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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781563117237
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : United States
ISBN : 0938021559
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1563111861
The words Purple Heart conjure images of the toll that true freedom exacts. Preserved through thousands of photos, nearly 2,000 biographies, & first person accounts, this volume is dedicated in honor of the wounded defenders of our freedom. Contains a list of the more than 32,000 recipients.
Author : Patricia McCormick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780061948763
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero. There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together. Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black-and-white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed. National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.
Author : Military Order of the Purple Heart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Decorations of honor
ISBN : OCLC:31028878
Author : Edward L. Daily
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : 9780938021841
This is the story of an ordeal sustained by the flesh and blood of United Nations soldiers, American Soldiers, Republic of Korea soldiers, and the innocent and defenseless refugees. Superior photos, maps, casualty list, military symbols, weapons glossary, and the roster of the 7th US Cavalry Association.
Author : Fred L Borch
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612514093
More than one million men and women have received the Purple Heart since its creation as an award “for military merit” in 1932. This book provides a brief history of the Purple Heart, with a focus on how the decoration’s award criteria have evolved over the last 75 years. The book then takes a representative look at Purple Heart recipients from all the services by conflict, starting with the Civil War and concluding with the on-going conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Author : David Schwind
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0979284910
During the Second World War, 291,577 men and women of the United States armed forces were killed in action in the fight against the Axis powers. Each of these service members was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart medal in recognition for the loss of their lives in the pursuit of worldwide freedom. Over the last seven decades, all but a few of these brave men and women have been forgotten. Subsequently, many of their Purple Hearts languished in attics and drawers for years before being donated to museums, surfacing at estate sales, or sold by families to people eager to rediscover their lost history. With the goal of educating and deepening the appreciation of the medal for families, historians, museums, and collectors, this book serves as a tangible reminder of ultimate sacrifice, providing a visual guide to Purple Heart medal and those who earned it. Through the biographies of over three hundred men who were awarded the Purple Heart after they were killed in action, this book conveys the meaning and importance of this medal and what it represents. Additionally, the variations, types, engraving styles, and manufacturing differences are examined at a level of detail never before published to give the reader a full appreciation of the development of the medal and how it changed over time to become the medal we know today. Sacrifice Remembered is a key reference across the historical research spectrum: from museums maintaining Purple Hearts in their collections to historians, researchers, and collectors seeking to appreciate essential details about the medal.Most importantly, families searching to discover their genealogical history will gain a better understanding of the tremendous sacrifices made by those who came before them.
Author : M. J. Thurman,Christine Sherman
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1563117282
Throughout the history of mankind there have always been wars and their resulting after effects. Normally, these wars have ended through negotiated settlements amongst the parties concerned or with the total destruction and subjugation of one side by the other. In the negotiated settlement what each side was to receive from the other was spelled out usually in the settlement documents. However, in the case of one side being vanquished by the other, the victors would normally enforce their will on their opponents, including what they wished to be done with the populace and their leaders.
Author : Marvin Kalb,Deborah Kalb
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815724407
The United States had never lost a war—that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to put "boots on the ground" and commit troops to war. In Haunting Legacy, the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential decisionmaking on one crucial issue: in light of the Vietnam debacle, under what circumstances should the United States go to war? The sobering lesson of Vietnam is that the United States is not invincible—it can lose a war—and thus it must be more discriminating about the use of American power. Every president has faced the ghosts of Vietnam in his own way, though each has been wary of being sucked into another unpopular war. Ford (during the Mayaguez crisis) and both Bushes (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan) deployed massive force, as if to say, "Vietnam, be damned." On the other hand, Carter, Clinton, and Reagan (to the surprise of many) acted with extreme caution, mindful of the Vietnam experience. Obama has also wrestled with the Vietnam legacy, using doses of American firepower in Libya while still engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors spent five years interviewing hundreds of officials from every post war administration and conducting extensive research in presidential libraries and archives, and they've produced insight and information never before published. Equal parts taut history, revealing biography, and cautionary tale, Haunting Legacy is must reading for anyone trying to understand the power of the past to influence war-and-peace decisions of the present, and of the future.
Author : Robert L. Campbell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462820344
In this sometimes disturbing and frightening memoir of experiences, interviews, and government documents, Robert Campbell seeks to level the playing field for many atomic veterans after he discovered how great a difference could exist between contemporaneous records and later-reconstructed versions of the same nuclear operations. Using the Freedom of Information Act, Robert tried to match real-time data with the footprints (experiences) of veterans who lived it and compare this information, when possible, to later versions postulated by officials who were not present at these operations. Very interesting reading.
Author : Michael DeStefano
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640826229
Esteemed California music professor David Whealy is drawn to the other side of the country to investigate the circumstances behind his unexpected inheritance. As David probes deeper into the secrets of his benefactor, James Burton West, he finds more than just a wealth of unpublished music on the order of the great composers. David’s benefactor knew precious little about his own estate that had been in continuous family hands since 1724. He knew nothing about his colonial ancestor, a Thomas of historic import, nor the origins of that ancient iron key which held a secret even West knew nothing about. A secret which may well have redrawn the map of the United States.
Author : Jack Grubbs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781538114490
Maggie Dixon, a 28-year old women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament—and died suddenly four weeks later. This book profiles a woman whose enthusiasm, affirmation, hard work, and determination inspired not only her players but friends and family.
Author : Paul W. Westermeyer,Breanne Robertson
Publisher : Marine Corps Association
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160944120
In the summer of 2017, the newly arrived president of Marine Corps University, Brigadier General William J. Bowers, ordered a lecture series, "The Legacy of Belleau Wood: 100 Years of Making Marines and Winning Battles." The series would include four lectures, and it was to be supported by an anthology produced by History Division, providing readings to the students on the topics each lecture would cover. The intent was to produce an anthology of lasting worth to Marines, broadly depicting keystone moments in the history of the Corps during the century following the Battle of Belleau Wood. This volume presents a collection of 36 extracts, articles, letters, orders, interviews, and biographies. The work is intended to serve as a general overview and provisional reference to inform both Marines and the general public of the broad outlines of notable trends and controversies in Marine Corps history--Provided by publisher.
Author : Dennis K. Rhoades,Michael R. Leaveck,James C. Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754065303327
41 papers from 70 authors from the 1994 national symposium on the aftermath of Vietnam. Authorities and doctors of medicine and psychology speak out on the effects of Vietnam on vets. and their families. Topics include: the children of vets. with post-traumatic stress disorder; the potential for change in the delivery of services to vets.; rural vets.: traumas and transition; building on the experiences of the Agent Orange class assistance program; lingering consequences of the Vietnam War: vet. families with children with disabilities or chronic illness, etc.