Apr 17 , 2026
The world shatters in an instant. Explosions rip through the narrow Iraqi alleyways. Gunfire cracks overhead in harsh staccato. And then—a grenade rolls. Time slows. You don’t think. You act. The ...
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Apr 17 , 2026
The sound of a grenade landing beneath a Humvee. A heartbeat’s pause before instinct. Ross Andrew McGinnis didn’t hesitate. He jumped—his body a shield for his brothers. The blast tore through him ...
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Apr 17 , 2026
Ross McGinnis heard the clink of the grenade before it exploded silence in the room. Seconds—maybe less—and he threw himself over it, shielding four men under the fragile dome of his body. Flesh an...
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Apr 16 , 2026
Ross McGinnis was just 19 when fire carved his legacy into the dust of Baghdad. A grenade landed in the cramped turret where he rode—four men packed in like brothers on a death march. McGinnis didn...
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Apr 16 , 2026
Ross McGinnis had less than a heartbeat to decide. The grenade was there, cold and deadly, near his chest. No time to run. No choice but to fall on it. To carry the blast, so others might live. Tha...
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Apr 16 , 2026
Grenade. Clutched in a shaking hand. Seconds thick as molten lead. Ross Andrew McGinnis didn’t hesitate. He dove, a human shield, body folding over the blasted steel door of his Humvee. The explosi...
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