We love our heroes. We write books and make movies about them. They have all earned it with unbelievable bravery and acts of courage – everyone from Sgt. Alvin York in World War I to Sgt. John Basilone in World War II and Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, who led the first aerial attack on Tokyo after Pearl Harbor. And who could ever forget Audie Murphy, a 19-year-old farm boy who became the most decorated soldier in World War II?
But there are also heroes in those wars who rarely get recognition.
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