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This Marine sniper left Vietnam with 103 confirmed kills
"It was the ultimate hunting trip: a man hunting another man who was hunting me."
By Jon Simkins
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They ‘weren’t going to get beat that day’ — the Medal of Honor recipients who held COP Keating against all odds
It was the first time a single engagement resulted in two Medals of Honor since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
By Jon Simkins
Good blood: Machine gunner killed nearly 100 before falling to a banzai charge
Goodblood received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions.
By Jon Simkins
This sergeant became the first woman in the US Army to earn a Silver Star for combat valor
Hester personally killed three enemies to her front in close-quarter combat.
By Jon Simkins
‘All hell broke loose’ — ambushed Marine carried wounded to safety, fired at the enemy with his free arm
“There was no one out, nothing moving” before “all hell broke loose.”
By Jon Simkins
Green Beret killed 6 insurgents and saved his men despite being shot twice and hit with a grenade
The noisy arrival alerted the area’s kingpin who had been wanted for a year for killing Iraqis who considered joining the police force.
By Jon Simkins