"Beyond Belief" is a unique compilation of short stories by a team of authors and researchers. Herein you will find some of the most amazing stories ever told, each presented in historically factual manner, without hyperbole or literary license. Even more amazing is that each of these stories is TRUE! "True Stories of Women Heroes That Defy Comprehension" is the eighteenth book in this series. In it are the stories of more than 50 United States women who served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard with distinction and/or uncommon valor. Save for the Air Force Cross, American Women have been awarded every combat and non-combat valor medal in the military's Pyramid of Honor. This book includes the stories of all women who have been awarded our nation's three highest combat decorations, as well as many of the women who have received awards of the Bronze Star and higher. From the American Revolution to the current War on Terrorism, women have proved their patriotism and devotion to duty to our nation's defense in a most admiral manner. Their stories will leave you shaking your head in disbelief, proving as one author once wrote, "Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but far more interesting."