medal of honor

Describes the Medal of Honor and its recipients from the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Biographies of eleven recipients of America's highest military honor: Jacob Parrott, William Carney, Mary Edwards Walker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alvin York, John Bulkeley, Mitchell Red Cloud, Hiroshi Miyamura, Jay Vargas, Gary Gordon, and Randall Shugart.

Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta was the first living person to receive the Medal of Honor--the highest honor presented by the U.S. military--since the conclusion of the Vietnam War. For his bravery in Afghanistan, he also received the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Purple Heart.

Chronicles Jason Dunham's experiences fighting in Iraq, culminating in Dunham's heroic actions when an Iraqi soldier threw a grenade at Dunham's troops.

Presents the personal reflections and poems of over ninety recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor in which they share their feelings about their families, faith, and country, with brief accounts of how each man came to be awarded the medal for valor in action against an enemy force.