Decorated war hero Justin Constantine dies; a nation mourns
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Justin Constantine was shot by a sniper in 2006 and survived the devastating injury, thanks to a quick-acting corpsman. He spent the years since inspiring the…
These 6 wounded troops became war heroes after losing limbs
Typically, losing a limb is a career ender for troops. After all, they’ve already given enough and surely they won’t be able to withstand the rigors of combat without all four limbs.
Except, yes, they can. These 6 warriors lost limbs in…
This is how you would be glorified if you became a Roman war hero
Best known to the Greek literature, a Roman war hero ought to be of divine ancestry and, on the contrary, be also a mortal. Nevertheless, Roman heroes concentrated on their…
Audie Murphy: American war hero, actor, advocate
Audie Murphy was an American actor known for his Western films. However, his initial claim to fame came from being the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. He was born in 1925 in a small Texas town to poor sharecroppers. Murphy joined…