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Medal of honor : profiles of America's military heroes from the Civil War to the present Cover Image Book

Medal of honor : profiles of America's military heroes from the Civil War to the present / Allen Mikaelian with commentary by Mike Wallace.

Mikaelian, Allen, (author.). Wallace, Mike, 1918-2012 (Added Author).

Summary:

Profiles of ten exceptional men and one woman who have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor delve into the lives of these heroes who went above and beyond the call of duty, contemplating the true meaning of courage.

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  • ISBN: 0786866624
  • ISBN: 9780786885763
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 300 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Hyperion ; 2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography(pages 281-298).
Formatted Contents Note:
Story of the Medal of Honor xvii -- Chapter 1 Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War 1 -- Chapter 2 Leopold Karpeles, Civil War 19 -- A Nation of Immigrants 41 -- Chapter 3 Edouard Victor Michel Izac, World War I 45 -- Chapter 4 Samuel Woodfill, World War I 75 -- Return to Isolationism 106 -- Chapter 5 David M. Shoup, World War II 109 -- Chapter 6 Maynard H. Smith: World War II 135 -- Chapter 7 Vernon Baker, World War II 162 -- Uneasy Peace 189 -- Chapter 8 Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, Korean War 193 -- Chapter 9 William Charette, Korean War 219 -- From the Forgotten War To the Living-Room War 238 -- Chapter 10 Dwight Johnson, Vietnam War 241 -- Chapter 11 Thomas Kelley, Vietnam War 256.

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Subject: Medal of Honor.
Medal of Honor > Biography.
United States > Armed Forces > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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