The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “14 of the most heroic Americans in history.”
- Harriet Tubman (c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913)
- Private First Class Desmond Thomas Doss Medal of Honor
- Ida B. Wells
- Remembering the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’
- Retired Col. ‘Rick’ Rescorla gave his life saving others on 9/11
- Todd M. Beamer
- Roy P. Benavidez
- Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Audie Murphy
- Biography: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
- Loss of Thrust in Both Engines After Encountering a Flock of Birds and Subsequent Ditching on the Hudson River
- How James Shaw Jr. snatched an AR-15 from the Waffle House gunman
- Report of the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District State’s Attorney on the Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and 36 Yogananda Street, Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012
- How Dr. Paul Farmer Revolutionized Tuberculosis Care
- After Katrina, a melding of worlds
