Medal of Honor recipient recalls deadly ambush
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Single Handed: The Inspiring True Story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin--Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero, and Medal of Honor Recipient
- ASIN: 0425279766
- ISBN: 9780425279762
- Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber
From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor... After being captured by Nazis and living through a year in the Mauthausen concentration camp, young Hungarian immigrant Tibor Rubin arrived in America, penniles... [Read More]
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Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines
- ASIN: B00N6PETF8
- Brand: Crown
- Manufacturer: Crown
The true story of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Company and a Green Beret Staff Sergeant's heroic mission to rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War, from New York Times bestselling author Eric Blehm. On May 2, 1968, a twelve-man Special Forces team covertly infiltrated a small clearing in the j... [Read More]
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Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey From Poverty and Prejudice (Memories of War)
- ASIN: 1574886924
- ISBN: 1574886924
- Manufacturer: Potomac Books
Half-Hispanic, half-Yaqui Indian, and an orphan, Roy Benavidez fought his way out of poverty and bigotry to serve with the U.S. Army’s elite―the Airborne and the Special Forces. Seriously wounded in Vietnam, he was told he would never walk again. Benavidez not only conquered his disability but demanded to return to combat.On his second tour, wh... [Read More]
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
- ASIN: 1101984333
- ISBN: 1101984333
- Manufacturer: Dutton
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen-hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. “‘It doesn't get better.’ To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, mayb... [Read More]
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Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
- UPC: 791243652407
- ASIN: 1579652409
- ISBN: 1579652409
- Manufacturer: Artisan
On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petry (the second inductee) rightly take their place in the pages of this third edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty.... [Read More]
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By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage
- ASIN: 1250130212
- ISBN: 9781250130211
- Brand: GRIFFIN
- Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
In April of 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life in an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor--an award that represents the pinnacle of heroism and courage.Just six months later, Norris was sent on a dangerous spec... [Read More]
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War Heroes: True Stories of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
- ASIN: 0275943097
- ISBN: 0275943097
- Manufacturer: Praeger
In this extraordinary book, 15 recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor tell the stories of the actions for which they received their awards. The stories themselves present true examples of valor, courage, and sacrifice. More than stories, however, they recount moments of significance in the life of our country.The Congressional Medal of Hono... [Read More]
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Medal of Honor
- ASIN: 1579654622
- ISBN: 1579654622
- Manufacturer: Artisan
On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petry (the second inductee) rightly take their place in the pages of this third edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty.... [Read More]
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Sleep Like a Tiger (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s))
- ASIN: 0547641028
- ISBN: 0547641028
- Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
- Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers
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Heavy: An American Memoir
- ASIN: B01CO349N4
- Manufacturer: Scribner
*Named a Best Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, Buzzfeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Critics* In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir—winner of t... [Read More]
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You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
- ASIN: 0425283038
- ISBN: 0425283038
- Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber
The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteran’s advocate Sammy Lee Davis. On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davis’s artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At twenty-one years old, he resolved to face the onslaught and prepared to die. Soon he would have a perforated kidney, cru... [Read More]
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Beyond the Bright Sea
- ASIN: 1101994878
- ISBN: 9781101994870
- Manufacturer: Puffin Books
- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year.An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Parents’ Magazine Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Editors' Choice selection • A BookPage Best Book of the Yea... [Read More]
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
- ASIN: 067084487X
- ISBN: 067084487X
- Brand: Viking Juvenile
- Manufacturer: Viking Books for Young Readers
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Mr. Wuffles! (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s))
- UPC: 046442756617
- ASIN: 0618756612
- ISBN: 9780618756612
- Brand: Clarion Books
- Manufacturer: Clarion Books
A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book In a near wordless masterpiece that could only have been devised by David Wiesner, a cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn't care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens—but the ship wasn't designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sick... [Read More]
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Heroes of WW II: True Stories of Medal of Honor Winners
- ASIN: 0345375459
- ISBN: 0345375459
- Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Of the 13 million who served during World War II, only 433 received our country's highest award for valor -- and only 190 of those brave men survived to receive their medals.This book vividly chronicles their almost superhuman feats of selfless courage. We witness the climactic moments and brave deeds that made history in World War II: the bombing ... [Read More]
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Honor Book)
- ASIN: 0670878553
- ISBN: 9780670878550
- Brand: Viking Juvenile
- Manufacturer: Viking Books for Young Readers
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Uncommon Valor: A Story of Race, Patriotism, and Glory in the Final Battles of the Civil War
- ASIN: 0471468231
- ISBN: 0471468231
- Manufacturer: Wiley
"With the air of intimacy that only comes from intensive research, Uncommon Valor vividly shows us the contributions made by escaped slaves, ex-slaves, and freemen to the Union cause." --Gene Smith, author of Lee and Grant Christian Fleetwood had mixed feelings about America, and America had mixed feelings about him. As a free twenty-three-year-ol... [Read More]
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Firestarter: A Novel
- ASIN: B018ER7KK8
- Manufacturer: Scribner
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Hatchet
- ASIN: 1416936475
- ISBN: 9781416936473
- Brand: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge o... [Read More]
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Beyond The Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front
- ASIN: B00L9AXVAG
- Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber
This is the inspiring true story of Captain Robert Trimble, who laid his life on the line to rescue hundreds of World War II POWs, including women and children, on the Eastern Front.Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-prisoners of war were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front. With no food, shelter, or supplies, the POWs ... [Read More]
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