Sep 22 , 2025
Alonzo Cushing gripped his sword arm with bloodied fingers. Shells screamed overhead. The enemy swarmed—waves of rebels closing in on his battery at Cemetery Ridge. For hours, he’d refused to quit,...
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Sep 20 , 2025
Blood seeps through frozen fingertips. The roar never ends. Captain Alonzo Cushing crouched behind his gun, shards of shell and splinters ripping the air. The Battle of Gettysburg had turned Devil’...
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Sep 16 , 2025
Thomas W. Bennett crawled through a hailstorm of bullets. The jungles of Vietnam did not care who he was. He saw blood, screaming, death. Still, he moved — unstoppable, relentless. His hands were s...
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Sep 15 , 2025
Rodney Yano’s world erupted in fire and metal. Smoke choked the air. His hand, shattered and bleeding, still moved with stubborn purpose. The grenade—hot, hissing death—slid from his grip. Without ...
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Sep 14 , 2025
Four grenades. Four chances to die. And he chose to live—through others. Jacklyn H. Lucas was 17 years old when hell rained down on Iwo Jima, but his heart was older than his years. A boy enlisted ...
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Sep 10 , 2025
The flag burned bright, pulsing with life like the hearts of men who would not let it fall. Sgt. William H. Carney clutched the colors of the 54th Massachusetts with one arm, blood seeping through ...
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