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Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
xxi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the larger-than-life sacrifices of those awarded the nation's highest honor for bravery in combat, Beyond Glory is the first oral history of living Medal of Honor recipients, providing, in their own words, the stories of the enlisted men and officers who have endured nearly unimaginable scenes of combat. Since the Medal of Honor was established during the Civil War in 1862, only 3,410 persons have received it; often it is awarded posthumously....
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor comes an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. Moving and unforgettable, You Are Worth It is an astonishing memoir from an extraordinary young leader. November 21, 2010. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter was posted atop a building in violent Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when an enemy grenade skittered toward him and fellow Marine Nick Eufrazio....
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Biographies of eleven recipients of America's highest military honor: Jacob Parrott, William Carney, Mary Edwards Walker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alvin York, John Bulkeley, Mitchell Red Cloud, Hiroshi Miyamura, Jay Vargas, Gary Gordon, and Randall Shugart.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
340 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner John McKinney describes how he single-handedly fought off a Japanese surprise attack, killing more than one hundred enemy combatants and saving many of his fellow soldiers in the process.
Author
Series
Great western volume no. 12
Publisher
Potomac Corral, the Westerners
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
xiii, 52 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself. In the first biography covering his entire life-including his severe PTSD and his tragic...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A reconnaissance man and sniper, John Lewis Barkley served in Company K of the 4th Infantry Regiment, a unit that participated in almost every major American battle. The York-like episode that earned Barkley his Congressional Medal of Honor occurred on October 7, 1918, when he climbed into an abandoned French tank and singlehandedly held off an advancing German force, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers. But Barkley's memoir abounds with other memorable...
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a fortunate son who proved himself on the battlefields of two world wars. General Omar Bradley said of him, "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt's son Ted seemed born to live in his father's shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From one of the fiercest skirmishes of the Vietnam War to years of seclusion in a mountain cave, Medal of Honor recipient, Gary Beikirch has faced more than his fair share of battles and overcome each of them through perseverance and faith. He inspires readers to do the same"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Two living American heroes discuss how they grew up very differently, entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons, and were thrown together for a single combat mission a mission that would define their lives from that day forward, --NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Caliber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II-all Medal of Honor recipients-from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice "Footsie" Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive...
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