Synopses & Reviews
On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person 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 of Honor: 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 new essays 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 Davis Hanson, and a multimedia DVD with historic footage and recipients first-person reflections. The Medal of Honor recipients in the book fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, serving in every branch of the armed services.
Review
"The variety of actions documented by Collier will impress even fairly seasoned students of military history, as will the 250 duotone portraits." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
A remarkable collection of portraits, essays and personal histories captures the strength and heroism of nearly all of the living recipients of the congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor. More than 100 soldiers from all branches of the military share their stories of uncommon valor and bravery in battles from World War II through the Vietnam War.
Synopsis
Since the Civil War more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. Each of their heroic actions is as unique as the person who performed it, and here more than one hundred of of America's living Medal of Honor recipients are honored and their bravery recounted by best-selling author Peter Collier and presented in duotone portraits by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo with the participation of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
As we publish at this most patriotic time, Medal of Honor stands out as an enduring testament to those living recipients who have been awarded the nation's highest military honor.
Synopsis
Since the Civil War more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. Each of their heroic actionsis as unique as the person who performed it, and here more than one hundred of of America's living Medal of Honor recipients are honored and their bravery recounted by best-selling author Peter Collier and presented in duotone portraits by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo.
About the Author
Nick Del Calzo traveled to more than twenty-five states over the course of five years to photograph the recipients of the Medal of Honor. He is also the creator of
The Triumphant Spirit, a book of portraits and profiles of Holocaust survivors. He lives in Colorado.
Peter Collier is the author of numerous best-selling biographies of America's dynastic families, including books on the Rockefellers, the Kennedys, the Roosevelts, and the Fords, as well as Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties. He lives in northeastern California.