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Since 1941, the Medal of Honor has been more often, awarded to dead than to living men. Of all the medals issues by the United States Government, this singular medal has had a particularly solemn glory attached to its meaning. But, a look at its history reveals that, from its inception, it was steeped in controversy, with threats to its integrity swirling in from all sides.
Author John. J. Pullen, during the course of research on the 20th Maine,...
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"In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost (COP) Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the U.S. military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground...
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Cinequest Films, Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The true story of Desmond T. Doss, a peaceful religious man and WWII hero who never once touched a firearm, yet saved countless lives on the front lines, and went on to become the first conscientious objector to be a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
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University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c2004
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618 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, and his desperate quest to prove his manhood was uncomfortably akin to the macho image projected by three successive presidents in their 'tough' policy in Southeast Asia. This book extracts the real Joe Hooper...
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distributed by Good-To-Go Video
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
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1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Story of WWII Marine Corps hero John Basilone, who was the only enlisted WWII Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Purple Heart. Bonus: raw and uncut combat crew footage from the 1945 battle of Iwo Jima, Mt. Suribachi flag raising.
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Threshold Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
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294 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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A Medal of Honor recipient shares the story of his military career, recounting his deployment to Afghanistan's volatile Korengal Valley and his life-risking efforts to provide medical aid to wounded fellow soldiers during an October 2007 Taliban ambush.
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American Legacy Media
Pub. Date
c2006
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240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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In 1945, President Harry Truman decorated George Wahlen with the Medal of Honor to recognize his bravery on Iwo Jima. Wahlen's medal citation reads like a rejected John Wayne movie script too grand to be believed. Those who witnessed his heroics remain dumbfounded he survived. For over 60 years, he has been the quintessential quiet hero. After decades of silence, Bob Dole (foreword) and Senator Orrin Hatch (introduction) help tell this incredible...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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"8 Seconds of Courage tells Flo?s story from his childhood in France to his decision to enlist and the grueling training he underwent at US Army Ranger School. Through trial and error, he learned to be a field commander and on the front lines in Afghanistan formed close and lasting bonds with his fellow soldiers. It was this powerful sense of responsibility that compelled him to take his brave action to save lives, even at the risk of his own."--Amazon.com....
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Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
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xi, 348 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Capturing the hearts of a beleaguered nation, the fighter pilots of World War II engaged in a kind of battle that became the stuff of legend--and those who survived showdowns earned the right to be called aces. But two men in particular rose to become something more. They became icons of aerial combat, in a heroic rivalry that inspired a weary nation to fight on. Richard 'Dick' Bong was the bashful, pink-faced farm boy from the Midwest. Thomas 'Tommy'...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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252 pages
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English
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"By Honor Bound is the story of Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, two living American heroes who 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."--Amazon.com.
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
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xii, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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English
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A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
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