Pfc Daniel Bruce (3/5 Marines, 1st Marine Division) Firebase Tomahawk, Vietnam War
01MAR1969: Pfc Daniel Bruce, having just arrived in Vietnam a few months prior, found himself manning a fighting position at Fire Support Base Tomahawk in Quang Ngai province. Tasked with keeping wat...
3 Aug 202016min
MSG Gary Gordon & SFC Randy Shughart (1SFOD-D) Battle of Mogadishu "Blackhawk Down" 03OCT1993
Joined again by Sayre Payne a business litigation attorney from Cincinnati. Sayre and I worked together during our time in 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division and I think he added some great context to ...
2 Aug 202032min
Cpl Hershel Williams (1/21 Marines, 3rd Marine Division) Battle of Iwo Jima, WWII 23FEB1945
23FEB1945: Landing just a few days prior during the initial invasion, Cpl Hershel Williams and his team were working alongside American tanks, trying to clear a path forward during the Battle of Iwo ...
1 Aug 202016min
LCpl Kyle Carpenter (F Co. 2/9 Marines) Marjah, Afghanistan 21NOV2010
21NOV2010: His unit having recently established Patrol Base Dakota in Marjah, Afghanistan, LCpl Kyle Carpenter was tasked with providing rooftop security. In his position with a fellow Marine, the u...
31 Jul 202019min
CPL Alvin York (G/328th IN, 82nd ID) Meuse-Argonne Offensive, WWI 08OCT1918
08OCT1918: In the midst of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I, CPL Alvin York and a small team of American Soldiers were tasked with taking out a series of German machine gun positions that we...
30 Jul 202018min
1LT Derek Hines (B/2-503IN, 173d ABN BDE) Baylough, Afghanistan 01SEPT2005
01SEPT2005: Graduating and commissioning out of West Point in 2003, 1LT Derek Hines went through Field Artillery training and Ranger school before arriving at his unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, in ...
29 Jul 202015min
SP4 Jesus Duran (E/2-5 CAV, 1st CAV DIV) Vietnam War, 10APR1969
10APR1969: Serving as a M-60 machine gunner in Vietnam, SP4 Jesus Duran and his unit came across an elaborate set of enemy bunkers. Shortly upon entering the complex, the unit came under heavy enemy...
28 Jul 202012min
PFC Noah Knight (F/7th IN, 3rd ID) Korean War 24NOV1951
23-24NOV1951: Holding the line against a concerted enemy attack, PFC Noah Knight was set in a key position as an artillery barrage opened up. With enemy troops right on the other side of the wall of ...
27 Jul 202015min
