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Fearless by Eric Blehm recounts the story of Adam Brown who came out of the womb a fighter. He was an individual that ran headlong into anything and everything. With a can-do spirit, Adam climbed his way up to the elite of America’s warriors. Respectful, compassionate, funny, Brown was a very likable person. Two women had a profound impact on him. One brought him to incredible lows that changed him dramatically. Another was God’s gift to him, giving him stability, courage, a reason to live and return home. Coming from Arkansas, Adam was thoroughly country. If you didn’t already know he became a Navy SEAL, his escapades would make you laugh, cringe and worry whether this boy would ever make it to adulthood. Yet make it he did and then some. Despite setbacks, Adam succeeded well beyond any preconceived ideas of his abilities. His fighting spirit caused him to achieve things he should never have been able to acquire. Not only did he help himself but whatever team he ...

Second Lt. Ruth M. Gardiner died in an aircraft crash en route to evacuating patients in Alaska in July 1943, making her the first Army Air Forces flight nurse killed in a combat theater. She was one of 17 flight nurses who died during World War II and one of more than 500 military women who lost their lives. (U.S. Air Force photo) http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/05/24/women-who-also-gave-their-lives/#ixzz2UV5LGNox The Women Who Also Gave Their Lives by Cate Lineberry The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry Our POW-MIA of the War on Terror - Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl   Idahoan’s Unlikely Journey to Life as a Taliban Prisoner  -- New York Times ELISABETH BUMILLER reports, "The story of Sergeant Bergdahl, 26, America’s only known current prisoner of war, is one of the strangest and now most consequential mysteries in the 10-year involvement of the United States in Afghanistan. He was captured ...