| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 534 pages) |
| Contents |
Adams, Lucian -- Baca, John P. -- Bacon, Nicky Daniel -- Baker, Vernon -- Baldwin, Frank D. -- Ballard, Donald E. -- Barfoot, Van T. -- Barnum, Harvey C., Jr. -- Barrett, Carlton W. -- Basilone, John -- Benavidez, Roy P. -- Birkhimer, William E. -- Blake, Robert -- Bleak, David B. -- Boyington, Gregory -- Brady, Patrick Henry -- Britt, Maurice L. -- Brown, Bobbie E. -- Bucha, Paul William -- Burke, Lloyd L. -- Bush, Robert Eugene -- Butler, Smedley Darlington -- Butterfield, Daniel -- Cafferata, Hector A., Jr. -- Carney, William H. -- Cavaiani, Jon R. -- Chamberlain, Joshua L. -- Childers, Ernest -- Cody, William F. -- Cohn, Abraham -- Cole, Robert G. -- Craft, Clarence B. -- Crandall, Bruce P. -- Custer, Thomas W. -- Dahlgren, John Olof -- Daly, Daniel Joseph -- Davila, Rudolph B. -- Davis, Charles W. -- Davis, Raymond G. -- Davis, Sammy L. -- Day, George E. -- Dean, William F |
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DeBlanc, Jefferson Joseph -- Dix, Drew Dennis -- Donlon, Roger Hugh C. -- Donovan, William Joseph -- Doolittle, James H. -- Doss, Desmond T. -- Dunham, Jason L. -- Dunham, Russell E. -- Dyess, Aquilla James -- Ehlers, Walter D. -- Evans, Ernest Edwin -- Faith, Don C., Jr. -- Finn, John William -- Fletcher, Frank Jack -- Fluckey, Eugene Bennett -- Foley, Robert F. -- Foss, Joseph Jacob -- Fox, John Robert -- Freeman, Ed W. -- Funston, Frederick -- Galer, Robert Edward -- García, Macario -- Gonsalves, Harold -- Gonzalez, Alfredo -- Gordon, Gary I. -- Hagemeister, Charles Chris -- Harmon, Roy W. -- Harrell, William George -- Hatch, John P. -- Hayashi, Shizuya -- Hayes, Webb C. -- Heard, John W. -- Hendrix, James R. -- Hernández, Rodolfo P. -- Herrera, Silvestre S. -- Hooper, Joe R. -- Howard, Oliver O. -- Howard, Robert L. -- Inouye, Daniel K. -- Irwin, Bernard J.D. -- Izac, Edouard Victor Michel |
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Jackson, Joe M. -- Jacobs, Jack H. -- Joel, Lawrence -- Kaufman, Benjamin -- Keeble, Woodrow W. -- Kelly, Charles E. -- Kerrey, Joseph R. -- Kisters, Gerry H. -- Kouma, Ernest R. -- Lang, George C. -- Lemon, Peter C. -- Levitow, John L. -- Liteky, Angelo J. -- Livingston, James E. -- Lopez, Jose M. -- Lucas, Jacklyn Harold -- Luke, Frank, Jr. -- Mabry, George L., Jr. -- MacArthur, Arthur, Jr. -- MacArthur, Douglas -- Mackie, John F. -- Mallon, George H. -- Marm, Walter Joseph, Jr. -- Martinez, Joe P. -- McCool, Richard Miles, Jr. -- McGinnis, Ross A. -- McGinty, John J., III -- McKinney, John R. -- Merli, Gino J. -- Miles, L. Wardlaw -- Miles, Nelson A. -- Millett, Lewis L. -- Miyamura, Hiroshi H. -- Mize, Ola L. -- Moffett, William A. -- Monsoor, Michael A. -- Monti, Jared C. -- Munemori, Sadao S. -- Munro, Douglas Albert -- Murphy, Audie L. -- Murphy, Michael P. -- Murphy, Raymond G |
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Norris, Thomas R. -- Novosel, Michael J. -- O'Hare, Edward Henry -- O'Kane, Richard Hetherington -- Okubo, James K. -- Olive, Milton L., III -- O'Neill, Richard W. -- Page, John U.D. -- Paige, Mitchell -- Parker, Samuel I. -- Pennypacker, Galusha -- Penry, Richard A. -- Pitsenbarger, William H. -- Pittman, John A. -- Pittman, Richard A. -- Pope, Everett Parker -- Pope, Thomas A. -- Rascon, Alfred V. -- Ray, Ronald Eric -- Red Cloud, Mitchell, Jr. -- Rickenbacker, Edward V. -- Roberts, Gordon R. -- Rocco, Louis R. -- Rodriguez, Joseph C. -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- Rosser, Ronald E. -- Rubin, Tibor -- Rudolph, Donald E. -- Ruiz, Alejandro R. Renteria -- Sakato, George T. -- Salomon, Ben L. -- Sandlin, Willie -- Sasser, Clarence Eugene -- Schofield, John M. -- Shafter, William R. -- Shoup, David Monroe -- Shughart, Randall D. -- Sickles, Daniel E. -- Sijan, Lance P. -- Simanek, Robert E |
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Sitter, Carl L. -- Smith, Andrew Jackson -- Smith, Paul R. -- Spurrier, Junior J. -- Stockdale, James B. -- Stone, James L. -- Stowers, Freddie -- Thornton, Michael Edwin -- Thorsness, Leo K. -- Titus, Calvin Pearl -- Turner, George B. -- Urban, Matt -- Vandegrift, Alexander Archer -- Vargas, Jay R. -- Versace, Humbert R. -- Wahlen, George Edward -- Wai, Francis B. -- Wainwright, Jonathan M. -- Walker, Dr. Mary E. -- Ware, Keith L. -- Warren, Francis E. -- Watson, George -- Watters, Charles Joseph -- Webb, Alexander S. -- Wetzel, Gary George -- Whiteley, Eli -- Whittington, Hulon B. -- Williams, Hershel Woodrow -- Wilson, Louis Hugh, Jr. -- Wood, Leonard -- Woodfill, Samuel -- York, Alvin C. -- Young, Rodger W. -- Zabitosky, Fred William -- Zeamer, Jay, Jr. -- Recipients of the Medal of Honor: Part I -- Recipients of the Medal of Honor: Part II -- Double Award Recipients -- Medals of Honor Awarded by Conflict and Service -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Since the Medal of Honor was authorized, only 3,446 Americans have received this honor for valor "at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." Every recipient of the Medal of HonorÑour nation's highest military commendationÑis permanently honored in the Hall of Heroes display inside the Pentagon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medal of Honor -- Biography
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Heroes -- United States -- Biography
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Courage -- History -- Anecdotes
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HISTORY -- Military -- Pictorial.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Armed Forces
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Courage
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Heroes
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Medal of Honor
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139812
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United States -- History, Military -- Anecdotes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140342
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United States -- History, Naval -- Anecdotes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140348
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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Anecdotes
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Biographies
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History
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Military history
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Naval history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Willbanks, James H., 1947-
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| LC no. |
2010047130 |
| ISBN |
9781598843941 |
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159884394X |
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1283317451 |
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9781283317450 |
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1598843931 |
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9781598843934 |
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