Ryan McDermott led an infantry platoon that was the first to cross the Euphrates River during Operation Iraqi Freedom. "What surprised me most wasn’t the trauma of combat—it was the quiet collapse that came after.” Ryan wrote "Downriver" to help others who might be struggling.

Bob Breault was one of the first Air Force pilots to fly "Wild Weasel" missions in Vietnam. He would be awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters. Following his Air Force career he would become one of the world's foremost experts in the optics industry.

South Dakota farm boy Doug Hegdahl described his experience as "the most embarrassing capture of the Vietnam War". He convinced his captors that he was nothing but an ignorant country bumpkin - a ruse that would make him one of the war's most unlikely heroes. Author Marc Leepson joins us to share Doug's story.