United States Of Americas Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipients And Their Official Citations

Author : R. J. Proft
Publisher : Highland House II
ISBN 13 : 9780964459014
Total Pages : 1225 pages
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Download or read book United States of America's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Official Citations written by R. J. Proft and published by Highland House II. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 1225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Proft
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ISBN 13 : 9780964459038
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book United States of America's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Official Citations written by Bob Proft and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : The Editors of Boston Publishing Company
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760346240
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medal of Honor written by The Editors of Boston Publishing Company and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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ISBN 13 : 9780970309624
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medal of Honor Quotes written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational quotes from military men in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Global War on Terrorism.

Author : Peter Collier
Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 9781579657468
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Medal of Honor, Revised & Updated Third Edition written by Peter Collier and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the New York Times bestseller, featuring 12 new recipients and a new foreword by Bradley Cooper Eight veterans from the war in Afghanistan have been awarded our nation’s highest honor for valor in combat since the publication of the third edition of Medal of Honor, including Edward C. Byers, Jr., the newest living recipient and a member of Navy SEAL Team Six, and Clint Romesha, author of the New York Times bestselling Red Platoon. And nearly 50 years after their service, four Vietnam veterans have also since received the recognition they so richly deserve. Now these men rightly take their place in the pages of this revised and updated edition. Included here are 156 Medal of Honor recipients, captured with a contemporary portrait by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo and profiled in moving text by National Book Award nominee Peter Collier. The men in the book fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, served in every branch of the armed services, and represent a cross section as diverse as America itself. This is their ultimate record.

Author : Kieran Doherty
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ISBN 13 : 9780766010260
Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients written by Kieran Doherty and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Publisher : Artisan
ISBN 13 : 9781579652401
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medal of Honor written by and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2003-11-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petry (the second inductee) rightly take their place in the pages of this third edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. The book includes 144 contemporary portraits of recipients by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo and profiles by National Book Award nominee Peter Collier. First published on Veterans Day 2003, this New York Times bestseller has now been updated and augmented to include new essays plus: • Letters from all living presidents • A foreword by Brian Williams • Profiles of Sergeant Giunta and Sergeant Petry There are also essays by Tom Brokaw, Senator John McCain, and Victor Davis Hanson, and a multimedia DVD with historic footage and recipients’ first-person reflections. The Medal of Honor recipients in the book fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, serving in every branch of the armed services.

Author : Edward F. Murphy
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0345476182
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vietnam Medal of Honor Heroes written by Edward F. Murphy and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 compelling, true stories of personal heroism and valor– in a special expanded edition honoring courage in the face of war Here are dramatic accounts of the fearless actions that earned American soldiers in Vietnam our highest military distinction–the Medal of Honor. Edward F. Murphy, head of the Medal of Honor Historical Society, re-creates the heroic acts of individual soldiers from official documents, Medal of Honor citations, contemporary accounts, and, where possible, interviews with survivors. Complete with a list of all Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients, this book offers a unique perspective on the war–from the early days of U.S. involvement through the return home of the last soldiers. It pays a fitting tribute to these patriotic, selfless souls.

Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
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Total Pages : 16 pages
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Author : Michael Lee Lanning
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1648430333
Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Valentia, el valor, la bravura. Since the creation of the Medal of Honor by the United States Congress in 1861, sixty Americans of Hispanic heritage have been awarded the nation’s highest decoration for bravery and self-sacrifice in combat. In this important new work, Michael Lee Lanning documents what one reader describes as “some of the most extraordinary battlefield exploits ever performed in an American military uniform.” Based on meticulous research, Lanning has assembled authoritative accounts of these heroic individuals and their deeds of valor, from the American Civil War through the current campaign in the Middle East. This clear and vigorous narrative—derived from enlistment records and other public documents, newspaper accounts, archival sources, and interviews with the families of the honorees—presents brief biographies that include details of the recipients’ lives before and—in the case of those who survived—after their active-duty service. Lanning also includes the text of the citation from each recipients’ Medal of Honor ceremonies and gripping accounts of the battlefield heroics that earned them the ultimate military honor from a grateful nation. Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients: American Heroes provides the most thorough documentation to date of these courageous Americans and their service to our nation. The work offers a fitting commemoration of their remarkable actions under the direst circumstances, often performed under conditions of discrimination and prejudice, providing inspiration and encouragement for years to come.