Despite his wounds, Romesha led a counterattack at Combat Outpost Keating, directing close air support and laying down suppressive fire to help the wounded to an aid station.

In the wake of his son's death in Iraq, the doctor joined the Navy to honor his memory, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The mixed martial artist and Green Beret sniper continues to serve in the Army National Guard while fighting professionally.

"Stormin' Norman" led troops in Vietnam and Grenada, and as commander of U.S. forces in the Gulf War, he assembled 765,000 troops from 28 countries to liberate Kuwait.

The retired Marine Corps captain is an author, actor and military adviser in Hollywood.

The future founder of Wendy's attended cook’s school at Fort Benning and later fed thousands of soldiers as a mess sergeant in Germany.

The Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor was wounded twice in Korea and fed fellow GIs during his 30 months in a North Korean POW camp.

The Ho-Chunk Indian sounded the alarm about an impending Chinese attack, killing several enemy soldiers and saving his company from being overrun before he was shot to death.

The comedian, game show host and announcer was a Marine Corps pilot, flying 85 combat missions.