Directed by Todd Robinson, The Last Full Measure tells the true story of William Pitsenbarger, played by Jeremy Irvine, an Air Force medic who saved over sixty men in one of the harshest battles of the Vietnam War.

Offered the chance to escape on the last helicopter out of the combat zone, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend the lives of his fellow soldiers.

Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger’s comrade in arms, played by William Hurt, and father, played by Christopher Plummer, seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman, played by Sebastian Stan. Along with other surviving veterans of the battle, they finally procure him The Congressional Medal of Honor he deserved.

The movie also stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris.

The next four movie clips show you what the comrades in arms had to push through to give this war hero a much-deserved medal of honor.