A hero is someone who goes above and beyond the call to help save his fellow man, often at the expense of his own life, he doesn't belong to any nation or any race, most real hero's will deny that they are ! An example that comes to mind for me is sgt York who went against his own beliefs to help save his fellow man no matter what side they fought on,
most fighter pilots are not hero's, not because they couldn't be but because there calling doesn't put them in a situation to become one.
We all have a hero inside us but rarely are ever presented with the opertunity to prove it,,, and that is a blessing! Ask me why sometime and I'll tell you about standing inside a fire with a hundred people dead scattered all around you and a thousand more injured, needing help,, then wandering for the next 25 years, ( on a daily basis) how did I live? Did I get the ones that needed me to ? Did I do the right thing?
Soldiers are not hero's,, they are great people, they could become hero's in an instant, they sign that check up to and including there life, I did that! About 1% of the people of the U.S. And other free countries Help defend most of the world from tyranny , they deserve to be treated like hero's,,, and hope they never have to become one!