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He Charged the Machine Guns Not Knowing His Brother Already Lay Dead on the Beach Film He Charged the Machine Guns Not Knowing His Brother Already Lay Dead on the Beach 1 minWatch → The Christmas Truce Film The Christmas Truce On Christmas 1914, Enemies Climbed Out of the Trenches — to Sing Together 1 minWatch → Teddy Roosevelt Jr. Film Teddy Roosevelt Jr. 56 and Walking With a Cane, Begged to Land in the First Wave of D-Day 1 minWatch → Franz Stigler Film Franz Stigler A German Ace Had the Kill — Instead He Flew Wing-to-Wing and Escorted the Enemy Home 1 minWatch → 76 Men Vanished Under the Nazis in One Night — The True Story of the Great Escape Film 76 Men Vanished Under the Nazis in One Night — The True Story of the Great Escape 1 minWatch → Chew-Een Lee Film Chew-Een Lee They Said a Chinese Man Couldn't Lead Marines — He Shouted in Mandarin to Hunt Them 1 minWatch → The Real ‘Dirty Dozen’: They Shaved Mohawks and Jumped Into D-Day to Blow the Bridges Film The Real ‘Dirty Dozen’: They Shaved Mohawks and Jumped Into D-Day to Blow the Bridges 1 minWatch → Joe Foss Film Joe Foss The Marines Said He Was Too Old to Fly Fighters — He Became Their Deadliest Ace 1 minWatch → Pointe du Hoc Film Pointe du Hoc They Scaled a 100-Foot Cliff Under Fire to Destroy 6 Guns — The Guns Weren't There 1 minWatch → Georg Elser Film Georg Elser One Carpenter Built a Bomb by Hand and Came 13 Minutes From Killing Hitler 1 minWatch → The Great Raid Film The Great Raid 500 Death March Survivors Were About to Be Executed — Then the Rangers Came 1 minWatch → Scooter Burke Film Scooter Burke He Had a Ticket Home. He Tore It Up, Went Back, and Killed 100 Alone 1 minWatch → Cleto Rodriguez Film Cleto Rodriguez Two Riflemen Charged a Japanese Fortress Alone and Killed 82 in 2 Hours 1 minWatch → Jay Vargas Film Vietnam War Jay Vargas Wounded for three days, he dragged his dying commander 100 yards through enemy fire 10 minWatch → Lance Sijan Film Vietnam War Lance Sijan He crawled through the jungle for 46 days on a broken body — and never surrendered 12 minWatch → 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 9 minWatch → John Ripley Film Vietnam War John Ripley One Marine hung under a bridge for three hours under fire to stop an entire army 11 minWatch → Santiago Erevia Film Vietnam War Santiago Erevia A radioman tending the wounded charged four enemy bunkers alone to save them 10 minWatch → Manuel Perez Film Pacific Manuel Perez One pillbox stopped his whole company — so he took it alone and killed 18 10 minWatch → The Arizona Kid Film North Africa & Mediterranean The Arizona Kid Wounded and alone, he charged into 200 Germans with flamethrowers and broke them 10 minWatch → Paris Davis Film Vietnam War Paris Davis Ordered to abandon his men, he fought 19 hours to save them — then waited 58 years 11 minWatch → John Barkley Film Western Front John Barkley Alone in a wrecked tank, he broke two German attacks with their own machine gun 10 minWatch → Garlin Conner Film Western Front Garlin Conner The second-most decorated U.S. soldier of WWII — and it took 73 years to honor him 12 minWatch → Rudy Hernandez Film Korean War Rudy Hernandez They were zipping him into a body bag when they saw his finger move 9 minWatch → Rodger Young Film Pacific Rodger Young The nearly deaf soldier who demoted himself — then crawled alone into the guns 11 minWatch → Freddie Stowers Film Western Front Freddie Stowers They faked a surrender to wipe out his company. He took the hill anyway 13 minWatch → Snuffy Smith Film Second World War Snuffy Smith They pinned the Medal of Honor on a man who'd been peeling potatoes on KP 10 minWatch → The Flying Undertaker Film Pacific The Flying Undertaker He took on 13 enemy planes with one wingman and