I've spent a lot of time with those guys, and stayed in the home of the guy in the photo on the top. I was privilaged enough to get to read Tom Slack's biography and proof read it for him before it was published. They're my hero's. To try and put anything we do in are cartoon game up against what they really did is just silly to me. That's my point. I'm not in their league and won't ever pretend to be.
I totally agree with that but... don't belittle yourself either. You don't know what you'd do in their situation unless you've been there,
that is what separates you from them. The fact that they lived through it is a combination of luck and skill. Who is to say you lack the skill to survive a situation you have not yet faced? To say that you're not as good as them is as stupid as saying you're as good as them. During military training a man is measured in many ways, in war, he is measured by the situations he face. Some guys go through armed conflict without ever facing a dangerous situation, let alone a life-threatening one. Does the sole fact that they've been part of a war make them men? Not from my point of view.