1 Submarine Captain Ordered His Crew To Dive Without Him — To Save The Ship

12 Marines Paddled 100 Miles By Canoe To Attack A Harbor. Only 2 Made It Back

1 Medic Lost An Eye Mid-Rescue — He Finished Saving The Marine Anyway

338,000 Soldiers Rescued By Fishermen, Bankers And Schoolteachers

1 Future President Towed His Wounded Crewman 3 Miles By A Strap Held In His Teeth

America's Deadliest Submarine Sank Itself With Its Own Torpedo

The Sailors in the Water Were Burnt Black

This Sets "Saving Private Ryan" Apart From Other WWII Films

What Patton Believed Would Have Happened If He'd Reached Berlin First

1 Sergeant Was Captured By Germans. Minutes Later, He'd Captured 80 Of Them Instead

Hitler Tried To Get His Nephew Arrested — His Nephew Joined The US Navy To Escape Him