ACTS OF VALOR

Ghost Tape Number 10: Operation Wandering Soul

The Marine Who Threw Himself on a Grenade

The Combat Medic Who Gave Everything for His Comrades

The Grandfather Who Became Iraq’s Deadliest Sniper: Abu Tahsin al-Salhi

This Pilot Has Balls of Steel and a Message to Deliver

How a JTAC Saved His Team with 50% Casualties

How 2 KSK Commandos Earned Germany’s Highest Decoration

HptFw Pordzik: One of the First to Reach the Good Friday Battle

The Only Recipient of New Zealand’s Highest Military Honor

How SFC Madsen Turned the Fight Around While Badly Wounded

The Pigeon-Guided Missile (No Joke!)

The Terrible Death in the Winterberg Tunnel

“The doctor told me that less than half a day more and it would have been too late. I was told that the inside of the tunnel was a tragic sight. All the other comrades had ended their suffering by shooting themselves or cutting open their arteries.”

The First Soldier Killed in the First World War

The Story of Charles Keating IV

Why Kuno Is a Hero

Why Did These Marines Ride on the Outside of an Apache?

Why You Don’t Measure Yourself Against the Fastest Jet in the World

The Navy SEAL Who Was Shot 27 Times (and Survived)

SFC Cashe Sacrificed Himself for His Soldiers…

The Russian Soldier Who Called In an Airstrike on Himself

The Story of Dakota Meyer

The Bundeswehr’s FIRST Firefight: Operation LIBELLE

The Untold Story of Black Hawk Down

“This Is for Our Boys” Were This Pilot’s Last Words

A KSK Lieutenant Colonel Leads a Hostage Rescue in Afghanistan

Instead of Leaving His Downed Comrade Behind, This Pilot Simply Landed Next to Him

Tongo Tongo Ambush (2/3): La David Johnson Fights to the End

The Backpack Nuke

How K9 Dog Kuga Saved His Team from an Ambush

How Bryan Budd (KIA) Protected His Men and Earned the Victoria Cross

“Skyhook”: The Craziest Extraction System Ever Built

The Fighter Pilot Who Landed a Burning Aircraft

From Refugee to Green Beret: The Story of Tu Lam

The First Green Beret to Receive the Medal of Honor

Mark Forester Died Trying to Recover a Comrade

How Steffen Knoska Saved a Comrade’s Life Under Enemy Fire

How Sergeant First Class Lagenstein Died Protecting His Comrades

Operation Red Dawn: Special Forces Catch Saddam Hussein

The Ouagadougou Attacks: French and US Special Forces Against Terrorism

“Bing” the Paratrooper Dog

The Army That Never Existed: The 23rd Ghost Army

How SSG Holland Drew the Enemy Away So His Team Could Extract

How PFC Albanese Took Out 6 Snipers Alone

To Save His Team, Thomas Charged the Enemy Trench Alone

Somali Pirates Pick a Fight with the Wrong Ship

How a Ship’s Cook Shot Down 6 Japanese Aircraft

The Tiger Tank That Shot Down an Aircraft

The Forward Observer Who Charged a Hill Alone

SFC Adkins, the One-Man Army

“Spooky”: The Grandfather of the AC-130