Uncommon valor

On Iwo Jima, it was a common occurrence. Well, today's Greatest Generation rises to the challenge, too.

"I realized the enemy was actually 20 meters from our position. If we didn't assault the hill they were attacking from, they would have taken us out. They couldn't miss with their weapons they were so close."

So what do you do? Well, if you're Staff Sgt Lincoln Dockery, you charge the hill and rout 30 enemy:

Staff Sgt. Lincoln V. Dockery said he didn't even see the grenade that sent shrapnel into his right forearm while charging insurgent fighters in Afghanistan's Korengal valley, Nov. 16, 2007.

SSgt Dockery was just awarded the Silver Star. Bravo Zulu, Sergeant. Bravo Zulu.

Where on earth do we find men like these?