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Heroes you haven’t heard of

NBC’s Jim Avila tells the story of Capt. Zan Hornbuckle, a hero of the Iraq war who didn’t become famous.
/ Source: NBC News

On April 7, a dangerous day in Baghdad, Capt. Zan Hornbuckle led a thrown-together unit of 80 medics, mechanics and a chaplain into an overmatched battle against 300 Saddam loyalists waiting in ambush. Jim Avila tells their story in this report for “NBC Nightly News.”