America's Heroes: Medal Of Honor Recipients From Civil War To Afghanistan, 1st Edition

James H. Willbanks
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ABC-CLIO

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ISBN-10: 159884394X
ISBN-13: 9781598843941
DDC: 355.0092
Grade Level Range: 9th Grade - College Senior
534 Pages | eBook
Original Copyright 2011 | Published/Released January 2012
This publication's content originally published in print form: 2011

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Overview

AMERICA'S HERO'S: MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO AFGHANISTAN pays tribute to Americans who have demonstrated uncommon valor in the face of great danger. The Medal of Honor recipients featured in this book all acted heroically to earn this highly coveted award, many of them by risking or sacrificing their lives to save the lives of others. The stories of these individuals chosen to reflect the wide diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, branches of service, and conflicts of the recipients will broaden readers' understanding and appreciation of the Medal of Honor and the distinguished Americans who have received it. In addition to the gripping stories of these heroic Americans, this unique encyclopedia includes an introduction that chronicles the evolution in the award's significance. The Medal of Honor has changed greatly over the last 150 years, not only in the design of the physical decoration itself, but also in terms of the qualifying criteria for the award's recipients.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Acknowledgments.
Preface.
Introduction.
1: Adams, Lucian.
2: Baca, John P..
3: Bacon, Nicky Daniel.
4: Baker, Vernon.
5: Baldwin, Frank D..
6: Ballard, Donald E..
7: Barfoot, Van T..
8: Barnum, Harvey C., Jr..
9: Barrett, Carlton W..
10: Basilone, John.
11: Benavidez, Roy P..
12: Birkhimer, William E..
13: Blake, Robert.
14: Bleak, David B..
15: Boyington, Gregory.
16: Brady, Patrick Henry.
17: Britt, Maurice L..
18: Brown, Bobbie E..
19: Bucha, Paul William.
20: Burke, Lloyd L..
21: Bush, Robert Eugene.
22: Butler, Smedley Darlington.
23: Butterfield, Daniel.
24: Cafferata, Hector A., Jr..
25: Carney, William H..
26: Cavaiani, Jon R..
27: Chamberlain, Joshua L..
28: Childers, Ernest.
29: Cody, William F..
30: Cohn, Abraham.
31: Cole, Robert G..
32: Craft, Clarence B..
33: Crandall, Bruce P..
34: Custer, Thomas W..
35: Dahlgren, John Olof.
36: Daly, Daniel Joseph.
37: Davila, Rudolph B..
38: Davis, Charles W..
39: Davis, Raymond G..
40: Davis, Sammy L..
41: Day, George E..
42: Dean, William F..
43: DeBlanc, Jefferson Joseph.
44: Dix, Drew Dennis.
45: Donlon, Roger Hugh C..
46: Donovan, William Joseph.
47: Doolittle, James H..
48: Doss, Desmond T..
49: Dunham, Jason L..
50: Dunham, Russell E..
51: Dyess, Aquilla James.
52: Ehlers, Walter D..
53: Evans, Ernest Edwin.
54: Faith, Don C., Jr..
55: Finn, John William.
56: Fletcher, Frank Jack.
57: Fluckey, Eugene Bennett.
58: Foley, Robert F..
59: Foss, Joseph Jacob.
60: Fox, John Robert.
61: Freeman, Ed W..
62: Funston, Frederick.
63: Galer, Robert Edward.
