Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire is a 1996 film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips and Matt Damon.

Later, Serling is assigned to determine if Captain Karen Emma Walden Meg Ryan should be the first woman to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. She was the commander of a Medevac Huey who was sent to rescue the crew of a shotdown Black Hawk. When she encountered a T54, her crew destroyed it by dropping a fuel bladder onto the tank and igniting it with a flare gun. However, her own helicopter was shot down soon after. The two crews were unable to join forces, and on the next day when further rescue arrived, Walden was reported dead.Serling notices inconsistencies between the testimonies of Waldens crew. Specialist Andrew Ilario, the medic Matt Damon, praises Walden heavily. Staff Sergeant John Monfriez Lou Diamond Phillips claims that Walden was a coward and that Monfriez himself led the crew in combat, and that the fuel bladder technique was originated by him. Sergeant Altameyer, who is dying in a hospital, complains about a fire. Warrant Officer One Rady, the copilot, was injured early on and rendered unconscious. Meanwhile, the crew of the Black Hawk claims that they heard firing from an M16, which Ilario and Monfriez deny. ........

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