Jan 22 , 2026
Ross Andrew McGinnis heard the grenade before anyone else. The sharp clang of steel against the armored Humvee, the snap of panic cracking the air—then the deadly thud of a fragmentation grenade sk...
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Jan 19 , 2026
Ross Andrew McGinnis heard the grenade before he saw it. A flash, a deadly hiss inside the hum of an Iraq convoy. No hesitation. No thought for himself. He dove on that grenade. His body became a s...
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Jan 18 , 2026
Ross held the Humvee door open, alive but breathing hard. The sun baked the Iraqi dirt road, a ribbon of dust and danger. Then—the grenade. Time fractured. Ross didn’t hesitate. Body tensed, he dov...
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Jan 17 , 2026
A grenade lands on a humvee floor. Time slows. Four men frozen in the gravity of the moment — swallowed by the staccato crush of war. Ross Andrew McGinnis does one thing no one else can. He throws ...
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Jan 17 , 2026
A grenade lands a heartbeat away. Silence falls. Ross Andrew McGinnis doesn’t hesitate. He throws himself on the blast, swallowing fire so others live. A warrior’s choice. A soldier’s last act of l...
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Jan 16 , 2026
Ross Andrew McGinnis never hesitated when the life of a brother hung in the balance. In a blink, he chose death—so others might live. The Battle That Defined Him It was a cold night, Baghdad, 2006...
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