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vPGE8 TIL that at the age of 56, Teddy Roosevelt Jr. was the oldest man and the only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops on D-Day.
bdoN TIL of Roy Benavidez. He volunteered to be dropped into a firefight against 1000 NVA to save his 12 man team, armed with only a knife. He was wounded 37 times in a 6hr battle, believed dead, and was placed in a body bag. He saved his mates, survived, and received the MoH.
JbpB TIL of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Maxam. When his compound in Vietnam began taking heavy fire, he manned a machine gun at the most vulnerable point to return fire. He was hit with bullets, an RPG, and grenades, but kept returning fire for an hour and a half before succumbing to his wounds.