TALES OF VALOR EP. 48: Lyle Shafer | Lyle Shafer found himself a downed and extremely injured pilot inside Nazi Germany on 9/10/44. Ultimately finding his new home to be a prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft 1. Years later after the war, Lyle began to orchestrate multiple reunions of the survivors and also regularly honor the fallen that never made it home. Enjoy this untold tale of valor and learn what the character of true heroes is.

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: Peter Freuchen | From fighting Nazi's in the Danish resistance and being wanted by the Third Reich to escaping an ice cave with a dagger made from his own feces, you could say Peter Freuchen lived an interesting life worthy of a tale of valor.

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: Thomas Nast | From cartoons that helped take down corrupt politician "Boss" Tweed to being considered the "Father of The American Cartoonist" see why in a time where such things mattered so much more, why courage was necessary to draw ones convictions!

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TALES OF VALOR EP. 47: Operation Biting | Mike and Dave are BACK in person for a retelling of the Bruneval Raid, where a British Combined Operations raid was conducted on a German radar installation in northern France. 

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: John Malcom Thorpe Fleming Churchill | John "Mad Jack" Churchill lived the life of an eccentric war fighting badass. Born in Hong Kong and eventually a British Commando this dude walked into war playing the bagpipes learned in Burma, armed with a Scottish broadsword and a longbow. You literally can't make this stuff up! A MUST LISTEN!

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: Vernon J. Baker | From Baker's Medal of Honor citation: "Lieutenant Baker's fighting spirit and daring leadership were an inspiration to his men and exemplify the highest traditions of the military service."

That fighting spirit transcended the battlefield and into life as a black man in the military during WW2. Baker ultimately received his medal and recognition in 1997, some 53 years after his valor in combat.

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TALES OF VALOR EP. 46: Drew Dennis Dix | Titled after Dix's own book retelling the intense 56 hour battle that led to him being awarded the Medal of Honor, listen in to Dix's own words for this episode in a full length interview (as seen/heard on the YT channel "History is Back"). Dix was the first enlisted Special Forces soldier to receive the MOH. What a tale.

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: Extortion 17 | Listen into an example of what living out the Ranger Creed meant on August 6th 2011 in the response operation to the crash site of Extortion 17 in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. From the episode "By this point in the war, the men who made up the special operations community were some of the most proficient and combat-hardened warriors the world had ever seen. Even so, the enemy always has a vote."

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TALES OF VALOR HALF-HISTORY: Operation Dryad | To say that British special forces surprised a group of Germans in a lighthouse, of all places, during a commando raid in WW2 is an understatement. One was even caught wearing his hairnet. WTF? 

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TALES OF VALOR EP. 45: Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez | Known as Tango Mike Mike (That Mean Mexican) by his fellow soldiers, Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez is a special forces LEGEND. For his actions in "6 hours of hell" in Vietnam, listen in and find out why President Reagan said that if this were a Hollywood movie script you wouldn't believe it. Wow wow wow!

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