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Sergeant Major Flora Sandes in Serbian army uniform File 007Article Serbia · Macedonia · 1914–1922 Sergeant Major Sandes A clergyman’s daughter from Yorkshire went to Serbia in 1914 as a volunteer nurse and came home a decorated infantry officer, the only British woman known to have served as a soldier in the First World War. Men of the 369th Infantry who won the Croix de Guerre, 1919 File 006Article Argonne, France · May 1918 The Sentry Post in the Argonne On sentry duty in the Argonne in May 1918, Private Henry Johnson of the Harlem Hellfighters fought off a German raiding party with grenades, a rifle butt and a knife. It took the United States ninety-seven years to give him its highest honour. Portrait of Noor Inayat Khan in WAAF uniform File 005Article Occupied France · 1943–1944 Madeleine: The Last Radio in Paris A children’s author trained as a wireless operator, Noor Inayat Khan kept transmitting to London for more than three months after her network was destroyed around her. Airwomen of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment in front of a Po-2 at Gelendzhik File 004Article Soviet Union · Poland · 1942–1945 Eighteen Sorties in One Night Nadezhda Popova flew 852 combat missions in a plywood-and-canvas biplane with no radio and no guns. The German soldiers below called her regiment the Night Witches. Andrée de Jongh after receiving the George Medal at Buckingham Palace File 003Article Belgium · France · Spain · 1941–1943 Dédée and the Line Through the Pyrenees At twenty-four, Andrée de Jongh walked a British soldier from Brussels to Spain and then talked the British into funding her. The Comet Line she built brought more than seven hundred Allied servicemen home. U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal, 7 August 1942 File 002Article Guadalcanal · 1942 The Scout Who Would Not Talk Captured behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal with a small American flag hidden in his clothing, Jacob Vouza was tied to a tree, bayoneted and left for dead. He chewed through the ropes. Troops of the 1st Infantry Division wade ashore at Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944 File 001Article Normandy · June 1944 The Medic of Omaha Beach Wounded before he reached the sand, Corporal Waverly Woodson Jr. treated more than two hundred men over thirty hours. The Medal of Honor recommended for him never came. Jay Vargas ▸ Film Vietnam War Jay Vargas Wounded for three days, he dragged his dying commander 100 yards through enemy fire Lance Sijan ▸ Film Vietnam War Lance Sijan He crawled through the jungle for 46 days on a broken body — and never surrendered Ernest West ▸ Film Korean War Ernest West He lost an eye saving every man in his squad — then said he didn't deserve the medal John Ripley ▸ Film Vietnam War John Ripley One Marine hung under a bridge for three hours under fire to stop an entire army Santiago Erevia ▸ Film Vietnam War Santiago Erevia A radioman tending the wounded charged four enemy bunkers alone to save them 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 Paris Davis ▸ Film Vietnam War Paris Davis Ordered to abandon his men, he fought 19 hours to save them — then waited 58 years John Barkley ▸ Film Western Front John Barkley Alone in a wrecked tank, he broke two German attacks with their own machine gun Garlin Conner ▸ Film Western Front Garlin Conner The second-most decorated U.S. soldier of WWII — and it took 73 years to honor him Rudy Hernandez ▸ Film Korean War Rudy Hernandez They were zipping him into a body bag when they saw his finger move Rodger Young ▸ Film Pacific Rodger Young The nearly deaf soldier who demoted himself — then crawled alone into the guns Freddie Stowers ▸ Film Western Front Freddie Stowers They faked a surrender to wipe out his company. He took the hill anyway 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