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...anti-hero than your garden-variety all-American hunk of beefy goodness, Brandenberg is shown to be a human, with both flaws and admirable virtues. One expects him to play the villain, and it comes as a pleasant surprise when the script allows him to display his love and heroism at key moments...
OKLAHOMA CITY: Blood of Innocents In its aftermath of the blast came tales of horror and hatred but also stories of simple courage and extraordinary heroism...
Still, it must be noted that despite the bands and hugs and little American flags, these men and women are not exactly heroes. They are soldiers and aviators who did their jobs admirably under intense pressure, but nothing that transpired off the coast of the China truly smacks of heroism or nobility of spirit. There was discomfort, yes, and inconvenience—a Chinese barracks on Hainan Island isn’t quite the Charles Hotel—but never once, it seems, were our captive countrymen required to go beyond the call of duty, or endure anything more onerous...
Cohen believed the members of the Brigade deserved to be remembered because they had valiantly fought against a fascist army before the U.S. officially declared war on international fascism. He saw their combat as the ultimate example of heroism and commitment to the democratic principle of freedom. But others around the state clamored that the Brigaders had been agents of a Soviet plan to spread communism around the world...
DIED. JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT, 90, debonair French actor whose career spanned six decades and several continents; in Saint Tropez. His reel-life leading-man status translated to real-life heroism when he earned the Croix de Guerre for service in the French armed forces in 1944. An actor who performed on both the stage and silver screen--most notably as a randy swimming instructor in Lac aux Dames--Aumont was also a megastar with women. Although he married twice, he was more celebrated for his engagements to, among others, screen luminaries Hedy Lamarr and Grace Kelly...