The Purple Heart In History
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The Purple Heart In History
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Author : Military Order of the Purple Heart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
The Purple Heart In History written by Military Order of the Purple Heart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Decorations of honor categories.
The Purple Heart
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Author : Frederic L. Borch
language : en
Publisher: Borch & Westlake Pub
Release Date : 1996
The Purple Heart written by Frederic L. Borch and has been published by Borch & Westlake Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
The Legacy Of The Purple Heart
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language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 1996-06-15
The Legacy Of The Purple Heart written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-15 with History categories.
The words Purple Heart conjure images of the toll that true freedom exacts. Preserved through thousands of photos, nearly 2,000 biographies, & first person accounts, this volume is dedicated in honor of the wounded defenders of our freedom. Contains a list of the more than 32,000 recipients.
The Legacy Of The Purple Heart
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2001
The Legacy Of The Purple Heart written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with United States categories.
For Military Merit
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Author : Frederic L. Borch
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2010
For Military Merit written by Frederic L. Borch and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Military decorations categories.
"[This book] provides a brief history of the Purple Heart, with a focus on how the decoration's award criteria have evolved, and then provides a representative look at Purple Heart recipients from all the services by conflict, concluding with more recent recipients from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq ... [and] includes never-before-published information about these heroic acts, as well as rare photographs of Purple Heart recipients from early U.S. conflicts, including the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish American War, and the Boxer Rebellion. Among the notable recipients highlighted in the book are Civil War veteran Pvt. Oran Randlett, who, in 1937, received two Purple Hearts for wounds received at Chancellorsville in 1863 and Cold Harbor in 1864; Brig. Gen. Robert Frederick, who received a record eight Purple Hearts for wounds in World War II; and crew members of USS Panay, who were finally awarded Purple Hearts fifty-five years after the 1937 Japanese attack on their gunboat"--Jacket.
Sacrifice Remembered
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Author : David Schwind
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-03
Sacrifice Remembered written by David Schwind and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-03 with categories.
During the Second World War, 291,577 men and women of the United States armed forces were killed in action in the fight against the Axis powers. Each of these service members was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart medal in recognition for the loss of their lives in the pursuit of worldwide freedom. Over the last seven decades, all but a few of these brave men and women have been forgotten. Subsequently, many of their Purple Hearts languished in attics and drawers for years before being donated to museums, surfacing at estate sales, or sold by families to people eager to rediscover their lost history. With the goal of educating and deepening the appreciation of the medal for families, historians, museums, and collectors, this book serves as a tangible reminder of ultimate sacrifice, providing a visual guide to Purple Heart medal and those who earned it. Through the biographies of over three hundred men who were awarded the Purple Heart after they were killed in action, this book conveys the meaning and importance of this medal and what it represents. Additionally, the variations, types, engraving styles, and manufacturing differences are examined at a level of detail never before published to give the reader a full appreciation of the development of the medal and how it changed over time to become the medal we know today. Sacrifice Remembered is a key reference across the historical research spectrum: from museums maintaining Purple Hearts in their collections to historians, researchers, and collectors seeking to appreciate essential details about the medal.Most importantly, families searching to discover their genealogical history will gain a better understanding of the tremendous sacrifices made by those who came before them.
Purple Heart Valley
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Author : Margaret Bourke-White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
Purple Heart Valley written by Margaret Bourke-White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.
Purple Heart
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Author : Patricia McCormick
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-08-18
Purple Heart written by Patricia McCormick and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-18 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero. There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together. Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black-and-white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed. National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.
Purple Heart Valley A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy
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Author : Margaret Bourke-White
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Purple Heart Valley A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy written by Margaret Bourke-White and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
An excellent, richly illustrated, account of the bloodiest phase of the Italian campaign. Here is a report—in pictures and in words—of exactly what happened to our men during the bitterest phases of the Italian campaign. This report is not based upon a hurried visit behind the lines; Margaret Bourke-White spent a full five months on the Italian front photographing, questioning, observing, and living in close association with our troops. She was not content to remain safely behind the combat area. She flew over the German lines and narrowly escaped being shot down. On the ground she came closer to the enemy lines than any woman has been before the most advanced American post around Cassino.
How Can You Mend This Purple Heart
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Author : T. L. Gould
language : en
Publisher: Ideas Into Books Westview
Release Date : 2009-03-01
How Can You Mend This Purple Heart written by T. L. Gould and has been published by Ideas Into Books Westview this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with History categories.
Like the Afghan war today and the ten-year-war in Iraq, the Vietnam War tore at the bodies and souls of those who served, particularly the nearly 1,100 Americans who lost multiple limbs and returned home from Vietnam to face a different kind of battle: acceptance. In this riveting first novel, winner of the Military Writers Society of America 2010 Silver Medal Award, author T.L. Gould draws upon his experience recovering in a military hospital to create a plain truth, no-holds-barred narrative, stark in its simplicity, detail and humor. From dressing changes and morphine drips to off-site forays under a fence and into neighborhood bars and brothels, Gould chronicles the precipitous journey to recovery of the men of Ward 2B; how they learned to walk again, to love again, and to triumph over the most impossible odds