About this title: This account of legendary battlefield courage celebrates the larger-than-life sacrifices of those awarded the USA's highest honour for valour in combat. Interviews with these 24 men - firsthand accounts of battlefield sacrifice from the greatest generation to Vietnam, along with before and after stories - form the core of the text. The recipients, as portrayed here, represent a cross section as diverse as America itself - officers and enlisted men; African Americans; Japanese Americans; Hispanics and Caucasians; men who went on to be famous (Daniel Inouye, James Stockdale and Bob Kerrey); and ...
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Your search:Books»Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words: Extraordinary Stories of Courage from World War II to Vietnam(24 available copies)
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., NY
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393051346ISBN:039305134X
Description: Very Good in Very Good Unclipped jacket. Signed by Author A bright, tight copy. Signed on title page. DJ has some shelf wear. Clean, crisp text. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 404. Celebrates the sacrifices of those awarded the nationís highest honor for bravery in combat. This oral history of living Medal of Honor recipients provides, in their own words, the stories of 24 of these men, revealing their harrowing, firsthand accounts of battle--from the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, to the battle for Toktong Pass in Korea in 1951, to the bloody battles of South Vietnam in 1968. The men represent a cross section as diverse as America itself- ... read more
Edition: First edition stated/second printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393051346ISBN:039305134X
Description: Adams, Eddie (Photographer) Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by actor Stephen Lang (Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals). DJ has slight wear and soiling, with sticker residue at barcode. Small mark to bottom edge. xxi, 404 p. Illustrations. Citations. Introduction by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf (U. S. Army, Retired). collection of interviews with recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the military's highest recognition for valor, will benefit from cross-promotion on the ... read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393051346ISBN:039305134X
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 039305134X. Dust jacket has minor wear at bottom end of spine, otherwise pristine. Top end of spine is softened on book, inscription on ffep, otherwise NO markings, tight binding. Pasadena's premier independent new and used bookstore. General Military.; 1.33 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 320 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 7/1/2003
ISBN-13:9780393051346ISBN:039305134X
Description: New. 039305134X HARDCOVER, UNREAD NEW BUT HAS A VERY TINY BIT OF SHELF WEAR FROM DISPLAY OR STORAGE, CLEAN & COMPLETE PAGES & COVER, MAY HAVE REMAINDER MARKS. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780393051346ISBN:039305134X
Description: Fine in Fine/unclipped jacket. Very tight, clean copy, virtually unused condition, undamaged pages, no marks, tears or creases, clean, unworn hard covers, no corner bumps or edge wear, very tight spine, pages and hard covers. Clean, bright dust jacket, no tears or creases, no wear. read more
Description: Very good. An oral history of living Medal of Honor winners, based on interviews with 24 winners, from World War II to the Vietnam War, with B W photographs. read more
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