In 2005, after two British Special Air Service operators were captured in Iraq and approval for a rescue was refused, a lieutenant colonel allegedly disobeyed orders and sent about 20 SAS personnel to retrieve them. When the government pushed back, the entire Special Air Service reportedly threatened to resign en masse.
U.S. paratroopers of the 101st Airborne prepare for the Normandy invasion
Featuring the legendary "Filthy Thirteen" of the 506th PIR, with their signature Mohawks, face paint before jumping into occupied France.
Out of 16.4 million Americans who served in WWII, only about 40,000 are still alive.
They’re dying at a rate of ~100 per day.
These are the heroes who saved the world from tyranny.
Find one. Thank one. Listen to their stories.
While you still can.
An epic ambush on junta fighters in the Ye-U district.
The attackers had a Type 56-1 assault rifle, a K-09, and an MA-15 machine gun.
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