The German equivalent to the Medal of Honor is the Gold Cross Medal. Only 4 German soldiers have ever received it and no foreign soldier has ever received it—until 12 May. A German parachute infantry unit was under very heavy fire in Afghanistan and...
Private Channing Moss was impaled by a live RPG during a Taliban ambush while on patrol. Military protocol says that medevac choppers are never to carry anyone with a live round in him. Knowing that it could explode, the flight crew said damn the...