Medal of Honor |
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| Author:
| Collier, Peter |
| Text by:
| Collier, Peter |
| Photographer:
| Del Calzo, Nick |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57965-462-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Artisan
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first livingnbsp;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 ofnbsp;Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. The book includes 144 contemporary portraits of recipients by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo and profiles by...
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On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first livingnbsp;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 ofnbsp;Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. The book includes 144 contemporary portraits of recipients by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo and profiles by National Book Award nominee Peter Collier.nbsp;First published on Veterans Day 2003, this New York Times bestseller has now been updated and augmented to include newnbsp;essays plus:
* Letters from all living presidents * A foreword by Brian Williams * Profiles of Sergeant Giunta and Sergeant Petry
There are also essays by Tom Brokaw, Senator John McCain, and Victor Davisnbsp;Hanson, and a multimedia DVD with historic footage and recipients' first-person reflections. The Medal of Honor recipients in thenbsp;book fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, serving in every branchnbsp;of the armed services.