Sammy Lee Davis received the Medal of Honor in 1968 for his actions during the Vietnamese attack on Support Base Cudgel. He also received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, was named one of Newsweek's 100 Unsung Heroes, and received the Joe Foss Institute's annual award, among many other distinctions. He now travels throughout the U.S. and abroad to attend speaking engagements.

Caroline Lambert is a freelance writer and award-winning former journalist. While a staff writer and then Johannesburg bureau chief for The Economist, she reported from Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe, among others. She is the coauthor of Oil to Cash, holds an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.