Download or read book The Decorations and Awards of Double Recipients of the Medal of Honor written by Eric R. Caubarreaux and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new second edition of The Decorations and Awards of Double Recipients of the Medal of Honor presents an in-depth look at the decorations and awards, both foreign and domestic, of the twenty-one recipients of two Medals of Honor. Other published works by the author: Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, Third Edition; Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; The Decorations and Awards of Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York, The U.S. Military's Most Notable Infantryman, Third Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; The Decorations, Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur: The U.S. Military's Most Decorated Serviceman; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book The Medal of Honor written by Dwight S. Mears and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medal of Honor may be America’s highest military decoration, but all Medals of Honor are not created equal. The medal has in fact consisted of several distinct decorations at various times and has involved a number of competing statutes and policies that rewarded different types of heroism. In this book, the first comprehensive look at the medal’s historical, legal, and policy underpinnings, Dwight S. Mears charts the complex evolution of these developments and differences over time. The Medal of Honor has had different qualification thresholds at different times, and indeed three separate versions—one for the army and two for the navy—existed contemporaneously between World Wars I and II. Mears traces these versions back to the medal’s inception during the Civil War and continues through the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—along the way describing representative medal actions for all major conflicts and services as well as legislative and policy changes contemporary to each period. He gives particular attention to retroactive army awards for the Civil War; World War I legislation that modernized and expanded the army’s statutory award authorization; the navy’s grappling with both a combat and noncombat Medal of Honor through much of the twentieth century; the Vietnam-era act that ended noncombat awards and largely standardized the Medal of Honor among all services; and the perceived decline of Medals of Honor awarded in the ongoing Global War on Terror. Mears also explores the tradition of awards via legislative bills of relief; extralegislative awards; administrative routes to awards through Boards of Correction of Military Records; restoration of awards previously revoked by the army in 1917; judicial review of military actions in federal court; and legislative actions intended to atone for historical discrimination against ethnic minorities. Unprecedented in scope and depth, his work is sure to be the definitive resource on America’s highest military honor.
Download or read book The Decorations Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur written by Joseph P. Bowman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a book solely devoted to the decorations, awards and honors of America's most decorated serviceman General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Over a decade of research has yielded a concise portrayal of the many accolades given to a man whose military career spanned over fifty years and three major wars. General MacArthur was awarded every combat decoration the U.S. Military can bestow, plus over thirty-five foreign decorations, which includes the Medal of Honor, three Distinguished Service Crosses, seven Silver Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Star Medals, two Purple Hearts and the Air Medal. His longevity and adherence to the motto of "Duty, Honor, Country" has left a legacy in the annals of the world that will probably never be equaled. Other published works by the authors: The Bad Man from Bodie, The Violent Death of John Franklin Showers; Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, Third Edition; Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; The Decorations and Awards of Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York, The U.S. Military's Most Notable Infantryman, Second Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book The Decorations and Awards of Audie L Murphy and Alvin C York written by Eric Caubarreaux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third Edition of an exhaustive research into the decorations and awards earned by Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York. Included with each profile is a Statement of Military Service, citations, and color pictures of all their decorations and awards-contains the recent award of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Audie L. Murphy. Other published works by the author: The Decorations, Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, The U.S. Military's Most Decorated Serviceman; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, For Action from 1975 to Present Day, Third Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book Medal of Honor written by Allen Mikaelian and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 2002-05-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1863, President Lincoln first awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was created to boost morale among the Union rank and file. In the decades that followed, the award evolved to take on an almost sacred quality. Today, it remains the highest U.S. military decoration. Of the millions of Americans who have gone into combat in the past century, fewer than 1,300 have earned the Medal of Honor, and many of those were awarded it for actions they did not survive. Their courageous and selfless feats in battle are barely conceivable. They plunged into heavy fire, ventured boldly behind enemy lines, and threw themselves on live grenades. But who are these people?
