Peter Collier

Medal of Honor (eBook, ePUB)

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Fotograf: Del Calzo, Nick

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first livingperson 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 ofHonor: 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.First published on Veterans Day 2003, this New York Times bestseller has now been updated and augmented to include newessays 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 DavisHanson, and a multimedia DVD with historic footage and recipients first-person reflections. The Medal of Honor recipients in thebook fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, serving in every branchof the armed services.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781579656621
• Artikelnr.: 41967156

Autorenporträt

Peter Collier is the author (with David Horowitz) of The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty, which was nominated for the National Book Award, as well as The Kennedys: An American Drama, The Roosevelts: An American Saga, and other books. He lives in Nevada City, CA.

Nick Del Calzo is an award-winning photographer and creator of Medal of Honor as well as The Triumphant Spirit, a book of portraits and profiles of Holocaust survivors. A former journalist and public relations executive, he lives in Colorado.