Beyond the Medal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond the Medal write by Peter C. Lemon. This book was released on 1997. Beyond the Medal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Heartfelt stories from our Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
The Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Medal of Honor write by The Editors of Boston Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10. The Medal of Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words
Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words write by Larry Smith. This book was released on 2004-05-17. Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This first oral history of living Medal of Honor winners evokes Flags of Our Fathers with stirring accounts of patriotic valor. This New York Times best-selling account of battlefield courage celebrates the larger-than-life sacrifices of those awarded the nation's highest honor for valor in combat. Exclusive interviews with these twenty-four men—firsthand accounts of battlefield sacrifice from the greatest generation to Vietnam, along with before-and-after stories—form the core of this classic work. The recipients, as portrayed here, represent a cross-section as diverse as America itself—officers and enlisted men; African Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasians; men who went on to become famous (Daniel Inouye, James Stockdale, Bob Kerrey) and others who returned proudly to small towns. Beyond Glory, in the voices of these heroes, is a testament to the courage of the American nation.
Medal of Honor, Revised & Updated Third Edition
Medal of Honor, Revised & Updated Third Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medal of Honor, Revised & Updated Third Edition write by Peter Collier. This book was released on 2016-12-06. Medal of Honor, Revised & Updated Third Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uncommon Valor write by Dwight Jon Zimmerman. This book was released on 2010-09-14. Uncommon Valor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Uncommon Valor from Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham presents a fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country. Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call of duty." Six of the eight were young men who had fought in the current war in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. All of these medals were awarded posthumously, as all had made the choice to give their lives so that their comrades might live. Uncommon Valor answers the searing question of who these six young soldiers were, and dramatically details how they found themselves in life-or-death situations, and why they responded as they did. For the first time, this book also provides a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor itself—one marred by controversies, scandals, and theft. Using an extraordinary range of sources, including interviews with family members and friends, teammates and superiors in the military, personal letters, blogs posted within hours of events, personal and official videos and newly declassified documents, Uncommon Valor is a compelling and important work that recounts incredible acts of heroism and lays bare the ultimate sacrifice of our bravest soldiers.
