Greatest Military Mission Stories Ever Told

The orders to proceed were nothing more than an invitation to die, and usually in unpleasant ways.

But the soldiers proceeded nonetheless, because a higher cause was at stake.

This stunning collection of stories is a tribute to the courage, steely resolve, and discipline of men who accomplished daunting missions in the face of almost certain death. Nonetheless, they stepped into the breach and performed heroically.

That was their duty and they did not question. They had a mission and they ac...