Beach Quote by Omar N. Bradley

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

— Ira Hayes

I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.

— Jack Keane

Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.

— Dan Quinn

My dead and wounded were nearly as great in number as those still on duty. They literally covered the ground. The blood stood in…

— William C. Oates

I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.

— Charles Durning

I have a number of heroes I still have warm feelings about. [Derek] Shackleton, for instance, was definitely, and still is, one of my…

— Edmund Hillary

The very first soldier's funeral protest that I went to was in Omaha, Neb.

— Megan Phelps-Roper

My father was absent and he was a hero to me.

— Greta Scacchi

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell…

— Bob Feller

I've gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we're going to see if we can't bring a few laughs to these…

— Ron White

My father wanted to be a hero. He went to the Air Force Academy, was valedictorian, and then he found himself strafing villagers in…

— Patty Jenkins

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude…

— Edward Everett