Demo men

They're charged with the military's most dangerous and harrowing operations - a single mistake is paid for in blood, loss of limbs, or death. Whether diving to defuse booby-trapped mines in hostile harbors or delicately removing lodged, live munitions from wounded soldiers, courageous bomb squad - Explosive Ordnance Disposal - personnel put their lives on the line with every mission. Take a nerve-jangling ride into their risky and highly classified world, and discover fearless acts of bravery across all branches of the military. These first-person accounts chronicle a history of heroic and horrific incidents - from costly trial-and-error attempts to disarm German WWII shells and savagely simplistic Vietnamese explosives, to the treacherous disposal of volatile mines in the Suez and modern Heat munitions in Kuwait. At once riveting and awe-inspiring, this is a fascinating salute to a special breed of men who handle death with an iron grip.