Valor of Many Stripes - Scott Baron

Valor of Many Stripes

Remarkable Americans in World War II

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7441-4 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
The award of a military decoration or medal does not define valor, it only recognizes it. The men and women in this volume did incredible things, and although in many cases there was the official awarding of medals, their stories remain unknown and untold. This book is a modest attempt to correct that oversight.
The award of a military decoration does not define valor--it only recognizes it. Many acts of notable courage and self-sacrifice occur on the battlefield but are often obscured in the fog of battle or lost to history, unrecognized and unheralded.

The largely overlooked men and women in this volume did incredible things in dire circumstances. Although in some cases decorations were awarded--including several Medals of Honor--their stories remain unknown.

Scott Baron, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and former law enforcement officer teaches United States history in Salinas, California.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Introduction

Kemp Tolley: The Man Who Almost Started World War II

Kermit Tyler: Pursuit Officer, Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii Territory

Edwin P. Ramsey: The Last Horse Cavalry Charge in U.S. Military History

James R. Roosevelt: Second Marine Raider Battalion at Makin Island

Douglas Munro: Only Coast Guard Medal of Honor

Demas T. Craw and Pierpont M. Hamilton: Operation Torch

The Niland Brothers: Inspiration for Saving Private Ryan

The Borgstrom Brothers: Further Inspiration for Saving Private Ryan

The Stokes Twins: Awarded the Silver Star for the Same Action

Guy “Gabby” Gabaldon: The “Pied Piper of Saipan,” from Hell to Eternity

Eugene B. Fluckey: Only Sub Commander to “Torpedo” a Train

John C. “Jack” Lee, Jr.: Joint German American Force at the End of World War II

Operation Ginny II: Execution of 15 American Commandos

Matt Urban: Most Decorated Soldier in American History

Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith: First Enlisted Airman Medal of Honor (Europe)

Joseph T. ­O’Callahan: Only Chaplain Awarded Medal of Honor in World War II

Silvestre S. Herrera: Medal of Honor Awarded to a Mexican National

Isadore S. Jachman: ­Native-Born German Who Won the Medal of Honor

Richard Nott Antrim: Only Medal of Honor Awarded to a POW During World War II

Roddie Edmonds: First U.S. Serviceman Named “Righteous Among the Nations”

Charles Valentine August: Twice a POW in the Same War

Virginia Hall: World War II’s Most Dangerous Spy

Moe Berg: Catcher, Scholar, Intelligence Officer

Bert Shepard: ­One-Legged Major League Pitcher

William Augustus Read, Jr.: Coconuts and the Navy Cross

Bruce Ward Carr: Departed in a Mustang, Returned in a ­Focke-Wulf

Chips: U.S. Army War Dog Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 23 photos, bibliographies, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 299 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeines / Lexika
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4766-7441-8 / 1476674418
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-7441-4 / 9781476674414
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