There are Marine Corps stories that would get laughed out of a movie theater for being unrealistic, and most Americans have never heard any of them. In this episode, I tell you about three of them: a Croatian immigrant who attacked a German machine gun position alone and came home with two Medals of Honor for one afternoon, a 21-year-old PFC who held a gap in the line at 30 below zero in his socks while batting live grenades away with a shovel, and a captain who spent three hours hanging under a bridge in Vietnam with 500 pounds of explosives.

Three different men, three completely different versions of courage, and none of them thought they were heroes.

(00:00) - Intro

(00:41) - Louis Cukela, France 1918

(03:56) - Two Medals for One Afternoon

(04:37) - Retired, Then Back for WWII

(05:32) - Hector Cafferata, Chosin 1950

(08:51) - The Grenade He Could Not Swat

(10:30) - John Ripley at Dong Ha

(14:16) - Upgraded 54 Years Later

(14:43) - Three Versions of Courage

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