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“My Most Exciting Four Seconds in the F-100” – Bob Breault

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.

“Warrior Poet” – Ryan McDermott

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.