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Pacific
Manuel Perez
One pillbox stopped his whole company — so he took it alone and killed 18
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North Africa & Mediterranean
The Arizona Kid
Wounded and alone, he charged into 200 Germans with flamethrowers and broke them
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Western Front
Garlin Conner
The second-most decorated U.S. soldier of WWII — and it took 73 years to honor him
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Pacific
Rodger Young
The nearly deaf soldier who demoted himself — then crawled alone into the guns
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Second World War
Snuffy Smith
They pinned the Medal of Honor on a man who'd been peeling potatoes on KP
▸ Film
Pacific
The Flying Undertaker
He took on 13 enemy planes with one wingman and shot down 7
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North Africa & Mediterranean
Buzz Beurling
He shot down 27 planes in 14 days — then couldn't survive peace
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Western Front
Llewellyn Chilson
Truman gave him seven medals and said they should be a Medal of Honor
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Eastern Front
Joe Beyrle
The only man to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in WWII
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North Africa & Mediterranean
Paddy Mayne
He commanded the SAS and destroyed 100 planes. Still no VC
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North Africa & Mediterranean
Bill Crawford
They gave his Medal of Honor to his father — they thought he was dead
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Western Front
Vito Bertoldo
The half-blind cook who held off two panzer divisions alone
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Pacific
Hershel “Woody” Williams
One man, a flamethrower, and four hours alone on Iwo Jima
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North Africa & Mediterranean
Charles Upham
He won the Victoria Cross twice — the only combat soldier in history
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Pacific
Welch & Taylor
They fought back at Pearl Harbor — then were denied the Medal of Honor
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Resistance networks
Noor Inayat Khan
A children's book author became the last spy in Paris — her last word was "Liberté"
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Pacific
Judy
The only dog in history officially registered as a prisoner of war
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Western Front
Teddy Roosevelt Jr.
The oldest man on D-Day — "We'll start the war from right here"
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Pacific
Ira Hayes
He raised the most famous flag in history — his country paraded him until he broke
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Pacific
Pappy Boyington
They gave his Medal of Honor to his mother — months later he walked out of a POW camp
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Pacific
Jimmy Doolittle
He bombed Tokyo on a one-way mission — then expected a court-martial
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Pacific
Dick Bong
America's deadliest pilot survived every dogfight. He died on the day of Hiroshima
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Western Front
Francis Currey
Six teenagers trapped by German tanks — the 19-year-old destroyed them all
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Second World War
Agent Garbo
Hitler gave him the Iron Cross. Britain gave him a medal. Both thought he was their spy