There have of course been a few more modern feats of bravery; some stories not yet fully told.
Such as that exhibited by the crew of a Chinook sent to rescue "some people" from the middle of Baghdad, during an air raid at the height of hostilities, in GW 1.
"Some people" were delayed and were unlikely to make it out by other means, so the crew took a vote and decided to wait - and parked up with just the APU running, for twenty minutes on a playing field in the middle of it all.
Big balls, guys.
