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Category : Medal of Honor
Languages : en
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The Congressional Medal of Honor Library
Author: Congressional Medal of Honor Library
Author: Dell PublishingPublisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440114543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Congressional Medal of Honor Library
Author: Dell PublishingPublisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440114574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Korea
Author: Dell PublishingPublisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440115182
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
From Heartbreak Ridge to Sniper Ridge and Inchon, here are the official accounts of the actions of Korea's heroes.
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
Author: Kieran DohertyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780766010260
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The recipients of this highest honor have been as diverse as the United States itself. Included among the ten heroes in this book are three from the civil War: the first soldier to receive the honor; the first African American; and the first woman, a doctor. From World War I there is a pioneering flying ace, and from World War II, a navy skipper of a PT boat. A native American and Japanese American were both honored for courage in the Korean War, and a Hispanic American, for service in the Vietnam conflict. Two posthumous awards were given to soldiers for valor in Somalia. Their childhoods as well as their heroic action under fire are described. The recipients include Jacob Parrott, William Carney, Mary Edwards Walker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alvin York, John Bulkeley, Mitchell Red Cloud, Hiroshi Miyamura, Jay Vargas, and Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart.
The Medal of Honor
Author: The Editors of Boston Publishing CompanyPublisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 0760346240
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A comprehensive history of America's highest award for military valor. The Medal of Honor chronicles the creation, evolution, and awarding of the Medal, from the battlefields of the Civil War to the jungles of Vietnam, through a wealth of illustrations and hundreds of authoritative, action-filled accounts of heroism in America's conflicts. This wonderfully detailed and beautifully designed history book puts the Medal and its recipients into the context of their times, with brief and accessible introductions explaining each war and conflict for which the Medal was awarded. It also includes photo essays, intriguing stories of the Medal's sometimes quirky personalities, effects on surviving recipients, and the Medal's preeminent place in the American story. Whether you're an avid reader on the history of the Medal of Honor or simply intrigued by its place in our history, you're certain to want to flip through the pages of The Medal of Honor again and again.
Congressional Medal of Honor Library
Author: Dell PublishingPublisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440114536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
Author: United States Adjutant-General's OfficePublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781361240687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
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The Library of Congress World War II Companion
Author: David M. KennedyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416553061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1017
Book Description
An indispensable reference on World War II produced by the Library of Congress and edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David M. Kennedy. With hundreds of illustrations and quotations from contemporary documents, this will be the most authoritative popular reference on World War II. The noted historian John Keegan called World War II "the largest single event in human history." More than sixty years after it ended, that war continues to shape our world. Going far beyond accounts of the major battles, The Library of Congress World War II Companion examines, in a unique and engaging manner, this devastating conflict, its causes, conduct, and aftermath. It considers the politics that shaped the involvement of the major combatants; military leadership and the characteristics of major Allied and Axis armed services; the weaponry that resulted in the war's unprecedented destruction, as well as debates over the use of these weapons; the roles of resistance groups and underground fighters; war crimes; daily life during wartime; the uses of propaganda; and much more. Drawn from the unparalleled collections of the institution that has been called "America's Memory," The Library of Congress World War II Companion includes excerpts from contemporary letters, journals, pamphlets, and other documents, as well as first-person accounts recorded by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. The text is complemented by more than 150 illustrations. Organized into topical chapters (such as "The Media War," "War Crimes and the Holocaust," and two chapters on "Military Operations" that cover the important battles), the book also include readers to navigate through the rich store of information in these pages. Filled with facts and figures, information about unusual aspects of the war, and moving personal accounts, this remarkable volume will be indispensable to anyone who wishes to understand the World War II era and its continuing reverberations.
Subcommittee No. 4 Hearings on H.R. 11035
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee No. 4Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medal of Honor
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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