Download or read book Recipients of the Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Navy Cross and Air Force Cross written by Eric R. Caubarreaux and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, the deeds of heroism for dates of action from 1975 to present day compiled and published in one book. From Operation Babylift in 1975 to the current Global War on Terrorism, each incident U.S. Servicemen have been involved in which resulted in an award of the U.S. Military's two highest decorations has finally been chronicled. The Third Edition has been updated to include the most recent Medal of Honor recipient Ryan M. Pitts. Other titles by the author include Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; The Decorations and Awards of Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York, The U.S. Military's Most Notable Infantryman, Second Edition; The Decorations, Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, The U.S. Military's Most Decorated Serviceman; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book The Decorations and Awards of Audie L Murphy and Alvin C York written by Eric R. Caubarreaux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Edition of an exhaustive research into the decorations and awards earned by Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York. Included with each profile is a Statement of Military Service, citations, and color pictures of all their decorations and awards. Other titles by the author include Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross: For Dates of Action 1975 to Present Day, Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Second Edition, and For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Download or read book Sea Service Medals written by Frederic L. Borch and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only comprehensive examination of all decorations and medals that may be awarded to Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel for heroism, achievement and service. Features never-before-published historical information on the background and development of each medal, while also providing in-depth discussion of award criteria, design and recipients. Decorations examined include combat heroism awards such as the Navy Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Silver Star. Non-combat heroism awards such as the Navy-Marine Corps Medal and Coast Guard Medal are also discussed. All decorations and medals for achievement and service also are examined, ranging from the Navy and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit, and Meritorious Service Medal to the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement Medals and the Combat Action Ribbon. Fifty full color photographs of sea service awards, many of which have never been published, provide context for this unique history. The authors, both of whom retired from the Armed Forces, are experts in the history of U.S. awards and decorations.
Download or read book Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross written by Eric Caubarreaux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new fifth edition contains the citations of the fourteen recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and one hundred ninety recipients of the Air Force Cross. The Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross are the U.S. Military's two rarest, currently awarded decorations. Other published works by the author: The Decorations, Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, The U.S. Military's Most Decorated Serviceman; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, For Action from 1975 to Present Day, Third Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book Medal of Honor written by Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery. It is awarded by the President in the name of Congress. For this reason, it is often referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since it was first presented in 1863, the medal has been awarded 3,507 times to 3,488 recipients. Nineteen individuals have been double recipients of the award.
Download or read book Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Decorations written by United States. War Dept and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Decorations a List of Awards of the Congressional Medal of Honor the Distinguished service Cross and the Distinguished service Medal written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restoring Valor written by Doug Sterner and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Terrific read. Stories of stolen valor you won’t believe, and those who hunt them down and participated in writing legislation to restore dignity to all those who have truly served in combat.” —Peter C. Lemon, recipient, Congressional Medal of Honor Stolen valor occurs when a person lies about receiving military decorations that he or she has in fact never earned. It has become a major societal problem that has been discussed numerous times in the news; according to the New York Times, the Department of Veterans Affairs paid disability benefits to more than six hundred people falsely claiming to have been POWs in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. The number of stolen valor cases reported to the FBI has tripled in the last decade. In fact, more imposters lie about earning high military declarations for battlefield bravery than the actual number of real-life hero recipients. These imposters trade on tales and the trappings of military valor to secure privileges such as career advancements and even unearned veterans’ benefits. In Restoring Valor, Doug Sterner provides riveting case studies of the stolen valor imposters he’s investigated and exposed and the serious crimes—including murder—they’ve committed. He chronicles the evolution of stolen valor from the inception of the republic to today. Sterner shows why the federal law he and his wife, Pam, helped to enact—the Stolen Valor Act—is necessary. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Medal of Honor Recipients written by Julissa Gomez and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For Military Merit written by Fred L Borch and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than one million men and women have received the Purple Heart since its creation as an award “for military merit” in 1932. This book provides a brief history of the Purple Heart, with a focus on how the decoration’s award criteria have evolved over the last 75 years. The book then takes a representative look at Purple Heart recipients from all the services by conflict, starting with the Civil War and concluding with the on-going conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Download or read book Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross Third Edition written by Eric Caubarreaux and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Third Edition contains all fourteen recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and all one hundred eighty-nine recipients of the Air Force Cross. The Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross are the U.S. Military's two rarest, currently awarded decorations. Recipients of these two decorations range from World War II to the Global War on Terrorism. Brief biographical information and a list of other U.S. Government decorations received are included with each recipient's citation. Appendices include the following: - Award Statistics - Recipients by Date of Action - Alphabetical Lists of Recipients - Air Force Medal of Honor Award Criteria - Air Force Cross Award Criteria - Evolution of the U.S. Air Force and Leaders of the U.S. Air Force. Other titles by the author include Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross: For Dates of Action 1975 to Present Day, The Decorations and Awards of Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York, Second Edition, and For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
