Common Valor

Author : Frank Viscuso
Publisher : Fire Engineering Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781593704599

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"In Common Valor, Frank Viscuso describes the firefighting world as only a firefighter can. Viscuso captures the human emotion and drama from firefighters who have endured a wide range of firefighting and rescue scenarios. He goes way beyond the stories that the public may hear about. With Common Valor, you live it. From these dramatic descriptions, you feel yourself right there, up close with the rescuers. From seeing fellow firefighters die to being caught in a flashover and living to tell about it, Common Valor captures the true spirit and camaraderie of firefighters." —Harvey Eisner If you are a firefighter, or hope to be one someday, you need to read Common Valor. This book captures the true spirit of firefighting and all the emotions that accompany what has been called both the greatest and most stressful job on earth.

Author : Hal Buell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0425209806

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Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue by Hal Buell Pdf

An in-depth account of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi, describes the events of the battle between U.S. Marines and Japanese forces, as well as Rosenthal's ten days on Iwo Jima during the conflict, in a narrative complemented by more than 120 archival combat photographs. 50,000 first printing.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211316687

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Iwo Jima, Uncommon Valor [was a Common Virtue] by United States. Marine Corps Pdf

Author : Henry H. Gilbert
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462057144

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Common Valor by Henry H. Gilbert Pdf

Harry Seymour and Samantha Hazelwood want to get married and build a family. He is a college student from a wealthy New Orleans family, and she is the daughter of an old Virginia family. They could be married without delay, if not for the war that tore the United States apart. With heavy heart, Harry enlists with the Confederacy but hates the thought of fighting his own kin from Connecticut. In the meantime, Sam is recruited to be a spy in Washington. As the war comes to an end, the two lovers are reunited. Harry is a broken manfinancially and psychologically, having faced the terrors of war and lived to tell about them. Still madly in love, Sam welcomes him home; with the help of relatives and a former slave, they rebuild their fortunes during the turbulent Reconstruction. But their troubles are far from over. An old nemesis will not let the war end at Appomattox. Elliot Seymour is one of Harrys Connecticut cousins, and he finds a way to imprison Sam. He confiscates the lovers home and uses their former slaves against them. Will Harry and Sams love survive yet another tragedy? War is hell; it can ruin an entire country, but it can also make warriors out of cowards, heroes out of slaves, and spouses out of loversif only good can prevail in the midst of horror.

Author : Stephen Moore
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682473122

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Uncommon Valor by Stephen Moore Pdf

Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots, and other black ops missions. During that time, Forward Operating Base-2's (FOB-2's) recon company became the most highly decorated unit of the Vietnam War, with five of its men earning the Medal of Honor and eight earning the Distinguished Service Cross-America's second highest military award for valor. Purple Hearts were earned by SOG veterans at a pace unparalleled in American wars of the twentieth century, with casualties at times exceeding 100 percent. One, Bob Howard, was wounded on fourteen different occasions, received eight Purple Hearts, was written up after three different missions for the Medal of Honor, and emerged from Vietnam as the most highly decorated soldier since World War II's Audie Murphy.

Author : Dwight Jon Zimmerman,John D. Gresham
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429988919

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Uncommon Valor by Dwight Jon Zimmerman,John D. Gresham Pdf

Uncommon Valor from Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham presents a fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country. Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call of duty." Six of the eight were young men who had fought in the current war in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. All of these medals were awarded posthumously, as all had made the choice to give their lives so that their comrades might live. Uncommon Valor answers the searing question of who these six young soldiers were, and dramatically details how they found themselves in life-or-death situations, and why they responded as they did. For the first time, this book also provides a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor itself—one marred by controversies, scandals, and theft. Using an extraordinary range of sources, including interviews with family members and friends, teammates and superiors in the military, personal letters, blogs posted within hours of events, personal and official videos and newly declassified documents, Uncommon Valor is a compelling and important work that recounts incredible acts of heroism and lays bare the ultimate sacrifice of our bravest soldiers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945
ISBN : UCBK:B000510441

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Iwo Jima, Uncommon Valor... by Anonim Pdf

Author : James H Hallas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811765282

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Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima by James H Hallas Pdf

The epic Battle of Iwo Jima is recounted through the stories of twenty-eight American soldiers who showed uncommon valor during one of WWII’s most bitter conflicts. When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March of 1945, nineteen-thousand American Marines had been wounded and seven-thousand were dead, a casualty rate of nearly thirty-nine percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines’ bloodiest battle of the Second World War and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history. This volume captures the bravery of those who fought in that epic battle through the stories of twenty-two Marines and five Navy personnel who received the Medal of Honor in recognition of their gallantry under fire.

