Rescues
Surrounded By Taliban, But He Took Them On
This is the face of a truly brave man. I’m sure many, when faced with the challenges he faced, would not have been able to act with the level of bravery and skill that Staff Sgt. Lincoln Dockery did. It all started on an ordinary day in eastern Afghanistan. Dockery’s platoon had been ordered to... »
Hero Marines Help Out With Car Crash
These people put their skills to the test and won back this man’s life. You don’t have to be on the battlefield to be a hero. Magana said the driver was heading south on Lake Road around 7:30 a.m. when he lost control of the Nissan SUV, overcorrected,... »
Irena Sendler
This women was amazing! I’ve gotta say, this inspires me. Irena Sendler risked everything in order to save Jewish children from the horrors of the Ghetto, and the fear of facing the concentration camps. By the time she was caught, she had managed to smuggle 2,500 children out of the Ghetto and into Polish... »
SEAL Gave His Life In Iraq
March 2008 SAN DIEGO — A California-based SEAL who threw his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a Defense Department official has confirmed. Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, of Garden Grove, Calif., was holed up on the roof of a Ramadi house with... »
Navy Medic Shows Courage On The Battlefield
COURAGEOUS Kate Nesbitt takes a well-earned breather on the battlefield – her face covered with the blood of the soldier whose life she has just saved. Navy medic Kate, 21, was snapped moments after a heroic rescue in Afghanistan which has earned her a Military Cross. The brave blonde dashed 70 yards across a war zone... »
Royal Marine Tackles Suicide Bomber
Words can’t quite describe the awesomeness here. Sergeant Noel Connolly was serving in Afghanistan last November when he spotted a suspicious looking man on a motorbike. The motorcyclist looked lost, and that set Connolly on high alert. said: ‘I was near the school when I caught a fleeting glimpse of a motorbike. I... »
British Soldier Lost During Rescue
A journalist and his translator had been captured when they were covering the NATO airstrike that resulted in approximately 70 people killed. They were taken by Taliban members and were being held in northern Afghanistan. In the fray of the rescue, a soldier was killed along with the journalist’s translator, Sultan Munadi. A British soldier... »
Hero Rescued 669 Holocaust Children
Sometimes people will convince themselves that they can’t make a difference. They’ll decide they’re not influential enough, or rich enough, or tall enough to be able to go out and really change the world. But Sir Nicholas Winton, a London stockbroker, saw a chance to make a difference and went for it. And oh... »
Medic Puts Her Charges Above Herself
This story hit the internet yesterday via the Daily Mail.co.uk website. It never ceases to amaze me how these men and women can bravely put their well-being, or even their lives, on the line to help out a fellow soldier or an innocent civilian. In this story of heroism, Lance Corporal Sally Clarke put... »
Canine Rescue
I don’t know the backstory to this photo, but it certainly is sweet. Even tough guys can have a soft spot. »