American heroes?
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drake
Bring it
Dying or putting ones self in danger for the benefit of a person or persons, for a just cause often constitutes the label of hero.
allan
Cabrón
Die honorably in battle and you will go to Valhalla!
No, really, a hero IMHO is basically someone who risks his safety or comfort to help others. A soldier who fights for his country in a "just" war is risking his safety to help his family and countrymen. A firefighter risks his safety to aid people in danger. A political activist may in some cases risk his comfort (or even safety) in an effort to help people be aware of a danger or threat to them, or to help someone unjustly treated. A teacher foregoes his comfort when he deals with a "difficult" or abusive student, in an effort to reach out to him with a good example.
Such people are all "heroes".
No, really, a hero IMHO is basically someone who risks his safety or comfort to help others. A soldier who fights for his country in a "just" war is risking his safety to help his family and countrymen. A firefighter risks his safety to aid people in danger. A political activist may in some cases risk his comfort (or even safety) in an effort to help people be aware of a danger or threat to them, or to help someone unjustly treated. A teacher foregoes his comfort when he deals with a "difficult" or abusive student, in an effort to reach out to him with a good example.
Such people are all "heroes".
CurtSibling
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And let us not forget the great Black Sabbath song:
"Zero the Hero!"
PS
I agree with allan's description.
"Zero the Hero!"
PS
I agree with allan's description.
shirleyrocks
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Excellent post, Allan. 
.:KNAS:.
Civfanatic
A hero is the kind of man that will throw himself on a grenade to save his friends. During ww1 there was a british sergeant wich name i do not remember who singelhandedly stopped the german army in it tracks for long enough for the british to retreat. That to is a hero. Same goes for many firefighters and paramedics
Whiskey Priest
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I've heard that story. It was in belgium and he was the first british casualty of the war.
Achinz
Hermit of Huangshan
It doesn't have to be war-related. I would nominate Martin Luther King Jr. as an American hero simply because he had the courage to face the odds and put his just cause before his own safety.
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
Heroes must have their story told...without that they are nothing.
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