Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
by Collier, Peter
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Artisan Publishers, 2006. Second, expanded edition. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed on p. 214, picture signed on 215. Signed photo with text of citation laid in.. Del Calzo, Nick (Photographer). 90 minute DVD present. Glossary of military Terms; xxiii, [1], 295, [1] p. Illustrations. Alfred Velazquez Rascon (born September 10, 1945) is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. In 2000, he was awarded the Medal of Honor the United States' highest military decoration for his actions as a medic near Long Khanh Province during the Vietnam War. On more than one occasion Rascon exposed himself to enemy fire and grenades by covering the bodies of those whom he was aiding with his own. In addition to Vietnam, Rascon also served as a medical officer in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This work profiles 138 Medal of Honor awardees.
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- Title
- Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
- Author
- Collier, Peter
- Illustrator
- Del Calzo, Nick (Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed on p. 214, picture signed on 215. Signed photo with text of citation laid in.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second, expanded edition
- ISBN 10
- 1579653146
- ISBN 13
- 9781579653149
- Publisher
- Artisan Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Heroism, Valor, Tom Brokaw, John McCain, Victor Hanson, Commemorative Works, Pictorial Works, Forest Gump, Duty, Courage
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