Captain Florent Groberg: Stopping Suicide Bombers in Afghanistan
During a patrol with several high ranking commanders, Captain Groberg noticed a suspicious individual following his group. Groberg realized the individual was a suicide bomber and pushed him away. Aft...
10 Huhti 20234min
SSgt. William Bordelon: Bunker Buster
One of four Marines on his tractor to make it to the beach alive, SSgt. Bordelon leveled four enemy machine gun bunkers using improvised explosives and saved wounded Marines. Severely wounded himself,...
3 Huhti 20235min
Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith: From Slave to Soldier
An escaped slave, Color Sergeant Smith fought in the American Civil War’s Western Theater and Sherman’s March. When his regiment’s color sergeant was killed in battle, Smith grabbed the colors and ins...
27 Maalis 20235min
CAPT Cromwell: Down With The Ship
During WWII, one day before the landing at Tarawa, Captain Cromwell’s submarine was severely damaged by a Japanese destroyer. Forced between losing all his men as they took water or risking capture, C...
20 Maalis 20234min
SgtMaj Charles Hoffman (Ernest Janson): Battle of Belleau Wood
Ernest Janson went AWOL from the Army and joined the Marines under a false name: Charles Hoffman. Eight years later, at the legendary Battle of Belleau Wood, Hoffman’s actions awarded him the Medal of...
13 Maalis 20234min
MSgt Roy Benavidez
Master Sergeant Raul Perez “Roy” Benavidez spent his adolescence working a series of odd jobs in Cuero, TX before enlisting in the National Guard in 1952. He would later join the Army and earn his Gre...
6 Maalis 20235min
2ndLt O’Brien: First Battle of the Hook
2ndLt O’Brien fought in the Korean War’s First Battle of the Hook. After the PVA seized a key hill near the 38th Parallel, O’Brien led an attack through mortar and artillery fire to win it back. He wa...
27 Helmi 20234min
LT Capodanno: The Grunt Padre in Vietnam
LT Capodanno spent 10 years as a priest before becoming a Navy Chaplain and deploying to Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for saving Marines and sailors without regard for his o...
20 Helmi 20234min
