I can’t imagine the balls and levels of patriotism these men had. If caught their deaths would have been incredibly gruesome, and almost certainly would have in

I can’t imagine the balls and levels of patriotism these men had. If caught their deaths would have been incredibly gruesome, and almost certainly would have involved their extensive torture, and murder of many other prisoners. I hear this argument a lot for acts of valor in war. The counter to this is imagine what would happen to the hundreds if not thousands of lives if they didn’t act. It’s a mental game you play.