Here are the remarkable stories of some of America's great war heroes—men who have won their country's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. Chosen from among the veterans of two World Wars, as well as the War in Korea, these men all earned their Medals in the only way this highly honored decoration can be won: by a deed of personal bravery or self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty. Sergeant York, Audie Murphy, Father O'Callahan, Butch O'Hare, and General William Dean are but five of the outstanding Americans whose exciting and inspiring deeds are recorded in this book.
From the book
PART ONE: World War I: 1914-1918
- Lieutenant Izac and His Escape
- Oscar Schmidt, Rescue at Sea
- Sergeant York, Tennessee Marksman
- Frank Luke, The Arizona Cowboy
- Lieutenant Talbot and Sergeant Robinson, Marines of the Sky
- Louis Van Iersel, Sergeant Extraordinary
PART TWO: World War II: 1939-1945
- Hank Elrod at Wake Island
- Butch O'Hare, Hero of the Navy
- Captain Cromwell, Submariner
- Father O'Callahan of the Franklin
- Bob Bush, Fighting Medical Corpsman
- Audie Murphy of Texas
- Bobbie Brown at Crucifix Hill
- Fred Castle at the Battle of the Bulge
PART THREE: The War in Korea: 1950-1953
- Bill Dean, Combat General
- Melvin Brown, Fighting Engineer
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