demonstrated what real bravery is all about.

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Lachhiman Gurung

Lachhiman Gurung was a Nepalese-British Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of... Read more

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Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who founded Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and began the mass p... Read more

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Hugh Glass

Hugh Glass was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer. He is best known for his survival story after being left for dea... Read more

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Joe J. Hayashi

Joe J Hayashi enlisted in the Army from Los Angeles in May 1941. Hayashi volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This... Read more

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Gary B. Beikirch

Gary B Beikirch joined the United States Army in August 1967, just after finishing his second year of college in upstate New York. He was intereste... Read more

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Oscar P. Austin

Oscar P Austin joined the United States Marine Corps in Phoenix, Arizona April 22, 1968 and completed recruit training with the 3rd Recruit Trainin... Read more

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Leonard Louis Alvarado

Leonard Louis Alvarado was a U.S. Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. Alvarado joined the Army in 1968, and ser... Read more

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Peter Freuchen

Danish adventurer, polar explorer, and survivalist, Peter Freuchen was a man that would not be conquered by nature. Born in Denmark in 1886, Peter ... Read more

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Riley L. Pitts

On October 31, 1967, just one month before he was to be rotated back home, Captain Riley Pitts and his men from the 2/27th Infantry, 25th ID was ca... Read more

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Dan Bullock

On December 10, 1968, Dan Bullock joined the Marine Corps. Despite being fourteen at the time, Bullock enlisted in the Corps by claiming that he wa... Read more

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William "Bigfoot" Wallace

Texas Ranger and American folk hero William Wallace was said to be a descendant of the Scottish highlanders William Wallace and Robert Bruce.  Wall... Read more

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Veronica Foster

Veronica Foster, popularly known as "Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl", was a Canadian icon representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in t... Read more

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Daniel W Crowley

A Connecticut native, Daniel W Crowley joined the Army Air Corps in October 1940 at the age of 18. For his first duty assignment, Crowley was assig... Read more

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Benjamin Vernon Lilly

Nicknamed Ol' Lilly, he was a notorious big game hunter, hounds-man, and mountain man of the American Old West.  As a kid, Lilly learned to track a... Read more

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Albert Ball

Born August 14,1896 in Nottingham, Albert Ball was considered a gifted child. In his youth, he tinkered with engines, electrical equipment, and had... Read more

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"Airplane" Jane Kendeigh

On March 6, 1945, at just 22 years old, Jane Kendeigh was the first U.S. Navy Flight nurse to fly an evacuation mission to an active battlefield an... Read more

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Thomas Alexander Baker

  Thomas Alexander Baker was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, fo... Read more

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James B. Hume

James B. Hume was a miner, trader, and lawman in California after the Gold Rush began, but he left his mark on history as a Wells Fargo Detective w... Read more

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Rudolph B. Davila

Rudolph B. Davila was a United States Army Staff Sergeant assigned to Company H of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.  On May 28, 1... Read more

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Frank Luke, Jr

Following the United States' entry into World War I in April 1917, Frank enlisted in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps on September 25, 1917... Read more