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Author : David T. Zabecki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:50858511
Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Digital images
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121159953
Author : David T. Zabecki
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medal of Honor
ISBN : 9781576380796
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Artillery, Field and mountain
ISBN : IND:30000106264546
Author : Dwight S. Mears
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700626656
The Medal of Honor may be America’s highest military decoration, but all Medals of Honor are not created equal. The medal has in fact consisted of several distinct decorations at various times and has involved a number of competing statutes and policies that rewarded different types of heroism. In this book, the first comprehensive look at the medal’s historical, legal, and policy underpinnings, Dwight S. Mears charts the complex evolution of these developments and differences over time. The Medal of Honor has had different qualification thresholds at different times, and indeed three separate versions—one for the army and two for the navy—existed contemporaneously between World Wars I and II. Mears traces these versions back to the medal’s inception during the Civil War and continues through the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—along the way describing representative medal actions for all major conflicts and services as well as legislative and policy changes contemporary to each period. He gives particular attention to retroactive army awards for the Civil War; World War I legislation that modernized and expanded the army’s statutory award authorization; the navy’s grappling with both a combat and noncombat Medal of Honor through much of the twentieth century; the Vietnam-era act that ended noncombat awards and largely standardized the Medal of Honor among all services; and the perceived decline of Medals of Honor awarded in the ongoing Global War on Terror. Mears also explores the tradition of awards via legislative bills of relief; extralegislative awards; administrative routes to awards through Boards of Correction of Military Records; restoration of awards previously revoked by the army in 1917; judicial review of military actions in federal court; and legislative actions intended to atone for historical discrimination against ethnic minorities. Unprecedented in scope and depth, his work is sure to be the definitive resource on America’s highest military honor.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Medal of Honor
ISBN : OSU:32435007259849
Author : Robert Child
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472852861
The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition. In 1945, when Congress began reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machineguns, an observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearhead his tank unit's advance against fierce German resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded. Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself. Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men, including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them posthumously. These are their stories.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : AK-INTERACTIVE, S.L.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127377021
Author : Bart Hagerman
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Parachute troops
ISBN : 9780938021902
Author : Douglas V. Mastriano
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813175577
In July 1918, sensing that the German Army had lost crucial momentum, Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch saw an opportunity to end the First World War. In drafting his plans for a final grand offensive, he assigned the most difficult sector -- the dense Argonne forest and the vast Meuse River valley -- to the American Expeditionary Forces under General John J. Pershing. There, the Doughboys faced thickly defended German lines with terrain deemed impossible to fight through. From September 26 through the November 11 armistice, US forces suffered more than 20,000 casualties a week, but the Allies ultimately prevailed in a decisive victory that helped to end the Great War. In Thunder in the Argonne, Douglas V. Mastriano offers the most comprehensive account of this legendary campaign to date. Not only does he provide American, French, and British perspectives on the offensive, but he also offers -- for the first time in English -- the German view. Mastriano presents a balanced analysis of successes and failures at all levels of command, examining the leadership of the principals while also illuminating acts of heroism by individual soldiers. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive is widely regarded as one of America's finest hours, and the amazing feats of Sergeant Alvin York, Major Charles Whittlesey of the Lost Battalion, and Lieutenant Sam Woodfill -- all accomplished in the midst of this maelstrom -- echo across the ages. Published to coincide with the centennial of the campaign, this engaging book offers a fresh look at the battle that forged the modern US Army
Author : Kent Masterson Brown
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813146058
First Lieutenant Cushing was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by the pPresident of the United States on November 6, 2014, 151 years after his death at the Angle at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, where he commanded Battery A, Fourth United States Artillery. He is likely the last Civil War soldier to who will be so honored. Although many individuals were involved in the effort to give the Medal of Honor to Cushing, this book, first published in 1993, played a critical role.
Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1058 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119601941
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Canals, Interoceanic
ISBN : NYPL:33433034027775
Author : Robert P. Broadwater
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0786469064
In November 1861, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Townsend, adjutant general of the Army, sought to establish an award to motivate and inspire Northern soldiers in the aftermath of the early, morale-devastating defeats of the Civil War. The outcome of Townsend's brainstorm was the Medal of Honor. This reference book offers information about all recipients of the Civil War Medal of Honor, with details of their acts of heroism. The work then organizes recipients by a variety of criteria including branch of service; regiment or naval ship assignment; place of action; act of heroism; state or country of nativity; age of recipient; and date of issuance. Also included is information about the first winners of the medal, the first recipients of multiple medals, posthumously awarded medals and civilian recipients.