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Bazooka Charlie ▸ Film Western Front Bazooka Charlie He strapped six bazookas to a flight-school trainer and dove at Tiger tanks Ben Salomon ▸ Film Pacific Ben Salomon He was a dentist. He killed 98 enemy soldiers alone so his patients could escape Commando Kelly ▸ Film North Africa & Mediterranean Commando Kelly His guns jammed — so he threw mortar shells at the Germans like hand grenades Charles Coolidge ▸ Film Western Front Charles Coolidge A tank asked if he wanted to surrender — "I'm sorry Mac, you gotta come and get me" Joe Medicine Crow ▸ Film Western Front Joe Medicine Crow He stole 50 horses from the SS and sang as he rode away — the last war chief The Battle for Castle Itter ▸ Film Western Front The Battle for Castle Itter Americans and Germans fought on the same side — against the SS Wendell Fertig ▸ Film Pacific Wendell Fertig He promoted himself to general and built a 35,000-man army behind enemy lines Virginia Hall ▸ Film Resistance networks Virginia Hall The most dangerous Allied spy had a wooden leg — the Gestapo never caught her Leonard Funk ▸ Film Western Front Leonard Funk 80 Germans broke free and captured his men — he laughed, then killed 21 in 60 seconds Audie Murphy ▸ Film Western Front Audie Murphy One soldier held off an entire German army 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 Wojtek ▸ Film North Africa & Mediterranean Wojtek The Polish Army enlisted a bear — he carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino 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 The Night Witches ▸ Film Eastern Front The Night Witches They turned off their engines and glided over the Nazis in the dark Léo Major ▸ Film Western Front Léo Major A Nazi-occupied city liberated by a single Canadian soldier Jose Lopez ▸ Film Western Front Jose Lopez He carried a machine gun built for four men on his back — alone he killed over 100 Bobbie Brown ▸ Film Western Front Bobbie Brown He enlisted at 15, destroyed three bunkers alone, and ended up a janitor at West Point Junior Spurrier ▸ Film Western Front Junior Spurrier He attacked an entire town alone with the enemy's own weapons Irena Sendler ▸ Film Resistance networks Irena Sendler The buried jars that held the names of 2,500 rescued children Silvestre Herrera ▸ Film Western Front Silvestre Herrera He lost both legs fighting for a country that wasn't his Douglas Munro ▸ Film Pacific Douglas Munro "Did they get off?" — the only Coast Guardsman ever to receive the Medal of Honor Nancy Wake ▸ Film Resistance networks Nancy Wake The woman the Nazis couldn't catch