shot down 7 10 minWatch → Buzz Beurling Film North Africa & Mediterranean Buzz Beurling He shot down 27 planes in 14 days — then couldn't survive peace 12 minWatch → Llewellyn Chilson Film Western Front Llewellyn Chilson Truman gave him seven medals and said they should be a Medal of Honor 12 minWatch → Joe Beyrle Film Eastern Front Joe Beyrle The only man to fight for both America and the Soviet Union in WWII 13 minWatch → Paddy Mayne Film North Africa & Mediterranean Paddy Mayne He commanded the SAS and destroyed 100 planes. Still no VC 12 minWatch → Artillery Called In Film Korean War Artillery Called In Artillery called in. Enemy repelled. Dawn came. 12 minWatch → Bill Crawford Film North Africa & Mediterranean Bill Crawford They gave his Medal of Honor to his father — they thought he was dead 14 minWatch → Vito Bertoldo Film Western Front Vito Bertoldo The half-blind cook who held off two panzer divisions alone 11 minWatch → Hershel “Woody” Williams Film Pacific Hershel “Woody” Williams One man, a flamethrower, and four hours alone on Iwo Jima 14 minWatch → Charles Upham Film North Africa & Mediterranean Charles Upham He won the Victoria Cross twice — the only combat soldier in history 14 minWatch → Carlos Hathcock Film Vietnam War Carlos Hathcock This sniper kill was so crazy they didn't believe it 14 minWatch → Welch & Taylor Film Pacific Welch & Taylor They fought back at Pearl Harbor — then were denied the Medal of Honor 15 minWatch → 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" 16 minWatch → Judy Film Pacific Judy The only dog in history officially registered as a prisoner of war 14 minWatch → Teddy Roosevelt Jr. Film Western Front Teddy Roosevelt Jr. The oldest man on D-Day — "We'll start the war from right here" 16 minWatch → Ira Hayes Film Pacific Ira Hayes He raised the most famous flag in history — his country paraded him until he broke 16 minWatch → Pappy Boyington Film Pacific Pappy Boyington They gave his Medal of Honor to his mother — months later he walked out of a POW camp 17 minWatch → Robert Howard Film Vietnam War Robert Howard He was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times — they denied it to keep a secret 16 minWatch → Jimmy Doolittle Film Pacific Jimmy Doolittle He bombed Tokyo on a one-way mission — then expected a court-martial 17 minWatch → Reckless Film Korean War Reckless She made 51 solo trips through mortar fire — the Marines promoted a horse to sergeant 16 minWatch → Dick Bong Film Pacific Dick Bong America's deadliest pilot survived every dogfight. He died on the day of Hiroshima 17 minWatch → Francis Currey Film Western Front Francis Currey Six teenagers trapped by German tanks — the 19-year-old destroyed them all 15 minWatch → Stubby Film Western Front Stubby A stray dog caught a German spy and survived 17 battles — his men called him Sergeant 13 minWatch → Henry Johnson Film Western Front Henry Johnson He ran out of bullets and fought off two dozen Germans with a knife — alone 13 minWatch → 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 18 minWatch → Sammy Davis Film Vietnam War Sammy Davis He crossed a river on an air mattress under fire to save three men 12 minWatch → Bazooka Charlie Film Western Front Bazooka Charlie He strapped six bazookas to a flight-school trainer and dove at Tiger tanks 15 minWatch → Ben Salomon Film Pacific Ben Salomon He was a dentist. He killed 98 enemy soldiers alone so his patients could escape 13 minWatch → Commando Kelly Film North Africa & Mediterranean Commando Kelly His guns jammed — so he threw mortar shells at the Germans like hand grenades 18 minWatch → 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" 17 minWatch → 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 14 minWatch → The Battle for Castle Itter Film Western Front