Author : Dick Couch,George Galdorisi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101576175

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Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor by Dick Couch,George Galdorisi Pdf

The Navy SEALs have been fighting terrorists around the world for over a decade. And for all that time, the Bandito Platoon SEALS from SEAL Team Seven have been on continuous combat rotation. Now they have drawn a shipboard assignment off Central America—an easy day. But for a Navy SEAL, the only easy day was yesterday. In a powerful story of global anti-terrorism inspired by real life missions, Act of Valor combines stunning combat scenes, up-to-the minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, highly trained group of warriors. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the United States, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home. But each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border—where they engage in an epic firefight with potentially unimaginable consequences for America…

Author : Anonim
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456062194

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Common Valor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dee Henderson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781414355504

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True Valor by Dee Henderson Pdf

Heroes get a new meaning when you see inside their lives. Gracie is a Navy Pilot; Bruce works Air Force Pararescue. With dangerous jobs—often away from home—they write love letters. When Gracie is shot down behind enemy lines, Bruce has one mission: get her out alive. Uncommon Heroes: Welcome to a world where friendships go deep, loyalties stand strong, and uncommon heroes perform the toughest jobs in the world. Dee Henderson's military romance series provides a detailed passage into the world of the military and homeland heroes, and those they love.

Author : Frank Viscuso
Publisher : Fire Engineering Books
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781593703080

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Step Up and Lead by Frank Viscuso Pdf

In his new book Step Up and Lead, Frank Viscuso--author, speaker, and career deputy chief--shares the secrets of effective fire service leadership, introduces the traits and skills essential for successful fire service leaders, and discusses the importance of customer service. Designed to help you reach the top of your profession, this new book is considered must-read material for anyone who is ready to step up and lead!

Author : Jeffry D. Wert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501128301

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A Brotherhood of Valor by Jeffry D. Wert Pdf

This unusual and moving chronicle covers some of the most important battles of the Civil War—Sharpsburg (Antietam), Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville—through the stories of the two brigades who confronted each other on the bloody fields of battle. Drawing on original source material, Jeffry Wert reconstructs the drama and terrors of war through the eyes of the ordinary men who became members of two of the most respected fighting units of their respective armies, the Stonewall Brigade of the Confederacy and the Iron Brigade of the Union. There are tales of grueling marches and almost unbearable deprivations; eyewitness accounts of ferocious fighting and devastating losses on both sides; and portraits of acts of courage and valor performed by soldiers and officers who, despite the difficulties they faced, remained dedicated to the cause for which they were fighting.

Author : Melvin Claxton,Mark Puls
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : African American soldiers
ISBN : UCSC:32106018706306

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Uncommon Valor by Melvin Claxton,Mark Puls Pdf

The gripping saga of the band of black soldiers who helped turn the tide of war After much agonizing, Christian Fleetwood, a free 23-year-old black man living in Baltimore during the Civil War, made a momentous and difficult decision: he enlisted. Uncommon Valor tells the dramatic story of Fleetwood and the other black farmers, laborers, and tradesmen who bravely risked their lives to end slavery and win respect for their race at a time when much of America shunned them. When the country that oppressed and despised them called them to serve, they became heroes of the highest order. Many of the events in this powerful tale of war, heroism, and liberation are seen through the eyes of those who lived through them, thanks to the detailed letters and diaries they left behind. Melvin Claxton (Detroit, MI), a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, and Mark Puls (Detroit, MI) are both investigative reporters with the Detroit News. -- Publishers description.

Author : James M. Merrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : UCAL:B3287165

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Uncommon Valor by James M. Merrill Pdf

Story of the American soldier through all U.S. wars from Concord to Korea, including reminiscences of combatants, photographs, reproductions of war posters, etc.