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Afghan War, 2001- Regimental histories United States Courage Afghanistan Heroes United States Biography Medal of Honor Biography Romesha, Clinton Soldiers United States Biography United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 30th (1901-1957) Biography World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United StatesGiunta, Salvatore A. (Salvatore Augustine)
Summary: A Medal of Honor recipient shares the story of his military career, recounting his deployment to Afghanistan's volatile Korengal Valley and his life-risking efforts to provide medical aid to wounded fellow soldiers during an October 2007 Taliban ambush.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.104 GIUNTA, SALVATORE GIUJohnson, F. B.
Summary: This is the story of an extraordinary man. John McKinney was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery, but his story has never been told. The son of a Georgia sharecropper, he learned to hunt and survive in the wilderness while helping to feed his family in the Depression. Then came World War II, and he was sent to the Pacific. Before dawn, May 11, 1945, his unit, camped in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 MCKINNEY, JOHN JOHRomesha, Clinton
Summary: An account of the horrendous October 2009 attack on the American Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan, told in a frank, engaging vernacular by the staff sergeant and Medal of Honor winner. Romesha ably captures the daily dangers faced by these courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan.-- "'It doesn't get better.' To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 ROMCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 ROMKershaw, Alex
Summary: "The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II-all Medal of Honor recipients-from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice "Footsie" Britt, a former professional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022