64: García, Macario.
65: Gonsalves, Harold.
66: Gonzalez, Alfredo.
67: Gordon, Gary I..
68: Hagemeister, Charles Chris.
69: Harmon, Roy W..
70: Harrell, William George.
71: Hatch, John P..
72: Hayashi, Shizuya.
73: Hayes, Webb C..
74: Heard, John W..
75: Hendrix, James R..
76: Hernández, Rodolfo P..
77: Herrera, Silvestre S..
78: Hooper, Joe R..
79: Howard, Oliver O..
80: Howard, Robert L..
81: Inouye, Daniel K..
82: Irwin, Bernard J. D..
83: Izac, Edouard Victor Michel.
84: Jackson, Joe M..
85: Jacobs, Jack H..
86: Joel, Lawrence.
87: Kaufman, Benjamin.
88: Keeble, Woodrow W..
89: Kelly, Charles E..
90: Kerrey, Joseph R..
91: Kisters, Gerry H..
92: Kouma, Ernest R..
93: Lang, George C..
94: Lemon, Peter C..
95: Levitow, John L..
96: Liteky, Angelo J..
97: Livingston, James E..
98: Lopez, Jose M..
99: Lucas, Jacklyn Harold.
100: Luke, Frank, Jr..
101: Mabry, George L., Jr..
102: MacArthur, Arthur, Jr..
103: MacArthur, Douglas.
104: Mackie, John F..
105: Mallon, George H..
106: Marm, Walter Joseph, Jr..
107: Martinez, Joe P..
108: McCool, Richard Miles, Jr..
109: McGinnis, Ross A..
110: McGinty, John J., III.
111: McKinney, John R..
112: Merli, Gino J..
113: Miles, L. Wardlaw.
114: Miles, Nelson A..
115: Millett, Lewis L..
116: Miyamura, Hiroshi H..
117: Mize, Ola L..
118: Moffett, William A..
119: Monsoor, Michael A..
120: Monti, Jared C..
121: Munemori, Sadao S..
122: Munro, Douglas Albert.
123: Murphy, Audie L..
124: Murphy, Michael P..
125: Murphy, Raymond G..
126: Norris, Thomas R..
127: Novosel, Michael J..
128: O'Hare, Edward Henry.
129: O'Kane, Richard Hetherington.
130: Okubo, James K..
131: Olive, Milton L., III.
132: O'Neill, Richard W..
133: Page, John U. D..
134: Paige, Mitchell.
135: Parker, Samuel I..
136: Pennypacker, Galusha.
137: Penry, Richard A..
138: Pitsenbarger, William H..
139: Pittman, John A..
140: Pittman, Richard A..
141: Pope, Everett Parker.
142: Pope, Thomas A..
143: Rascon, Alfred V..
144: Ray, Ronald Eric.
145: Red Cloud, Mitchell, Jr..
146: Rickenbacker, Edward V..
147: Roberts, Gordon R..
148: Rocco, Louis R..
149: Rodriguez, Joseph C..
150: Roosevelt, Theodore.
151: Rosser, Ronald E..
152: Rubin, Tibor.
153: Rudolph, Donald E..
154: Ruiz, Alejandro R. Renteria.
155: Sakato, George T..
156: Salomon, Ben L..
157: Sandlin, Willie.
158: Sasser, Clarence Eugene.
159: Schofield, John M..
160: Shafter, William R..
161: Shoup, David Monroe.
162: Shughart, Randall D..
163: Sickles, Daniel E..
164: Sijan, Lance P..
165: Simanek, Robert E..
166: Sitter, Carl L..
167: Smith, Andrew Jackson.
168: Smith, Paul R..
169: Spurrier, Junior J..
170: Stockdale, James B..
171: Stone, James L..
172: Stowers, Freddie.
173: Thornton, Michael Edwin.
174: Thorsness, Leo K..
175: Titus, Calvin Pearl.
176: Turner, George B..
177: Urban, Matt.
178: Vandegrift, Alexander Archer.
179: Vargas, Jay R..
180: Versace, Humbert R..
181: Wahlen, George Edward.
182: Wai, Francis B..
183: Wainwright, Jonathan M..
184: Walker, Dr. Mary E..
185: Ware, Keith L..
186: Warren, Francis E..
187: Watson, George.
188: Watters, Charles Joseph.
189: Webb, Alexander S..
190: Wetzel, Gary George.