The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be awarded to personnel in the United States' Armed Forces. From the early fighting in the Philippines through the D-Day landings in Northwest Europe to the final assaults in the Pacific, this book looks at the brave US soldiers and airmen who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in the face of danger. It tells the exciting combat stories of such famous figures as the film star Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated US soldier of World War II (1939-1945), alongside less well-known awardees.
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AFTER THE UNION ROUT at Bull Run in the summer of 1861, Northern morale was at a very low point, and the War Department proposed the first military decoration for bravery since the short-lived Purple Heart of George Washington's time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, North Africa, Infantry Regiment, Arlington National Cemetery, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Battle of the Bulge, Bertie Lee, Army Group, Pearl Harbor, Airborne Division, Armored Division, Colonel Leon Johnson, Medals of Honor, Private Carlton, Private Nicholas Minue, Purple Heart, Army's Philippine Division, Colmar Pocket, Combat Infantry Badge, English Channel, Fish Hook, Hurtgen Forest, Lieutenant-Colonel George, Memorial Day New!
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AFTER THE UNION ROUT at Bull Run in the summer of 1861, Northern morale was at a very low point, and the War Department proposed the first military decoration for bravery since the short-lived Purple Heart of George Washington's time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, North Africa, Infantry Regiment, Arlington National Cemetery, Bronze Star, Silver Star, Battle of the Bulge, Bertie Lee, Army Group, Pearl Harbor, Airborne Division, Armored Division, Colonel Leon Johnson, Medals of Honor, Private Carlton, Private Nicholas Minue, Purple Heart, Army's Philippine Division, Colmar Pocket, Combat Infantry Badge, English Channel, Fish Hook, Hurtgen Forest, Lieutenant-Colonel George, Memorial Day New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Battle of the Bulge (-50th Anniversary) by Turner Publishing on page 58
- My War by Andy Rooney on page 58
- The Last Battle (Werewolf: Time of Judgement) by White Wolf Publishing Inc on page 58
- The Making of George Washington by William H. Wilbur on page 8
- Above and Beyond (Library of Curious and Unusual Facts) by Time-Life Books. on page 58
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