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World War II Medal of Honor Recipients (1)
Navy & USMC
World War II Medal of Honor Recipients (1)
Navy & USMC
Description
The first of two titles looking at the recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest military award that can be bestowed on personnel in the United States' Armed Forces, during World War II.
It covers Navy and Marine Corps awardees in all theaters of war, from the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the brutal fighting on Iwo Jima in 1945. Among the inspiring stories told are those of Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro, the only Coast Guardsman to ever receive the Medal of Honor, and Commander Antrim, who faced almost certain death to save fellow prisoners in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Robert Hargis and Starr Sinton's evocative text is accompanied by illustrations and photographs throughout.
Table of Contents
Medal history
Biographies - Cassin Young, Richard Antrim, John Bulkeley, John Powers, Douglas Munro, John Cromwell, Lt Albert, David McCampbell, Richard O'Kane, Elmer Bigelow, Joseph O'Callahan, Francis Pierce, John Basilone, Jefferson Deblanc, Alexander Bonnyman, 1st Lt Hawkins
Product details
| Published | Aug 20 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781782002000 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 51 b/w; 10 col |
| Series | Elite |
| Short code | ELI 92 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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