The Battle for Castle Itter Americans and Germans fought on the same side — against the SS 15 minWatch → Wendell Fertig Film Pacific Wendell Fertig He promoted himself to general and built a 35,000-man army behind enemy lines 18 minWatch → Virginia Hall Film Resistance networks Virginia Hall The most dangerous Allied spy had a wooden leg — the Gestapo never caught her 16 minWatch → Lewis Millett Film Korean War Lewis Millett He deserted the Army because they weren't going to war fast enough 16 minWatch → Leonard Funk Film Western Front Leonard Funk 80 Germans broke free and captured his men — he laughed, then killed 21 in 60 seconds 15 minWatch → Audie Murphy Film Western Front Audie Murphy One soldier held off an entire German army 14 minWatch → Chesty Puller Film Korean War Chesty Puller "They're on our left, right, and behind us — they can't get away now" 15 minWatch → Jack Lucas Film Pacific Jack Lucas 14 when he enlisted, 17 when he became a legend 23 minWatch → Dorie Miller Film Pacific Dorie Miller The Navy wouldn't let him touch a gun — then Pearl Harbor happened 15 minWatch → Wojtek Film North Africa & Mediterranean Wojtek The Polish Army enlisted a bear — he carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino 16 minWatch → Dan Daly Film Western Front Dan Daly Two Medals of Honor, denied a third — the Marine they couldn't promote 14 minWatch → Butch O’Hare Film Pacific Butch O’Hare Son of a murdered mob lawyer, he became the Navy's first Medal of Honor aviator 15 minWatch → John McKinney Film Pacific John McKinney He killed 40 Japanese soldiers in 36 minutes — most of them with his hands 15 minWatch → The Night Witches Film Eastern Front The Night Witches They turned off their engines and glided over the Nazis in the dark 15 minWatch → Larry Thorne Film Winter War Larry Thorne He fought for three countries in three wars — the only SS soldier buried at Arlington 15 minWatch → Léo Major Film Western Front Léo Major A Nazi-occupied city liberated by a single Canadian soldier 26 minWatch → Jose Lopez Film Western Front Jose Lopez He carried a machine gun built for four men on his back — alone he killed over 100 16 minWatch → Bobbie Brown Film Western Front Bobbie Brown He enlisted at 15, destroyed three bunkers alone, and ended up a janitor at West Point 12 minWatch → David Bleak Film Korean War David Bleak He was a medic with no weapon — he killed five men with his bare hands 15 minWatch → Simo Häyhä Film Winter War Simo Häyhä 500 kills in 100 days — they called him the White Death 21 minWatch → Junior Spurrier Film Western Front Junior Spurrier He attacked an entire town alone with the enemy's own weapons 15 minWatch → Irena Sendler Film Resistance networks Irena Sendler The buried jars that held the names of 2,500 rescued children 16 minWatch → Silvestre Herrera Film Western Front Silvestre Herrera He lost both legs fighting for a country that wasn't his 15 minWatch → Douglas Munro Film Pacific Douglas Munro "Did they get off?" — the only Coast Guardsman ever to receive the Medal of Honor 16 minWatch → Nancy Wake Film Resistance networks Nancy Wake The woman the Nazis couldn't catch 12 minWatch → Alvin York Film Western Front Alvin York He used a turkey-hunting trick to kill 25 Germans and capture 132 17 minWatch → John McGinty Film Vietnam War John McGinty 32 Marines against an entire regiment — he reloaded their weapons because they couldn't 13 minWatch → Matt Urban Film Western Front Matt Urban The Germans killed him seven times — he came back every time 16 minWatch → John Finn Film Pacific John Finn He stood on an open runway and shot at Japanese planes for two hours — hit 21 times 16 minWatch → Mitchell Paige Film Pacific Mitchell Paige He picked up a machine gun and charged 2,000 men — firing from the hip 17 minWatch →