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Manuel Perez ▸ Film Pacific Manuel Perez One pillbox stopped his whole company — so he took it alone and killed 18 Rodger Young ▸ Film Pacific Rodger Young The nearly deaf soldier who demoted himself — then crawled alone into the guns The Flying Undertaker ▸ Film Pacific The Flying Undertaker He took on 13 enemy planes with one wingman and shot down 7 Hershel “Woody” Williams ▸ Film Pacific Hershel “Woody” Williams One man, a flamethrower, and four hours alone on Iwo Jima Welch & Taylor ▸ Film Pacific Welch & Taylor They fought back at Pearl Harbor — then were denied the Medal of Honor Judy ▸ Film Pacific Judy The only dog in history officially registered as a prisoner of war Ira Hayes ▸ Film Pacific Ira Hayes He raised the most famous flag in history — his country paraded him until he broke Pappy Boyington ▸ Film Pacific Pappy Boyington They gave his Medal of Honor to his mother — months later he walked out of a POW camp Jimmy Doolittle ▸ Film Pacific Jimmy Doolittle He bombed Tokyo on a one-way mission — then expected a court-martial Dick Bong ▸ Film Pacific Dick Bong America's deadliest pilot survived every dogfight. He died on the day of Hiroshima Ben Salomon ▸ Film Pacific Ben Salomon He was a dentist. He killed 98 enemy soldiers alone so his patients could escape Wendell Fertig ▸ Film Pacific Wendell Fertig He promoted himself to general and built a 35,000-man army behind enemy lines Jack Lucas ▸ Film Pacific Jack Lucas 14 when he enlisted, 17 when he became a legend Dorie Miller ▸ Film Pacific Dorie Miller The Navy wouldn't let him touch a gun — then Pearl Harbor happened Butch O’Hare ▸ Film Pacific Butch O’Hare Son of a murdered mob lawyer, he became the Navy's first Medal of Honor aviator John McKinney ▸ Film Pacific John McKinney He killed 40 Japanese soldiers in 36 minutes — most of them with his hands Douglas Munro ▸ Film Pacific Douglas Munro "Did they get off?" — the only Coast Guardsman ever to receive the Medal of Honor John Finn ▸ Film Pacific John Finn He stood on an open runway and shot at Japanese planes for two hours — hit 21 times Mitchell Paige ▸ Film Pacific Mitchell Paige He picked up a machine gun and charged 2,000 men — firing from the hip