Hardcore Heroes

Jack Pritchard of the New York City Fire Department goes above and beyond the call of duty; ex-Marine John Keller assists hundreds of people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Former criminal George Rowe infiltrates a violent motorcycle gang; brothers Josef and Ctirad Masin battle Communist oppression in 1950s Czechoslovakia.

U.S. Marine Corps sniper Carlos Hathcock undertakes dangerous covert missions during the Vietnam War; ship recovery specialist Max Hardberger extracts illegally seized vessels from Third World ports.

Pilots George Welch and Kenneth Taylor battle the Japanese over Pearl Harbor; Chuck Yeager becomes the first pilot to travel faster than sound.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drew Dix protects the residents of a Vietnamese city; Russian soldier Viktor Leonov defends the Soviet Arctic region against the Germans during World War II.