Show Notes
What turns an ordinary person into a legend? Host and Army veteran J.R. Martinez returns with stories of split-second decisions that changed the course of history.
Hear about harrowing escapes from prisoner-of-war-camps, daring flights to the farthest reaches of the globe, miraculous rescues, and acts of self sacrifice that will never be forgotten. These stories are about what it takes to become a hero and what happens after.
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This season, you’ll hear the stories of:
- James Fleming: the Vietnam pilot who flew a helicopter into a death trap to save his men
- Edouard Izac: the WWI sailor who escaped a U-boat and a moving train to deliver enemy secrets
- George Sakato: the Japanese-American soldier who turned grief into a one-man army for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
- Richard Byrd: the world’s most famous explorer who might’ve faked his flight to the North Pole
- Florent Groberg: the man who tackled a suicide bomber to save his team in Afghanistan
- Richard Pittman: the one-eyed Marine who tricked his way into Vietnam to hold a jungle trail alone
- Joseph Rodriguez: the Korean War soldier whose bravery was fueled by his love for a girl back home
- Clarence Sasser: the combat medic who crawled through a flooded rice paddy trying to help as many soldiers as he could
- Joshua Chamberlain: the college professor whose bayonet charge saved the Union at Gettysburg
- TheFour Chaplains: four men of different faiths who sacrificed themselves to save their fellow soldiers
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