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