Our Nation continues to recover the remains of fallen heroes we lost in the Vietnam War, the Korean War, World War II, and other conflicts.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Yet it is worth wondering what has been lost with the demise of outsider-heroes.

ECONOMIST: The last outsider

"They might be treated as heroes, but factually they lost and they know it, " he told BBC News Online.

BBC: Bethlehem militants fly into exile

When one of my literary heroes, Barry Unsworth, died on June 5, I felt as though I had lost a friend.

WSJ: A Tribute to Barry Unsworth | Dear Book Lover

"These heroes of the shadows who saved France's honor at a time when it seemed lost are disappearing one after the other, " he said.

CNN: Nazi era French Resistance leader dies