This here is a real man.

[roguerower]

I will see those and raise you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Thomas_Shea - Turned down the Olympics to fight in Korea.

Richard Shea received the Medal of Honor for actions on 7 and 8 July 1953 as an Army first lieutenant and acting company commander at Pork Chop Hill, Sokkogae, Korea during the Korean War. Fighting outnumbered, he voluntarily proceeded to the area most threatened, organizing and leading a counterattack. In the ensuing bitter fighting, he killed two of the enemy with his trench knife. In over 18 hours of heavy fighting, he moved among the defenders of Pork Chop Hill organizing a successful defense. Leading a counterattack, he killed three enemy soldiers single-handedly. Wounded he refused evacuation. He was last seen alive fighting hand-to-hand while leading another desperate counterattack.

 

[El Guaraguao]

Cool story bro.........No, I really mean it!

 

[CycloWizard]

I'll also point out here that even someone as manly as Audie Murphy suffered from plenty of mental issues related to his service:

Murphy was reportedly plagued by insomnia, bouts of depression, and nightmares related to his numerous battles.[2] His first wife, Wanda Hendrix, often talked of his struggle with this condition, even claiming that he had held her at gunpoint once. For a time during the mid-1960s, he became dependent on doctor-prescribed sleeping pills called Placidyl.[2] When he recognized that he had become addicted to the drug, he locked himself in a motel room where he took himself off the pills, going through withdrawal for a week.[2]

Always an advocate of the needs of America's military veterans, Murphy eventually broke the taboo about publicly discussing war-related mental conditions. In an effort to draw attention to the problems of returning Korean and Vietnam War veterans, Murphy spoke out candidly about his own problems with PTSD, known then and during World War II as "battle fatigue".[2] He called on the United States government to give increased consideration and study to the emotional impact that combat experiences have on veterans, and to extend health care benefits to address PTSD and other mental-health problems suffered by returning war veterans.[2]

This is not a new problem, but it's still hard for servicemen to bring it up when they come home.

 

[darkewaffle]

The wiki entry for him is pretty paltry, but Eustace Conway is a pretty awesome dude. Though like many others a bit nutters.

 

[TecHNooB]

First time laughing out loud in first full-time job.

 

[dr150]

I saw that movie.

Brad Pitt died at the end facing Bart the Bear!

 

[zinfamous]

that is awesome.

 

[zinfamous]

OK, all these guys are awesome, but this guy takes the pie, and the bread...and leaves the cake behind for all the piddling peasants:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

seriously, if an entire enemy regiment nicknames you "The White Death"....

 

[techs]

This is the "real" Dale Petersen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GabMEHfCjT0

 

[zinfamous]

This is the "real" Dale Petersen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GabMEHfCjT0

"Hey you! Git away from that!"

lolwtf.